You Tube Playback Problem

EMcG

Hello all,

whenever I try and watch a clip on youtube the video keeps stopping and starting, jumping about and is generally impossible to view.

I thought it might be the video was 'buffering' - but even if I wait until is is fully downloaded and then play it is still awful. I have even downloaded the clips into Real Player and they are still impossible to watch.

Do you think that my 4 year old Dell Inspiron 1150 with only 768 RAM might be the problem? Can this machine handle video clips?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

vyseyboy

It should handle them fine. I have a P2 233Mhz laptop with 160Mb RAM that handles youtube without stuttering.

Check your video card, and update the drivers if newer ones are available. Instructions here:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36254
(click windows, assuming that's what you're using.)

Also try updating to the latest adobe flash player here : http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

It might make a difference.

Also a good idea to uodate audio drivers in a similar way, and do full malware / antivirus / browser hijack scans. Check the stickies at the top of the techie forum.