What causes time lags when trying to watch utube or other video/sound stuff on the internet.

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Utube and other video/sound stuff sounds like it is being played at a very sloooooow speed and it starts and stops.

Anyone know what causes that?

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[+3] - Robert Gentel - 08/04/2009[quote="roger"]Mine is just fine - once the download is complete.[/quote] On underpowered computers the use of extra computing resources for the video playback is likely what causes...
[+1] - msolga - 08/04/2009Dial-up does it for me!
[+1] - djjd62 - 08/04/2009i always pause the video and let it fully load (full red line under video) before watching, even doing that you will still get the occasional lag, especially if you have another application running...
[+1] - roger - 08/04/2009It sure does. The start and stop nonsense is related to the speed of the download. I can't imagine why the sight and sound would be slower, though. Mine is just fine - once the download is complete.
[+1] - Intrepid - 08/04/2009It has to do with buffering and the speed of the connection/download. djjd62's solution is the best. Just pause it until it is loaded and it should be ok.
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 08/04/2009I got that all the time when I had a dial-up connection, even with a DSL modem. But since moving up here to the mountaintop with you, Sglass, and going cable with Roadrunner, everything is...
[+1] - Nicole94707 - 08/04/2009Sglas: Speaking of you tube: http://www.youtube.com/dykemarch09#play/all/uploads-all/1/YtNGpRnxWlg R-rated Yup that is me at the beginning....
[+1] - Sglass - 08/05/2009"Damn everything but the parade". ee cummings.
[+1] - Sglass - 08/05/2009I did let one of the utube offerings to download first and it was much better. How do I get more power? I'm using a Verizon Sky card to get into the internet. I really like the portability it...
[+1] - Sglass - 08/05/2009I have a Vaio laptop. Are there extra power sources?

@Sglass,

Dial-up does it for me!

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@Sglass,

i always pause the video and let it fully load (full red line under video) before watching, even doing that you will still get the occasional lag, especially if you have another application running in the background

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@msolga,

It sure does. The start and stop nonsense is related to the speed of the download. I can't imagine why the sight and sound would be slower, though. Mine is just fine - once the download is complete.

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@roger,

It has to do with buffering and the speed of the connection/download. djjd62's solution is the best. Just pause it until it is loaded and it should be ok.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Mine is just fine - once the download is complete.

On underpowered computers the use of extra computing resources for the video playback is likely what causes the sluggishness that isn't attributable to download latency.

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I got that all the time when I had a dial-up connection, even with a DSL modem. But since moving up here to the mountaintop with you, Sglass, and going cable with Roadrunner, everything is hunky-dory. But you don't have dial-up either. I suspect Robert G. has the right answer. He usually does in these matters.

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Sglas:

Speaking of you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/dykemarch09#play/all/uploads-all/1/YtNGpRnxWlg

R-rated Yup that is me at the beginning....

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@Nicole94707,

"Damn everything but the parade". ee cummings.

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I did let one of the utube offerings to download first and it was much better.

How do I get more power? I'm using a Verizon Sky card to get into the internet. I really like the portability it gives me.

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@Robert Gentel,

I have a Vaio laptop. Are there extra power sources?

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@Sglass,

The three main resource bottlenecks are: CPU, RAM and Graphics Card.

For a laptop RAM is likely the only easy upgrade. For XP 1GB of RAM is a nice minimum, for Vista 2GB is better.

But do note that the downloading is by far more common of a problem. Make sure that you aren't just experiencing buffer time by using the pause trick mentioned earlier.

What causes time lags when trying to watch utube or other video/sound stuff on the internet.

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