Watching HD Qality Video on YouTube

Steve Flynn anothermindbomb at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 20:18:16 UTC 2012


On 20 June 2012 19:42, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an Ubuntu 12.04 box with an nVidia GForce 210 GPU and 1Gb of DDR3
> VRAM.
>
> When I try to watch HD quality vudeo on YouTube (720p) it keeps buffering
> every 10-15 seconds.
>
> is this a Hardware issue or is it a network issue?
>
> I am connected @ 5/500 ADSL.

The available bandwidth on your ADSL pipe is not enough to keep up
with the rate at which the player is consuming the data. Only way
around is it to either watch in lower def or upgrade your download
speed (and perhaps reduce the contention on the connection).

-- 
Steve

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people suffer from a delusion it is called religion.




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