video problems?

Discussion in 'Software' started by Anon-125cdb8a9b, May 27, 2008.

  1. Anon-125cdb8a9b

    Anon-125cdb8a9b Anonymized

    I updated my vista to Vista SP 1 earlier today and ever since i havent been able to run videos smoothly.

    I can run them smoothly in Media Player and Real player, but online on sites like youtube and ign.com the videos play for about 2 seconds then stop.

    Any ideas as to what the problem is?
     
    Anon-125cdb8a9b, May 27, 2008
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    DavidGP, May 27, 2008
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  3. Speculant

    Speculant The Confused One

    how fast is your internet? my friend said that his computer had a major problem because music on myspace wouldn't play right, it kept on starting and stopping. turns out he was on dialup
     
    Speculant, May 27, 2008
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  4. Anon-125cdb8a9b

    Anon-125cdb8a9b Anonymized

    I have broadband, and its never been a problem until now.

    EDIT: Just checked to see if the videos were working properly now and they are, thanks for the suggestions.

    Not sure what it was, i just turned my pc on this morning and tested it and it works fine.
     
    Anon-125cdb8a9b, May 28, 2008
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  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Even with broadband at times ISP connection speeds or connection to the host server could be bad, so maybe run a tracert to youtube or other video site next time.
     
    DavidGP, May 28, 2008
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  6. Anon-125cdb8a9b

    Anon-125cdb8a9b Anonymized

    ive got the video problem again! :(

    im on youtube but the videos are running for 2 seconds at the most then stopping. its only on firefox that this happens, on IE its fine.

    anyone got any ideas?
    (i have tried all of the above mentioned suggestions)
     
    Anon-125cdb8a9b, Jun 2, 2008
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  7. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    HI

    Problem that many have are with Firefox and Flash, so would try and tackle this as the issue, so first off use the uninstaller from Adobe again, but make sure your browsers are all closed before running the tool, then goto this location C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash and delete all the contents of the flash folder.

    Then re-install Flash again but this time run the installer as Admin, so right click it and choose Run as Admin.

    Then try Video.... if still stuttering try this, open Firefox and paste this url in http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html and make sure that the two bottom options in Global Storage Settings are ticked, then http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html its the settinsg for storage to Flash, adjust the slider to say 10mb and as these are live changes just close webpage once done.


    If you have many add-ons in Firefox, one of them could be causing this, so uninstall all apart from any that are linked to Video/Flash/Shockwave.

    Is your Firefox latest version?




    Why not "use IE7" if it plays video from youtube ok ( cannot believe I actually typed this, not my normal reply but its a viable one so sorry )
     
    DavidGP, Jun 2, 2008
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