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Parvenu
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I am new to looking at videos, on such sites as You Tube etc. So I hope this isn't a stupid question. I find that the clip starts, then stops after a few seconds. It goes on like this and can take forever just to watch a 1 minute clip. Do I need to upgrade anything to correct this? I have XP Home: 512 RAM: Athlon processor 2500+, running at 1830 and video card is RAGE128 PR11
Thanks for any assistance
John
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Mouse
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Your internet speed could relate to it as well, you don't mention what connection you have.
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Parvenu
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I have Broadband, but I am in the country and only have about half a meg.
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Madeline
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It may well be your connection speed. Like you, I live in a rural area and I can only get dial-up at 44Kbps, so even short video clips take ages to load for me. I doubt if you have to wait as long as I do!
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Parvenu
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Thanks, but perhaps I have not explained fully?
I can put up with waiting for a clip to load, but after it loads and runs for a couple of seconds, it stops again. It is as if you had a DVD on screen and you kept pressing the Pause / Start button.
Also, I can see that it seems to be loading again. Is it Buffering? If so, what do I need for quicker and more efficient Buffering?
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Parvenu , it is possible that the you tube servers are extremely busy , but if you have this problem all the time it's more than likely your connection speed ain't quick enough.
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Also, I can see that it seems to be loading again. Is it Buffering?
I would say so. Buffering in simple terms means a piece of the clip is downloaded to your PC , lets say for example 1 minutes worth. While you are watching this piece another minutes worth is being downloaded. Now in practice by the time you've watched the first piece , the second piece has fully downloaded and they join together to give you have a seamless picture. This process continues throughout the clip to give you a video without any breaks. However if your connection speed is not fast enough you won't have a problem watching the first piece of the clip , but the second piece will not have fully downloaded by the time you've watched the first , causing the clip to appear to stop. Once it's fully downloaded the clip will then start again. 
Unfortunately i don't think there's a lot you can do about it.
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Madeline
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That's a good explanation and it's exactly what happens to me. However, once the video clip has loaded and I've seen it fits and starts, I can then click on "Play Again", or whatever it says, and the clip plays right through without any stopping.
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sunstreak
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i have to agree with the buffering theory!
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Parvenu
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Thanks for comments. I don't intend to waste anyone's time with this. However, just as a matter of interest, I went on to a music video collection today on my ISP - Virgin. I selected a couple of music video clips and each played perfectly, all the way through !!!
I then tried another site called Wimp. Unfortunately, there are a lot of porn connections on this, although there are also loads of innocent fun videos. I tried a few of these and again, I have this stop / start problem.
I think I will have to put it down as a mystery.
Thanks again for comments.
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Mouse
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What video player are these videos played through? Could be the version, if they are flash files, check you have the latest version.
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Madeline
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To check which version of Flash you've got, click here. The latest version is 9,0,28,0.
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