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GDC
6/16/2011, 07:44 PM
and it makes it a pain in the *** to try to watch anything. What can I do about it? I set my Quicktime to maximum delay and it didn't seem to help. Any advice is appreciated.

olevetonahill
6/16/2011, 07:46 PM
Mine does that all the time , But its cause of this ****ty Satilite innnerwebs

SoonerofAlabama
6/16/2011, 07:50 PM
Anytime mine do it, I just try to be patient and I pause it and let it load completely. Not much else I can say.

Mongo
6/16/2011, 07:53 PM
and it makes it a pain in the *** to try to watch anything. What can I do about it? I set my Quicktime to maximum delay and it didn't seem to help. Any advice is appreciated.

more RAM, or quit watching HD pron

soonerboomer93
6/16/2011, 08:00 PM
Clear your ****in browser cache. (set it to clear on every close FYI)

GKeeper316
6/17/2011, 09:26 AM
get a better video card, more RAM, and a faster CPU

yermom
6/17/2011, 09:28 AM
stop using Quicktime

GDC
6/17/2011, 09:42 AM
stop using Quicktime

What should I use?

rekamrettuB
6/17/2011, 09:44 AM
Good internet porn does take a while to download. You just get it downloading and then go gather your whack items in the meantime.

yermom
6/17/2011, 09:44 AM
i don't know what videos you are watching, but i can't remember the last time i used Quicktime. it always seemed to want too much control over my computer or something

have you tried VLC? http://videolan.org

GDC
6/17/2011, 09:52 AM
I will try VLC. i mainly watch short videos off Youtube on a Macbook.

yermom
6/17/2011, 09:59 AM
as in, you download them?

GKeeper316
6/17/2011, 10:03 AM
download realplayer. it lets you download streaming video as a flash video file, then you can use a free flv converter (i use koyote) to convert it into an .avi or.wmv file.

GDC
6/17/2011, 10:03 AM
I just click them and watch, so not sure if I am streaming or downloading.

yermom
6/17/2011, 10:08 AM
i'm not sure why Quicktime would be involved in youtube

how fast is your connection?

olevetonahill
6/17/2011, 10:11 AM
I just click them and watch, so not sure if I am streaming or downloading.

Me also. I always figured it was my ****ty connection speed
Just did a speed test
Download .13

Upload .13

**** sucks

yermom
6/17/2011, 10:46 AM
yeah, youtube is not going to like that much

olevetonahill
6/17/2011, 12:12 PM
yeah, youtube is not going to like that much

Just called Wild Blue, They be here Monday to install, ****ing Hughes succs,

Customer service is in India with Hughes and out of Colorado for Wild Blue so at least Ill be able to understand em .:D

Breadburner
6/17/2011, 12:33 PM
Wipe the semen of your connection......

Flagstaffsooner
6/17/2011, 01:03 PM
Wipe the semen of your connection......:D :D :D

GDC
6/17/2011, 04:24 PM
I will do a speed test when I get home.

olevetonahill
6/17/2011, 04:27 PM
Heh, I called Hughes dint like what they had to say, One thing I couldnt hardly understan ole Rajmahal .
Called Wild Blue. Talked to them to see what theirs was like .

The will be out monday to install. Like I said, I can at least understand the folks from wild blue ;)

GKeeper316
6/17/2011, 04:49 PM
I couldnt hardly understan ole Rajmahal .


i'll bet he said his name was phillip.

olevetonahill
6/17/2011, 05:44 PM
i'll bet he said his name was phillip.

Naw this one was 'Abraham" I bout fell out laughing :D

stevo
6/17/2011, 05:45 PM
and it makes it a pain in the *** to try to watch anything. What can I do about it? I set my Quicktime to maximum delay and it didn't seem to help. Any advice is appreciated.


throw the computer at a wall. it will stop then.

olevetonahill
6/17/2011, 05:46 PM
i'll bet he said his name was phillip.

I were On with em for almost 2 hours one night a year er so ago..

I was a tad durnk and Bored ****less. I told him we gonna play a game.

When ever I yelled BOOMER he had to Respond with SOONER
I bout drove him nuts, but he was a good sport and did play along :D

GDC
6/18/2011, 01:17 PM
download = 9.97 Mbps
upload = 0.24 Mbps

Would Google Chrome help? I currently use Safari and Firefox.

Penguin
6/18/2011, 01:19 PM
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yermom
6/18/2011, 01:31 PM
download = 9.97 Mbps
upload = 0.24 Mbps

Would Google Chrome help? I currently use Safari and Firefox.

you might try it, but that sounds odd. how old is this MacBook? how much ram do you have? is your drive full or something?

that's plenty fast to stream anything from youtube, i'd think

GDC
6/18/2011, 01:44 PM
I tried Chrome and it said my Mac would not support it?!?

I have had it for 3-4 years I think.


Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.13f3
Serial Number: 4H6512W3WGP
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

yermom
6/18/2011, 01:48 PM
2GHz isn't the fastest, but it should stream video

do you have a really old operating system? that's the only reason i can think of that Chrome wouldn't work. Firefox should be fine though

GDC
6/18/2011, 03:54 PM
Mac OS X Version 10.4.11

yermom
6/18/2011, 05:24 PM
that's pretty old... i wonder how new of a version of Flash is supported

GDC
6/18/2011, 08:10 PM
I'm trying something called Wimpy now.