u tube

Anyone have any ideas why u tube will only play a few seconds at a time on my computer?

slow internet connection?

Does it play for a few seconds then stop and say "buffering" or a little circle twirly thingy like its loading something?

If so, you might check your internet connection speed. You can goooooogle "internet speed test" and test your connection.

Hope this helps

internets is AWESOME. I learned how to cook mashed potatoes 2 night ago!!

*yeah, shut-up. I just didn't know how long to boil them.

Inspector wrote:

internets is AWESOME. I learned how to cook mashed potatoes 2 night ago!!

*yeah, shut-up. I just didn't know how long to boil them.

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ol guy wrote:

Anyone have any ideas why u tube will only play a few seconds at a time on my computer?

Did you figure it out?

No didn't figure it out. It worked ok tonight. Download was 1545kbps and upload was 377 kbps. Haven't a clue what that all means.

ol guy wrote:

No didn't figure it out. It worked ok tonight. Download was 1545kbps and upload was 377 kbps. Haven't a clue what that all means.

That sounds like pretty standard numbers for a DSL internet provider. You might try clearing your history and cache in explorer or firefox. Videos get buffered (stored) in your computer's memory as they play. They are also reading/writing to your history and cache (like an electronic breadcrumb trail inside your computer).

Sometimes, like on my 7 year old pentium laptop, it helps a lot if I clear my web surfing and history. Speeds things up while surfing the internet by a lot.

Think of it as like getting a stuffy nose that kind of has you kind of breathing hard. After you blow out your snot locker, you can breath through your nose again.

To clear cache/history in firefox
Tools/Options/Clear Recent History (a window will pop up)/select everything if you don't mind clearing stored passwords, form data etc then hit "clear now"

NOTE: don't yell at me if you clear site preferences and active logins... personally, nowadays I think it is unsafe to let your internet browser store login passwords. I've seen too many people get hacked by using the same passwords in multiple accounts that are stored automatically. :2cents:

If you use explorer
Tools, internet options (window pops up), general tab, delete history button, choose what to delete (delete all with same caviat as above about auto logins and stuff)


Well I hope this helps. Clearing the cache and temporary internet files is always a good way to "unclog" an internet browser. Some more advanced functions would be to allow more RAM memory for the program, install more RAM... or even better upgrade to a high bandwidth internet service provider like cable broadband. Broadband can get you up to 8000kbps (8mbs) but uploads for non-commercial will always be about 350kbps uploads.

Hope this helps

griz