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5th December 2008, 12:36 AM
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I'm getting very frustrated, but I'm curious. What causes like for an example, news videos when I try to watch them online to stop in the middle of watching the small clip?
This doesn't always happen with just news videos, it happens with any kind of video being played over the internet.
Is there something that I can try to do to prevent this from happening? It's very annoying!
If anyone knows any tricks or tips on this issue, please let me know. I would highly appreciate it!
PS: Wasn't really sure where to put this, and thought this was the best place to put it? Anyway if it's in the wrong area of the board, by all means move it to the correct place.
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5th December 2008, 09:19 AM
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What kind of connection do you have
Dial up or Broadband etc?
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5th December 2008, 11:43 AM
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Buffering 
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5th December 2008, 12:35 PM
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If it just stops and then carries on after a minute then it's buffering, as Oldie said, if it stops completely with no hope of continuing then that is another matter.
I have also moved the thread to Web & Email, because it's only concerning online videos.
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5th December 2008, 01:57 PM
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Multimedia would be the best forum for this problem i expect.
There are quite a few factors that will effect a problem like this, the first being the type and speed of the Internet connection.
As an example, I used to have a 512k dial-up connection, video streaming was almost impossible, it would take me half an hour to watch a 3 minute video bit by bit.
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5th December 2008, 02:03 PM
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Oh yeah, forgot about Multimedia
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5th December 2008, 02:04 PM
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Do you want to do the honours of shall i?
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5th December 2008, 03:22 PM
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Oldie - if you let the clip complete the download and then restart, do you get the same problem? In theory, if you have downloaded the whole thing then it will run from your own PC and not from the 'net. Does that make any sense?
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5th December 2008, 04:20 PM
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Makes sense to me, Albert
You can if you like, Rik, I've done one already so it's only fair
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5th December 2008, 04:22 PM
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Thread moved.
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6th December 2008, 03:12 AM
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I have comcast, so high speed internet.
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6th December 2008, 12:19 PM
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Any idea what speed it is meant to be and what speed you are actually getting?
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6th December 2008, 12:30 PM
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Think an uninstall and reinstall of both flash and shockwave players might help CJ Adobe - Web Players
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6th December 2008, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Albert Lionheart  Oldie - if you let the clip complete the download and then restart, do you get the same problem? In theory, if you have downloaded the whole thing then it will run from your own PC and not from the 'net. Does that make any sense? | May well be wrong, but I believe It's not actually being put on your hard drive, Youtube?
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Last edited by Rik; 6th December 2008 at 03:15 PM.
Reason: bad suggestion removed
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6th December 2008, 03:14 PM
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Sorry Oldie but capturing youtube video's is against youtube's terms and conditions and is also probably illegal.
Please do not suggest that anyone do this again.
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6th December 2008, 03:35 PM
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6th December 2008, 03:46 PM
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There are many programs to download vids from you tube Oldie
Doesnt mean its legal
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Last edited by Blackmirror; 6th December 2008 at 04:04 PM.
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6th December 2008, 04:05 PM
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Therefore Google should be wrapping the knuckles of the software writers / vendors of these various programmes. NOT, the more often than not innocent, end users.
Major Geeks and Able to know have had ongoing discussions on this very subject. Every time, the conclusion is the same. If it is illegal, then it can ONLY be a civil offence, and NOT a criminal offence. Until a test case is brought against an individual for breach of, then it will remain a grey area. Also very unlikely the might of Google will ever lower itself to that level.
Oldie
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6th December 2008, 04:09 PM
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Well i have to agree Oldie
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6th December 2008, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldie May well be wrong, but I believe It's not actually being put on your hard drive, Youtube? | If not on the drive, it is in the cache, is it not?
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