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why does my computer freeze when i play VOD clips?

 
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fancypants



Joined: 22 May 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:03 am    Post subject: why does my computer freeze when i play VOD clips? Reply with quote

actually the subject title spells it out. it's really annoying.
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You forgot to set the toggle thingie.
Do a cartwheel and everything will be fine.
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fancypants



Joined: 22 May 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

???
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe it was a little mean of me but it was a joke.

What it means is- the quality of responses is proportional to the quality of info in the question.

I.E.- the title actually doesn't really spell it out- you gotta give more info.
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fancypants



Joined: 22 May 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh. thought it was enough. didn't even know you were being mean...i am pretty computer inept. i dunno what i can tell you...all i know is when i try to view a video clip from the internet it totally freezes halfway through and i have to turn my computer off to un-freeze it which is bad for the computer, exactly why i know not.

i checked available memory and there was loads...

now i am afraid to watch video clips from the internet cos this always seems to happen.

this is probably an idiotic question but like i said, my computer idiocy prevents me from being able to tell when i am being an idiot.
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, you're not getting any other responses, so it's not just me- I think you need to post some concrete info if anyone is going to be able to help you.
I'm certainly not a video guru, but there are plenty of them here.
How about posting your pc specs and then giving a detailed narrative of the problem.
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First, what format are the clips? If they are for WMP (.asf, .wmv, etc...) then you might want to play with the cache settings....have the browser cache the entire clip before playing it.

Then it might be a codec problem...try re-installing some codecs...do a search for the "Aceman mega-codec pack".

Hardware accelleration disable? Enable?

I really don't know...a virus?
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