Posted on 03/11/2014 1:16:22 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Seven years ago this summer, I upgraded from dial-up to DSL. For the first time I could actually play videos, including live streams. And this is how things stood . . . until recently.
For about a month or so (at least) I have noticed that flash videos have been playing very sluggishly, with a lot of lagging and stuttering. I have attempted some fixes which have improved YouTube, but there is still trouble elsewhere, especially live feeds, which might as well still be on dial-up.
I have been told I'm not the only one having this problem, and that some recent changes to either flash or the player is causing this.
Here's some quick information about my system: I have a three year old desktop PC with Windows XP (yeah, yeah, I know; it's the end of the world!). My default browser is Firefox, and the trouble seems worse on that browser than on IE (though it exists there too). Live feeds are unplayable on either browser.
I regularly clean out my browser cache. I also have AVG PC Tune-Up and run it regularly. I have moreover cleaned out my flash cache and browsing data, as well as downloaded some alleged Adobe flash bug fixes. I remain on DSL (cable is not available where I live). For the record, all other media players (Real, QuickTime, WMP, iTunes, etc.) don't have any problems. It's just the flash, which is the format used by most online videos, including live feeds.
Does anyone have any advice? (NB: Please read the above paragraphs so you don't suggest something I've already done.)
get youtube downloader, download the video then watch the video. It is a PIA but at least you can get through a video without pauses.
I’ve been having the same problem.
Firefox and Flash seem to be getting along worse and worse every release. Meanwhile they’re both kind of pigs in the first place. Reduce the pig count use something other Firefox to watch Flash, and pray for the day HTML5 kills Flash.
My brother does that as he lives in a rural area and all he can get is satellite and the download speed just isn’t very good. Good suggestion.
What you didn’t say is what screen resolution you are running.
Too high a resolution and the videos will either studder,lag or cause and error.
I know because my old XP machine did the same thing when I went higher that 1024 x 768 resolution.
And I had 2 gig of ram at the time.
Still lagged.
Agreed. As I understand it, most YouTube vids will play in HTML5 if you have a player. That may be a solution.
Amen. Flash is a leaky ship in a monsoon There is a reason IOS does not support it.
Hi ZC - the one thing I haven’t seen mentioned (so I’ll mention it myself) is what version of flash you have installed. I’ve seen several instances of “stuttering video” - including one on a freshly imaged computer. What I found was an existing install of ver. 11 (something) and a partial install of ver. 12 (something).
I would uninstall whatever you currently have and then reinstall to get the latest version.
I did go 1080 had for 2ne1’s new video “Come Back Home” though, I almost never care about the resolution
I appreciate the advice, but I can't find a "storage" option anywhere.
I degrag regularly. It indicates now that defragging is not necessary at this time.
I always leave something I've already tried, don't I?
YouTube still has periods where it works okay. It's live feeds that don't work at all.
There.
I have RealDownload but I never use it. Sometimes it doesn't work at all, but it won't help with live feeds.
I thought it was an issue with the new 'puter. It happens with Youtube vids in particular. PITA.
Okers.
Do you see the settings option on right clicking in the video?
There will be several icons at the bottom of that item.
First from left is display, second is privacy.
Third icon is a folder shaped thing.
That’s where you’ll the local storage option.
I would uninstall whatever you currently have and then reinstall to get the latest version.
Thank you, but I've checked my version numerous times and it's the latest one, I assure you. Maybe I need an older one? They worked better back then.
Yeah, the ‘odd’ resolutions didn’t work very well for me either,.
Now I have a Core i5 with 6gb of ram. And so running 1600x900 is not problem anymore.
Have you tried changing the “Hardware acceleration” setting in Flash?
I haven't checked it out on a live feed yet, though. I'll do some research tonight. Maybe the one I've been using to test is just a lousy feed.
My resolution is 800 by 600 pixels. I like large letters.
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