There also may be a way to download the vid to your computer to watch rather than watching as It streams. I think there was a player I used before for utube movies for that (created flv movie file or something like that). I will check it out later if I can. christy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Christy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:59 PM To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Improving video steaming? > > Hi Greywolfe, > > Are you on dial-up, dsl, or cable? Maybe this will be helpful as far as > smoothness of the video playing back. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-blDCXxh2cE > > On windows media, just go to tools, options, file types or something like > that to check file formats you want to view on the player but on the new > windows media player I am lost right now, those are older ones. > > Christy > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "DO1212SK" <do1212sk@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:05 PM > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Improving video steaming? > >> A friend of mine just video'd a drum and dance weekend festival I >> attended. >> He gave me a link to the videos, but unless I play them at a tiny "web >> size," the clips keep constantly stopping and interrupting >> themselves...? -It's really very annoying, to the point of making the >> videos >> unwatchable!! >> >> Is there any way I can improve my streaming video setup so I can watch >> larger (or perhaps higher def) videos w/o this annoying problem? >> >> I'm using WinXP and Win Media Player on an older PC. Should I use a >> better >> video player than Win Media, or perhaps could some kind of anti-virus >> security program be knocking out my vids? >> >> Also, I forgot how to get to the MS software that let's you assign >> suffixes >> to different programs... (Like .wmv .jpg, etc....) -I'm thinking maybe I >> should use something other than Win Media for .wmv files? >> >> Thanks, >> Greywoulf >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and >> everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> OR >> To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to >> pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To >> unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >> "unsubscribe" in the Subject. >> >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >> To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: >> pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: >> pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > OR > To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to > pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To > unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject. > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: > pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------