my pc and buffering help

chelleybelley

i have got a windows vista basic computer and have just had it cleaned out and uploaded with windows live onecare and the memory expanded fron 1gb to 2gb.i have only had laptop for a few months but i noticed that when playing any videos (for eg facebook or you tube) it constantly buffers them plays around ten seconds of it then buffers again for a minute or 2 and so on,it does not allow me to watch the whole video as its saying buffering then takes ages only to load seconds and start again can someone help as the man at the shop just said " well it happens" he has same thing with his computer or so he said but its very annoying!!
i have got a dongle through 3 if that makes any difference.....also i cannot create an account with second life it keeps loading the create account page ... any suggestions as i know that website is working as others have been on there??

5bellies_2

chelleybelley wrote: »

i have got a windows vista basic computer and have just had it cleaned out and uploaded with windows live onecare and the memory expanded fron 1gb to 2gb.i have only had laptop for a few months but i noticed that when playing any videos (for eg facebook or you tube) it constantly buffers them plays around ten seconds of it then buffers again for a minute or 2 and so on,it does not allow me to watch the whole video as its saying buffering then takes ages only to load seconds and start again can someone help as the man at the shop just said " well it happens" he has same thing with his computer or so he said but its very annoying!!
i have got a dongle through 3 if that makes any difference.....also i cannot create an account with second life it keeps loading the create account page ... any suggestions as i know that website is working as others have been on there??

The dongle through 3 will be the problem in terms of buffering.

I have one and - despite it claiming a 3.6Mbps connection has never reached speeds over around 1.5Mbps and is frequently lower. On, for example, Youtube I will have to pause a video and allow it to buffer before I can play it reliably on a PC that is top spec.

chelleybelley

o so theres nothing i can do have tried to pause leave it few minutes and still does not work.....mmmm wish i knew this b4 signing up with them!!

bat999

Have you thought about downloading the youtube video onto your hard drive, then watching it through once it's fully downloaded?

chelleybelley

How Do U Do That Lol

bat999

Well this question has been asked before on the forum, but here is one method that works OK.

Go to the youtube page that you want to view, such as this one:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI2y4s3vzgk&feature=rec-HM-r2
Then COPY the url link from the address box at the top of Internet Explorer.
Then go to the KeepVid website here:-
http://keepvid.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnI2y4s3vzgk%26feature%3Drec-HM-r2
and PASTE in the link that you copied.
Then click at the bottom of the page where it says "Download (video.mp4 - High Quality)".
It will save the file on your hard drive.
The file will be called "video.mp4".
You can watch the video with a media player.
Rename the file if you want to, or delete it when you've finished.

PROLIANT

....or just get a decent broadband connection, Virgin Media has a basic package 3 for £30 which you get a fast BB connection, Lan-Line telephone and Digital TV, problem solved.

chelleybelley

thanks for advice least i'll know for when i have to renew to go with someone decent many thanks guys

5bellies_2

In terms of mobile broadband dongles they're all about the same in terms of speed barring central London, where Vodafone seem to have a distinct advantage. As network capacity increases speeds will improve, plus 3 are rolling out their 'Turbo' network that is a hell of a lot quicker.