Flash lag

Hi, i have lag when i watch flash video online, don't have much lag when video is 360p but in 720p it's really bad. What can i do?
btw: i use firefox and i have lag in every browser.

 

bump?

 

wonderland456...

It would help if you could post the following:
OS
Processor
RAM
HD size/free space

I've had intermittent problems with Flash randomly stopping while viewing YouTube videos and stopping/jumping with live streams. Is are either of these the same problem you are having or is it more that the downloads happen too slowly for streaming playback?

 

Windows XP, P4 2,6 GHz socket 478, 512 mb ram, 80 gb HDD but 6 month ago work just perfect.

 

Why 6 month ago was work perfect?
In Linux would be better?

 

Can't do anything?

 

I don't know that Linux will improve anything for you. As plodr said, the 512 MB of RAM isn't quite enough. Your best bet would be to max out your RAM (probably 1 GB for your system — 2 x 512 MB modules). Nowadays, it's cheap enough and not difficult to replace on your own.

 

It's not a problem to replace but i was wonder if i can do something.
Probably I'm gonna buy more 512 MB RAM.

 

If your system currently has 2 x 256 MB modules in it then you'll need to purchase 2 x 512 MB modules. If it has just 1 x 512 MB module in it and the other RAM slot is open, then the 1 x 512 MB module will do the job.

 

I have 2x256 and 2 free spaces, no worry.

 

What graphics card/chipset do you have exactly?

A good chance that turning off hardware acceleration in Flash (right-click the Flash movie, uncheck 'use hardware acceleration) would improve matters if it's old/unsupported now.

 

Fx5200.

 

From Firefox, Help > Troubleshooting information (about:support) then copy the Graphics section's data and paste it into a reply here please.

 

Graphics

Adapter Description
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Adapter Drivers
nv4_disp

Adapter RAM
Unknown

Device ID
0x0322

DirectWrite Enabled
false (0.0.0.0)

Driver Date
4-1-2005

Driver Version
7.1.8.9

GPU #2 Active
false

GPU Accelerated Windows
0/1 Basic Blocked for your graphics driver version.

Vendor ID
0x10de

WebGL Renderer
Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 )

AzureCanvasBackend
skia

AzureContentBackend
none

AzureFallbackCanvasBackend
cairo

 

Hardware acceleration is blocked, the age of the card/driver and its' lack of capabilities being the reason.

Look for a more recent nVidia driver for your card/OS.

If hardware acceleration within Flash is disabled, movies may play with less/no lag.

In Firefox, type about:config in the address bar then agree to be careful in the filter box type in gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled and toggle the setting to true.

To do similar in IE, open Internet Options > Advanced, toggle the setting under Accelerated graphics, 'Use software rendering ...'.

Restart the browsers and test them again.

 

Last version of driver crash last time.
It's a old computer, i know, but i already say.. ~6 month ago was perfect.

 

Both Flash and Firefox have changed multiple times during the last 6 months, affecting many other users of older hardware.

As the above are both facing the internet and potential or actual targets for malware, you have to keep them updated to reduce any risk.

Did you try testing with the hardware acceleration settings I suggested?

 

I just apply, didn't test yet.

 

It's a way better but still not great.

 

Please be specific about what you tried and which of them showed an improvement.

Disabling hardware acceleration in Flash?

Modifying about:config in Firefox?

Modifying Internet Options for Internet Explorer?

 

Modyfing about:config in Firefox.
What alse can i do? disabling hardware acceleration in flash?

 

Yes, you could try that, it might be better, it might not - it's down to several factors.

There are some other about:config settings you could try, either individually or together:
layers.prefer-d3d9 - toggle it (double-click) to change from false to true.
layers.acceleration.disabled - toggle it to change to true.
These can be reversed by toggling again if they don't make an improvement, test after each change by closing Firefox completely then restarting and checking your reference test page/site.


I'm pretty sure there are 2 or 3 others but you need to become comfortable testing the changes via about:config. To check which settings are non-default, Help > Troubleshooting Information and look at the Important Modified Preferences section - note that most of these will have been changed by Add-ons and Plugins, ensure that you're looking at the correct line! > Make notes as you go, it helps a lot!