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Smith1963

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July 12th, 2007 21:00

Streaming video problems

I have been experiencing buffering problems on my Dimension 2400. When I first bought the box it worked fine for my needs. I use it for work and the internet. I watch lots of streaming videio from webinars to media streams ect.
Several months ago I started having problems with the media buffering almost without fail. I checked my ISP connection which is an entry level business circuit. I am consistantlty getting 756k and above and appear to have good headroom based on the test I ran.
So I upgraded my Ram from 512 to 1.256g. I also purchased a Radeon 9250 256meg video card. I just installed both a day or so ago and expected the problem to go away. Didn't happen. Same problem. I didn't see any performance improvements in general. I run a registry fix quite often and use spyware scans.
Can anyone offer any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

xps200cali209

52 Posts

July 13th, 2007 22:00

Smith1963

12 Posts

July 14th, 2007 12:00

Got it thanks!
 
Flashed the Bios with the most recent verision. Updated the chip set firm ware.
 
No improvement. I was really hoping that would get it.

xps200cali209

52 Posts

July 14th, 2007 14:00

Good, I'm glad you found them.  :smileyhappy:
 
 
Here is something else I thought about. You can try adjusting the Windows Media Player's buffering.
  1. launch Windows Media Player.
  2. Pull down the View menu and select "Options."
  3. Go to the Advanced tab.
  4. Select "Streaming Media (Windows Media)" and click "Change."
  5. Increase buffering to "30 seconds of data."  
  6. Click "OK."  or "apply"
  7. Give it another try.

        Let me know if it helps.  :smileyhappy:

 

                  

xps200cali209

52 Posts

July 14th, 2007 14:00

Same menu-- You can also attempt to lower the slider for video acceleration and see if that has any effect.
 
 

Smith1963

12 Posts

July 14th, 2007 16:00

Actually there is no options tab under the view tab. Under the tools tab there is an internet options which takes you to an advanced tab that allow you to reset the defaults.
 
I have tried both of the things you have suggested without any luck. I have do so many things not that they all run together and I can not remember how to get back to some of them.
 
I just don't undertsand. This is occupying a ton of my time and thanks to your generosity yours as well. I need a new word to describe the frustration. $240 and probably 40 hours of messing around with this thing. Being a novice certainly has its disadvantages.
 
Thanks again.

Dr. Lawrence Ho

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July 15th, 2007 14:00

Have you tried using Real Player instead of Media Player?  I have two computers.  One will not stream some videos with Media Player but works fine with Real Player. 

xps200cali209

52 Posts

July 15th, 2007 15:00


paindoc wrote:
Have you tried using Real Player instead of Media Player?  I have two computers.  One will not stream some videos with Media Player but works fine with Real Player. 

Good suggestion paindoc.  :smileyhappy:  Maybe also, Try a different browser. Since you said the
 
problems may have started after you updated to IE 7 and MP 11.  IF you use a different browser and
 
a different player that might resolve the issue.
 
 
 
 
 

Smith1963

12 Posts

July 15th, 2007 16:00

Tried realplayer. Noggin only allows WMP and Quicktime. Neither works. Downloaded Monzilla. Using WMP same results, buffering to the max.

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