question about video playback

[Generic User #2]

i hope i can explain this right...

basically, i was watching some videos on youtube on HD. i've done this before with no problems, but today, its been stuttering like theres no tomorrow. i took a look at it in the Resource Monitor and its(firefox) staying between 77%-85% of CPU usage - which is all of the spare cycles on the CPU. i'm on the laptop and it came with a blu-ray player so i would think it should be handling 720p vids a LOT better than this.

what i'm looking for is is there a particular reason why the playback is so bad today? and what should i do to fix it? can my graphics card(nvidia 8400m GS) be set to handle video playback(i'm not sure if its not doing that already....)?

[gingerbee]

there maybe ads on the page that your viewing that are cause the computer to do more work then it has to and it is stopping the cpu from playing the vid right ( quick answer )

[Jake_HT]

Can't explain the CPU usage, but when viewing "HD" vids on youtube it does look choppy, so add this to the end of the link:

&fmt=22

Example:

YouTube - Like A Boss (ft. Seth Rogen) - Uncensored Version

(so it doesn't embed the stupid thing)


Look stuttery?

[Generic User #2]

ya...its freaking brutal, its like i'm trying to play crysis on this laptop.

while i'm here...does the graphics card automatically handle video processing? if so, does it work through all media players(in particular, WMP11)? if not, can i enable it to do so somehow?

[enaberif]

Works fine for me.

[Spaceman-Spiff]

Stupid question, but: did it finish streaming before you watch the video?

If it doesn't, try again after the whole video has been fully streamed before watching it.

[Dr_BenD_over]

Right Click on Video, Enable hardware acceleration.

[Shadowmeph]

if you have adblock or adblock plus installed in Firefox you can sometimes right click of adds ( flash ads ) and block them out which makes things run smoother

[Generic User #2]

Originally Posted by Spaceman-Spiff

Stupid question, but: did it finish streaming before you watch the video?

If it doesn't, try again after the whole video has been fully streamed before watching it.

ya, i keep rewinding it as it was streaming and tried it some more after everything was loaded.

is streamed content normally put into the RAM or the HDD? if its the former, does the content being on the HDD affect performance?


but ya, something is wrong with my comp. i'm looking at the CPU usage of quicktime(50%) now and its 20% higher than before when playing the same video. i was doing some tweaking around in my nvidia CP, but i've set everything back to its defaults and its still crap.

Originally Posted by Dr_BenD_over

Right Click on Video, Enable hardware acceleration.

i'll be honest - i don't see that option anywhere.

[Thund3rball]

1. Is it just YouTube?
2. Any background processes or scans going on?
3. Does local HD video do the same thing?
4. Any changes to your connection speed or ISP?
5. Is it only in FF?