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Can't watch anything anymore
27-08-2009 10:57 PM
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Some of you may remember that I have problems streaming YouTube on my laptop (See the "Problems streaming You Tube" thread on the Community Support section. We established that my problem was likely yo be software related (see http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,77821.msg631028.html#msg631028 and http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,77821.msg631335.html#msg631335).
Since then, I have tried every possible update. I am now on XP Service Pack 3, with the latest Flash Player. I still am unable to watch a You Tube video (if anything it's worse). The stream starts. The buffering bar is excellent. But the picture freezes or goes into slide show mode.
And now, I get the same again on IPlayer. We have not been able to watch IPlayer on the laptop in the last two or three days.
So basically, here is my question: does anybody have an idea of what could possibly be wrong? My video card is fairly old, but it is newer than that of my desktop computer and all works fine on the latter...
Thanks for your help!
PS: Needless to say I have examined the YouTube help section in every detail, to no avail.
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28-08-2009 7:56 AM
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28-08-2009 8:46 AM
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Here is my computer info:
Inspiron 5160
Processor Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Processor Speed 2.72 GHz
Memory (RAM) 2048 MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 3)
Operating System Version 5.1.2600
Re: Can't watch anything anymore
28-08-2009 8:58 AM
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The same (or flushing the browser cache) is worth a try!
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28-08-2009 9:50 AM
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Thanks, but that's not working for me.
I was wondering if the amount of disk space used could affect performance: I have only about 5GB left and 35GB used. Could that be affecting something? (Having said that, I don't have any problems watching DVDs and video downloads on my laptop so probably not...)
Cheers
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28-08-2009 9:57 AM
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Does it work fine on a different computer on the same connection?
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28-08-2009 10:43 AM
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PS: I use Firefox but have the same problem on IE (latest versions).
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28-08-2009 12:01 PM
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28-08-2009 12:41 PM
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I then proceeded to watch a YouTube video successfully for 3mn18 and then the picture went into slide show mode again...
I really don't want to have to go through a whole hard drive reformat. My system is pretty clean. I use Ashampoo regularly to get rid of all the rubbish...
Strange...
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28-08-2009 1:12 PM
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28-08-2009 1:14 PM
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28-08-2009 1:39 PM
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28-08-2009 1:50 PM
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28-08-2009 2:15 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
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28-08-2009 5:02 PM
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But still, how about You Tube? That's not a new issue so a system restore won't help. Any more ideas?
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