Problem with streaming video?

[Jarhead0331]

So over the last few weeks, my computer has been having trouble playing videos from the web, ie. youtube, embedded videos, etc.  Sometimes they do not load at all.  Other times, they will load enough to give me a few seconds of play time and then stop.  In order to get the video feed to advance, I need to roll the little play ticker back...that usually will give me another few seconds of video, but then I have to rewind and repeat the process...repeatedly.

What is causing this?  Any idea or suggestions on how to fix?

Thanks.

[GDS_Starfury]

I had the same problem and never got a solution..  finally my motherboard died so I gave up trying.   :P
and no Im not joking.  the boys heres told to reinstall my brousers and that didnt help nor did reinstalling adobe and my video card drivers.

[Barthheart]

Could it just be that your ISP is throttling your download speed? Are any other downloads slow or stalling? Is it time of day specific?

[mirth]

Could it just be that your ISP is throttling your download speed? Are any other downloads slow or stalling? Is it time of day specific?

Yeah, I've been wondering about that myself. In the past couple weeks, my speed is way down. I've spent hours on the phone with my ISP and gotten nowhere. I think they're throttling and not telling me. Or they're having network issues that they aren't admitting too.

[Jarhead0331]

Could it just be that your ISP is throttling your download speed? Are any other downloads slow or stalling? Is it time of day specific?

You know...funny you mention.  I've noticed that steam downloads have slowed and data seems to download in broken segments...hmmmmmmm. Verizon better not be playing games to get me to upgrade to their quantum bullshit.

[Gusington]

I also have Verizon Fios and ahve the same issue with Steam downloads. One game took 16 hoirs to finish last week. Granted I am on a wireless setup in a basement but still...oddly I have had no issues with video or Netflix...just game downloads, which are much bigger.

[eyebiter]

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[Staggerwing]

That's the dirty little (not so) secret that all the broadband providers keep. It's not just 3G and 4GLTE that they throttle but even the landline/cable services. I'd be hard pressed to link this next bit but I recall reading that ISPs can throttle based on where the data is coming from as well as overall throughput. Since the biggest selling point for upgrading to any of the high speed services is streaming HDTV the providers are probably trying to rob Peter (Youtube/Steam/etc) to pay Paul (Netflix/Amazon Prime/iTunes) because that is what most armchair internet customers seem to want most. I'll even go so far as to say that 'Big Broadband' has figured out ways to spoof things like Speedtest.net just to make it look like they are doing nothing wrong and it's all Youtube's fault that Miley Cyrus has adding buffering to her twerking.