You Tube viewing issue

[tweedlap]

Looking for answers or insights as to why; when I go to

You Tube or click on a video here on FM....

The video comes up the circle thing in the middle goes

round and round....then the video plays for 4 or 5 seconds...

stops while the circle goes round and round for awhile...

then it plays for another 4 or 5 seconds and just keeps

going like that.

To watch a 1 minute video it takes more like 10 minutes.

Please Help...thanks !

tweed

[Jae]

the reason its doing that is its taking a long time to load the buffer, or memory the computer needs to play the video. it may be ur internet connection is becoming slow or mabe ur computers cookies/temp folder needs to be emptied, and or u may have some spyware affecting the preformance of ur internet. a possible solution would be to pause the video till the red line, witch indicates how much of the video has been uploaded moves mabe 1/4" or so. this should be a temp fix, scan comp for spyware/virus

[upnorth]

What kind of internet connection do you have? Youtube videos can suck up a lot of bandwidth so Cable or high end DSL is yourr best bet. If you don't have a fast internet connection you need to either upgrade or just be patient.

[tweedlap]

I have DSL. It may be a cache or cookie issue. It worked fine

a few months ago.

I run my spyware and adware program once a week. I, also,

defrag once a week.

Hum.

Thanks,

tweed

[bobbymalone]

this has happened to me before, everything gets bogged down but you only really notice it when downloading a large file or streaming video.

A reset of the DSL modem fixed it.

Also, if you run an unsecured wireless network the neighbors might be bogging down your connection.

[JollyT]

Sometimes it seems to be a server problem. I will watch 20 or 30 different videos in a row and while most download quickly some just crawl. I've got 6 Mb/s down and HD video is normally not a problem, but sometimes I'll hit a video that just crawls. It may also be how the file was encoded. I think some programs do a terrible job of file compression. I notice home camcorder videos have more issues than ones done with pro video software.

One thing I do is click the pause button and then surf someplace else for five or ten minutes. Maybe read a couple of posts on Fishing=Minnesota, or check the weather. Then I will tab back and it will be buffered.

[tweedlap]

bobby,

I reset the modem and magic. I watched chubby darter videos

for the last half hour.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

tweed