When I watch videos on this computer and it has to "buffer" up to 100% to watch. It never seems to run smoothly but instead freezes up, or skips. The sound always plays normal, the video just never plays right usually. Sometimes it does depending on what video. On my computer with the Ethernet cable it never really seems to stream videos well, or does the same as what I was talking about before. What is something good to do, buy, or add on to make it buffer and stream videos better?
2007-07-31 20:33:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I live in 3 storied apartments and they all come with internet. I assume sometimes that since other people are on the net that is slows mine down when it comes to viewing videos. Is there any device, or "box" I could buy to run my cable from the wall into the box and then into my computer for it to help?
2007-07-31 21:02:06 · update #1
And how do I go about upgrading my video decoding or what is good to buy? And from where?
2007-07-31 21:11:32 · update #2
The videos available on most of the sites are Flash video files or Windows media video or quicktime files. These are all streaming media and they get loaded on your PC temporarily when u browse those pages and select the option to open or play them. Since many person can access the site at the same time, the speed at which the videos gets downloaded depends on the load on the hosting server/website and also on ur Internet bandwidth u have. Also u can use a download manager like Orbit from orbitdownloader .com to save the files and view them later.
Audio is compressed and smaller in size wen compared to Video. So both of them can arrive out of sync depending on the network traffic between ur PC and the website ur connected with...
You need not buy any hardware to speed up the video straming. It all depends on ur Internet bandwidth and nothing else... Even if u have a high speed connection like say 6/2mbps u cant guarantee that video playback wil be smooth...
Do rate if this helped...
2007-07-31 22:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by Sridhar G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Also look into the PC itself. Some older PC's with all the extra baggage don't have enough processing power to run all the background stuff, and decode a video. You might want to consider dumping some of the extra ballast, and see if that works. Also, a higher capacity video card ( jack up the onboard video sharing ), and maybe more ram.
Good luck...
PS. Because you said the sound keeps on going, I would assume your DSL connection is adequate, but the video itself is skipping due to decoding speed...
2007-08-01 04:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by shooters733 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably because you have DSL and not true high speed internet service. I believe the fastest download speed you can achieve with DSL is somewhere around 512k (or 1/2 Mb), whereas the high speed internet services that many of the cable companies offer is 5Mb - 12Mb. The DSL line is very limited bandwidth if you look at them in comparison that way. You just aren't able to get the speed you need to download it and play with continuous streaming.
2007-08-01 03:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by blondehighlightsgirlie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about how fast your DSL is going.
It is possible that something is wrong with your line. I would try to download a large file and measure the download rate and compare it with the speed you are paying for to see if there is a big difference.
2007-08-01 03:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋