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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Starbreeze on December 18, 2011, 03:53:15 AM

Title: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: Starbreeze on December 18, 2011, 03:53:15 AM

I've never really had a problem with this before unless I was running too many things at once, but now it happens when nothing else but the video is running.  Videos on sites such as youtube, videobb, megavideo do not play smoothly even when fully loaded.  How can I fix this?

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: Transfusion on December 18, 2011, 08:56:27 AM

Do you have many processes running in the background? Have you tried clearing your Temporary Internet Files and Cache?

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: Starbreeze on December 18, 2011, 12:48:11 PM

Yes.  I have cleared Temporary Internet Files, and have nothing else running in the background.

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: patio on December 18, 2011, 02:12:08 PM

Then it's your internet connection...

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: jason2074 on December 18, 2011, 10:11:47 PM

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do not play smoothly even when fully loaded

Can you please explain more on this part as to how videos run or displays?

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: Starbreeze on December 18, 2011, 10:19:13 PM

Hmm...
It's kind of hard to explain.  I guess you could say they're jumpy.  Starts and stops frequently, and when something in the video becomes really fast, such as someone running, the screen really starts stuttering. 

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: jason2074 on December 18, 2011, 10:42:18 PM

Can you post the computer model and operating system? You may need to look for updating your video chip/card(if available) and flash player if they are not running the latest yet.

Title: Re: Recently, flash videos won't play smoothly
Post by: Zaeem on December 19, 2011, 08:35:37 AM

Right click the video in YouTube (or any other video site) and click settings. Go to the first tab, where you will see Use Hardware Acceleration and make sure you have checked it. Also be sure to update your GPU drivers.