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Dalecamino

Dalecamino

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Seems when I activate a video on the tube , it will play for 20-60 seconds,then it freezes and a white trailing dot goes around in a circle. Sometimes the video will start againbut,then does the same thing. Anyone know what I can do? Peacefully? :biggrin:
 
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I am no computer genius but what I think could be your problem is your hardware on your computer. How old is your computer ? it may just be that your computer is too slow to play some of the videos from utube. Solution is to just give it time to load up properly before playing it and then you may not have a problem. This could Take from 1 to 5 min depending on video and also computer.

Hope that helps and others will know more than me for sure.

Cheers Ian
 
Thanks Ian! Computer is not a year old. We just switched from Broadband to DSL last week. That may have something to do with it. I don't know!!! :confused: I'll try waiting longer for it to load up.

Nope....that didn't help
 
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Hey Chuck, when it freezes move the little bar to start it over. Sometimes it just needs a little extra time to play.
 
watching you tube videos

When the video starts, click on the pause button, a red bar will slowly travel across the bottom of the video screen. When it gets to the other side the video will play with no interuptions!
 
guyrlock said:
When the video starts, click on the pause button, a red bar will slowly travel across the bottom of the video screen. When it gets to the other side the video will play with no interuptions!
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Thank you Guy ! Ernies idea didn't helpso,I'll try yours.
Well Guy , that didn't help either.When I click pause the red bar stops. I tried clicking and dragging it over but, that didn't help either. Worth a try!
 
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Try a different machine too. See if somehow the internet connection you're using is the culprit, or the machine.

When I had Qwest DSL I would frequently have hangups when streaming any kind of video. Didn't matter what machine I was on... New uber Windows box, New uber Mac, old Linux box, whatever.

On Comcast I have none of those problems.
 
Chuck, it' gotta be a Hoosier thing!!:biggrin: Maybe when you move south this will work for ya.
 
DurocShark said:
Try a different machine too. See if somehow the internet connection you're using is the culprit, or the machine.

When I had Qwest DSL I would frequently have hangups when streaming any kind of video. Didn't matter what machine I was on... New uber Windows box, New uber Mac, old Linux box, whatever.

On Comcast I have none of those problems.
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Thanks Don,yeh,it hangs up on any video , anywhere. I figure it's the AT&T connection. Not enough mbps. I'll give them a call tomorrow.

EBorraga said:
Chuck, it' gotta be a Hoosier thing!!:biggrin: Maybe when you move south this will work for ya.
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LOL...I hope you're right Ernie. Now, if we can just get there!:redface:
 
The circle you see is because the video is buffering. It can mean a few things. Your line speed may not be very good. Youtube could be having some bandwidth issues at the time as well or you may have issues with your browser.

You can check your line speed @ http://dslreports.com/ You will see a link that says 'tools' click on that and then choose speed test. If you take the speed test and your speed is below 768 (or they may show 7680) then you may have issues with streaming video.

You may also have problems with your house wiring or outside wiring. If you have ATT DSl you can go into the dslreports.com forum for ATT which is http://www.dslreports.com/forum/ilec,am Make an account and then post in the ATT direct section. This section goes directly to ATT support staff. I find it much faster than dealing with the tier 1 morons on the phone. Post that you want a line test and in a couple days they will reply with data that will tell you your line information. Depending on your modem model you may also be able to 'log' into your modem and see this information. If you have a large amount of line noise and your house is older you may want to look into getting a P.O.T.S -- (plain old telephone service) splitter. This will split the line so your dsl signal will bypass all the house wiring. Very easy to install yourself or you can have the telephone company do it for a fairly hefty charge. ($200) This can make a dramatic difference if your house wiring is bad.

For instance in my home, which was built right after WWII for the vets coming home the wiring is horrible. I installed my own splitter (a seicore) and my line speed went up 100Kb and I've never had any issues since. Those filters they give you for every phone in the house are garbage.

You also need to check your connection to youtube to see if you have any type of issues on the way to youtube. In order to do this you need to open up the command prompt window. (assuming your on a windows based operating system) Go to start / run/ and type in CMD. This will open a new dos window. In the window type in ping youtube.com

You will get a readout such as : Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\BOX01>ping youtube.com

Pinging youtube.com [74.125.127.93] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.127.93: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.125.127.93: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.125.127.93: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.125.127.93: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 74.125.127.93:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 74ms, Maximum = 74ms, Average = 74ms

You want to have no packet loss which is the (0% loss) you should also have a fairly low number for ping. If you have packet loss more than 1 or 2% you will have issues. If the ping is high (200+) you will have issues as well. If you do have high ping and packet loss then it gets a little more in depth trace to find the router that is causing the issue but this should be enough information to get you in trouble ;)

As for browser no matter which browser you use just make sure your flash is upgraded. I personally use firefox over IE but everyone has their own preference.
 
rej19 said:
Chuck, You may be answering my question about changing from comcast to dsl!
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LOL ,I know what you mean Ron. Comcast jacked up the bill and, Susanne said "that's it" we're going back to Direct TV. :eek: More channels too. However, no more good internet connection.
 
WELL,I just stumbled onto the problem. Had to go into default settings and change back to windows media player. I guess when I switched providers the settings changed somehow. :confused:

Thanks for the help friends ! :biggrin:
 
dalecamino said:
WELL,I just stumbled onto the problem. Had to go into default settings and change back to windows media player. I guess when I switched providers the settings changed somehow. :confused:

Thanks for the help friends ! :biggrin:
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Switching your ISP provider should have no effect on your browser settings. Unless they give you a cd/dvd with some garbage to install. Many times that can change browser settings or installs specific addons. Companies love to have you install their garbage on your system which is why I never, ever install anything from an ISP company.
 
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