Sick & tired of hiccuping video streaming!

You too, huh?

Such a royal pain. For the record, I use FiOS.
Since I'm not the most technically inclined, I would not know *where* to begin on that list of possible culprits there....or what to do if I found it.
For now I'll try Youtube. I've solved a few computer problems there.

If you experience this in Firefox, try increasing the HTTP network pipelining in about:config

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/16/speed-up-your-firefox-by-adjusting-your-http-pipelining/

Mark

Thanks So much for that, Mark!

I never even Knew about that "about..." screen. Felt like I was actually *accomplishing* something. So far, it looks good on Youtube. I didn't realize Netflix was a whole different thing though.
Know how I could make better use of their "Silverlight" thing?

I only tried in FF. I stopped using IE ages ago.

Glad the about:config helped.

About Silverlight. It is Microsoft's answer to Adobe's Flash player and, unless you are a programmer yourself, you will only ever come across it on web sites that are specifically coded to use it.

For example, Microsoft's Project Tuva needs the Silverlight plugin, (also available for Firefox). I have used this site to watch video lectures by Richard Feynmann.

Hope that helps.

Mark

One more Q:

I notice the lagging still *sort of* happens periodically. My laptop will make a sound like a plane taking off. I guess like an internal fan or something. That's when the video lags. Then it slows/ quiets down & the video runs smoothly again. (though it seems for much shorter times now after that fix)

What is that? Thanks.

That sounds like a fan. Tell us more about this computer, make and model, how old, and which OS. I note in a previous discussion you mentioned XP so I assume it is that one.

When was the last time you did any cleaning? I don't mean files/malware/ etc, but getting deep inside the case to remove dust build up. If the circuits are getting warm then heavy work like video processing can cause the fans to speed up.

Desktop? Have a look at the video for CNET TV Weekend Project. Clean your grungy PC.

Laptop? Have a read of, Cleaning a laptop. Sorry folks, laptops need cleaning too!.

Hope that helps.

Mark

Haven't done *that* kinda cleaning. =/

Dell i6000, about 4 years old now. XP, SP3.

If you are interested strictly in video in demand, have you given a BD player for such purpose? This would eliminated the computer side of the problems. I have a Samsung BDP that can do that. However, I have not try any of that because my cable programing is enough for me already.

of such 'accelerators' and 'download managers' and such.

Accelerators cannot make an internet connection faster. What they may do is to download content in the background and store them in a cache to be called up when the browser needs it.

How Speedbit accelerator works; "Video Accelerator's advanced technology uses multiple-simultaneous download sources ensuring that streaming videos play without freezing, HD videos stream significantly faster, and iTunes content downloads extremely fast".

You still need a fast connection and the browser must be able to accept the data as it is streamed.

I would certainly stay away from Leawo video accelerator. My WOT Firefox browser security plugin says the developer site is suspect;
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/leawo.com

Mark