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videos stop/start/sticking

when iam playing you tube videos etc on my laptop they are constantly stopping and starting and freezeing,is their a simple soloution to this.This seems to have started since i moved house.

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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302
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    Sounds like you have a slower / poorer broadband connection now.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • As fay states, it sounds like the videos keep having to buffer.

    Have you ran some speed tests to see what your connection is?
    Dave. :wave:
  • damo24
    damo24 Posts: 299
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    It's not an ideal solution but you could try pausing the video as soon as it starts and leave it until the slider is half way through. That way there should be enough buffered to watch it smoothly without the problems.
  • bomber2
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    As fay states, it sounds like the videos keep having to buffer.

    Have you ran some speed tests to see what your connection is?
    54 mbps is this slow?
  • damo24
    damo24 Posts: 299
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    I take it you're connecting wirelessly, that is the speed you have quoted.

    To find your connection speed use a speed test site such as http://www.speedtest.net/ that will give you your connection speed.

    Don't forget if you have just moved it can take up to 2 weeks for your broadband to settle to its full speed.
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