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by: japamac
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Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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May 22, 2009 11:52 AM
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When ever I am watching video from youtube, and switch to the HD versions, my computer chokes up and can't handle the footage. I just skips and jumps.
Here are my specs....what do I need to upgrade to be able to handle HD footage? Ram? Video Card?
Dual 1.8 Power PC
2.5 GB Ram
GeForce FX 5200
Downloaded HD footage looks fine, and HD footage I edit in FCP doesn't give me much of a problem...could it be an internet thing?
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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May 22, 2009 11:57 AM
in response to: nickaplease03
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How well does it play if you pause the video at the start and let it download the entire video before you start watching it? Your description sounds like it's playing it faster than your internet connection can download it.
You might also want to verify that you have the latest version of Flash installed. You can check your version here. The current version is 10.0.22.87.
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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May 22, 2009 12:29 PM
in response to: nickaplease03
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Even if I let the whole video download it still chokes up. And I have the latest version of flash. I am also having problems with uploading to my server for my website. Maybe something with opening ports in my router? I don't fully understand how all that stuff works.
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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May 22, 2009 2:24 PM
in response to: nickaplease03
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Same prob here as far as watching hd vids on youtube, seems to bog down my computer as well, trying to do anything else while they are playing suffers about a 5 second or more delay
ppc dual 2.3 2gb ram
Mac OS X (10.5.6)
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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May 22, 2009 2:37 PM
in response to: nickaplease03
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Could it be your router, your modem, how those are configured, any ports or services blocked there or from firewall or by ISP...
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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May 22, 2009 7:17 PM
in response to: The hatter
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Hatter,
I think what you eluding too is the heart of many of my problems. Can you recommend any sites with information on this kind of stuff? I don't really understand ports and configuring my router and modem and such. Any tips or suggestions would really help.
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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Aug 16, 2009 4:42 PM
in response to: nickaplease03
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I have the same issue, just giving the topic a bump
Thanks!
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Re: Unable to Watch HD footage from internet
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Aug 17, 2009 4:53 AM
in response to: nickaplease03
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Hi-
http://www.osxfaq.com/documentation/
http://www.macgeekery.com/hacks/hardware/optimizing_airport_connectivity
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/031407networkingnotes.htm
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011122060755818
http://chris.pirillo.com/optimzie-your-isps-slow-internet-connection/
http://www.sustworks.com/site/prod_iptx_overview.html
http://www.driverheaven.net/apple-macintosh/184610-optimising-hd-video-performance-your-macintosh.html
http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2008/10/benchmarking-flash-player-10.ars
From Adobe:
"Mac OS video decoding is ~5 times more CPU intensive than Windows "
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-890
Believe it or not, trashing the Flash Player/Shared Objects folder inside of the User/Library/Preferences/Macromedia folder can help performance with web flash content.
Trashing the entire Macromedia folder is also fine.
A new, stripped down version will self generate.
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