YouTube issues

[Drew]

Hiya people, if this is in the wrong bit, please move it to where it needs to be

I got my shiny new (kinda) Nvidia MX 440 from DaveW (diamond geezer), and was expecting to be able to watch youtube vids without them starting and stopping continuously......

I could be being a moron, but doesn't video go throught the video card?

I'm sure the MX can do it.... have I missed a setting?

Or is it simply because of the 531Mhz CPU?

:confused:

p.s. loving 1440 x 900 resolution... that's cool....

[onelegout]

Youtube videos stream from the youtube servers, they only partially download before starting, it is this which causes the stopping and starting; when the video catches up with the bits that is loading it stops until enough has been loaded before the video continues.
I'm afraid that in order to stop the youtube videos stalling, you will need to either purchase a faster internet service, or wait for the videos to fully download before playing them (you can see how much of the video has downloaded (or 'buffered') on the play position of the youtube video. The dark red bit of the line is how much has downloaded and the light red bit is the bit which has been played.

Hope that helps,
H

P.S. had a few beers, someone else please explain that a bit clearer!

[Eclecticos]

Get zFiosDSL.

[Drew]

Dunno what zFiosDSL is, and waiting till the video is downloaded doesn't make a difference (I did try).

And I got a reliable 7+Mb connection.... Not fast enough?

[onelegout]

aah ok, sorry if I sounded patronising!

Have you tried updating your macromedia flash?
H

[Commando]

onelegout is all over this one. The videos on you tube are flash format which is kinda wonky anyway. Don't grade your video card on how it plays flash video, that's for sure....

[Drew]

I wasn't dissing the card at all, I was ondering if I'd missed some kinda setting or summat (cards great... cheers DaveW).

sorry if I sounded patronising

Nah, you didn't sound patronising, lots of people wouldn't have tried it....

I'm running the latest flash player (I believe it's the latest... It can only be a couple of weeks old due to a reinstall).

I've reinstalled it several times, and even downloaded quicktime 'cos I'm a pillock and thought I could use that to stream flash movies.

Thanks for scratching your heads over this, much appreciated.

[DaveW]

Did you remember that the fan on the card doesn't work? You'll need to ghetto mod that card if you don't want it to overheat.

-Dave

[Drew]

Oops.. I think you sent the wrong one... the fan goes like hell.

In fact, it sounds like a bloody aircraft coming in (I love it, wife hates it).

[DaveW]

If i remember correctly, it turns very very slowly, and still makes that noise. Like 1 or two revolutions a second. At least, after a few seconds of running it was doing that. I distinctly remember something was wrong with the fan anyway.

-Dave