Author Topic: Can't Watch Any Videos On My PC... (Read 13601 times)

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **on:** January 12, 2011, 01:13:26 AM »

Earlier yesterday every thing was working fine, but a few hours ago i noticed i can no longer watch videos whether it be online or on my desktop.

Online: The video only moves like 1 frame every 3-4 secs.
Offline: The video doesnt move at all. Just a still shot of the video while the timeline plays the audio.

geek hoodlum · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:21:39 AM »

Online: How's your Internet connection while watching video? How's the buffer, are they completed before you play the video?

Offline: What movie player are you using before you encountered the problem? Have you tried other movie player like VLC?

Also, please post your computer specs here so that experts may help you.

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2011, 08:02:12 PM »

Quote from: geek hoodlum on January 12, 2011, 01:21:39 AM

Online: How's your Internet connection while watching video? How's the buffer, are they completed before you play the video?

Offline: What movie player are you using before you encountered the problem? Have you tried other movie player like VLC?

Also, please post your computer specs here so that experts may help you.

online: the video is done buffering before i watch it.
Offline:

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2011, 06:10:42 AM »

patio · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2011, 06:24:29 AM »

Add some more RAM.

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:46:54 PM »

dont you have to go out and buy RAM?

patio · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:56:00 PM »

Yep.
That's normally how it's done...

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2011, 04:25:10 PM »

and how do i figure out which kind of RAM stick i should get for my PC *laptop*?

patio · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2011, 06:03:46 AM »

There is an online scanner at Crucial.com that works very well...

Broni · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2011, 10:43:22 AM »

Online video only?
Which browser?
Did you try different browser?
What type of internet connection do you have?

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2011, 03:29:55 PM »

Quote from: Broni on January 18, 2011, 10:43:22 AM

Online video only?
Which browser?
Did you try different browser?
What type of internet connection do you have?

Online and off.
i have hi-speed internet.
Its not the RAM either. A few days ago my pc started acting normal for a day but my power cord came out and turned off my computer and when i turned it back on it started having the problem again.
i think its a trojan/virus and i ran my spyware/anitvirus program and it cleaned up files but i still have the problem.
It makes me want to snap my laptop in half because no matter what i do, the problem still exists.
And i dont have money to buy a new one.

Broni · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2011, 03:46:29 PM »

Quote

Which browser?
Did you try different browser?

What player do you use to watch offline videos?

patio · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2011, 04:09:17 PM »

Quote

It makes me want to snap my laptop in half because no matter what i do, the problem still exists.
And i dont have money to buy a new one.

This would surely fix things...

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #13 on:** January 29, 2011, 05:21:56 PM »

Quote from: Broni on January 29, 2011, 03:46:29 PM

What player do you use to watch offline videos?

Normally VLC but i found out no matter which one i use it lags.
Its not the video player.

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #14 on:** January 29, 2011, 05:24:44 PM »

Quote from: patio on January 29, 2011, 04:09:17 PM

This would surely fix things...

it would fix my feelings of irritation due to this un-fixable issue.

Broni · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2011, 07:57:17 PM »

Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows logo key

, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #16 on:** January 30, 2011, 02:39:03 AM »

Quote from: Broni on January 29, 2011, 07:57:17 PM

Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows logo key , hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

i have around 6 GB left.

Neither of the above is the issue because a few days ago when my pc worked right for a day, all my things were the same as nw.

Broni · « **Reply #17 on:** January 30, 2011, 09:23:49 AM »

As stated before, you have very little of RAM. Vista, or 7 needs at least 2GB of RAM to play nicely.
Your processor is very slow too.
6GB left where? Hard drive free space? How big is the drive?
Is it Vista, or 7?

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #18 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:11:45 AM »

Quote from: Broni on January 30, 2011, 09:23:49 AM

As stated before, you have very little of RAM. Vista, or 7 needs at least 2GB of RAM to play nicely.
Your processor is very slow too.
6GB left where? Hard drive free space? How big is the drive?
Is it Vista, or 7?

6GB on the hard drive.
Its Windows 7.

And like i said, its not because of the RAM. The other day my videos played normally with the same exact amount of RAM i have now.

patio · « **Reply #19 on:** January 30, 2011, 02:13:56 PM »

512M of RAM is not much...

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #20 on:** January 30, 2011, 09:53:00 PM »

Quote from: patio on January 30, 2011, 02:13:56 PM

512M of RAM is not much...

Like i said, my videos worked fine forever with 512 MB.
The other day, i had Firefox open, a download program open and i was playing a video on VLC in Full Screen with no problem while having 512 MB of RAM

rthompson80819 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:05:59 PM »

You don't say where these video are coming from, but I'm guessing YouTube. One possibility is as processors have gotten faster and most machines have more and more RAM, more and more videos are being made in higher definition which demands more of a computer.

geek hoodlum · « **Reply #22 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:18:22 PM »

Quote from: patio on January 30, 2011, 02:13:56 PM

512M of RAM is not much...

Indeed.

jason2074 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:43:00 PM »

Try playing a DVD disc movie on your PC using your media software aside from the aforemention.

FLYINHAWAIIAN · « **Reply #24 on:** February 04, 2011, 09:57:25 AM »

Quote from: rthompson80819 on January 30, 2011, 10:05:59 PM

You don't say where these video are coming from, but I'm guessing YouTube. One possibility is as processors have gotten faster and most machines have more and more RAM, more and more videos are being made in higher definition which demands more of a computer.

im telling you, its some type of virus or malware.
i got my videos to work correctly yesterday but for some reason whenever my pc turns off on its own i'll have the problem again when i star tit back up.

patio · « **Reply #25 on:** February 04, 2011, 01:38:50 PM »

Quote from: patio on January 17, 2011, 06:24:29 AM

Add some more RAM.

Broni · « **Reply #26 on:** February 04, 2011, 01:44:09 PM »

I guess, this will happen to your first, before some will understand:

patio · « **Reply #27 on:** February 04, 2011, 02:32:40 PM »

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