youtube is skipping around like crazy...

[dudnaito]

strange thing is audio is fine if i minimize the window while it's still loading. If i try to see the video, then the video and audio skips around again. Also, it does this with both internet explorer and chrome so it doesn't seem to be a browser issue.

The screen is black, and the "bar" goes from like 0:01 to 0:10 constantly with the noise skipping around too. This has been going on for quite some time. Thanks for any suggestions.

some videos are fine though. especially ones uploaded by "normal people."
For example: http://www.youtube.com/user/mrfleurish... is fine

but 95% of all videos simply don't work for me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

What system are you viewing the videos on? Laptop? PC? What are the specs of your machine?

I'd recommend updating your drivers. If you're unsure which are the right ones post up your motherboard model number and graphics card model number, or laptop model number if applicable.

 

[dudnaito]

I got this via BelArc Advisor. HOpefully this is sufficient.

Operating System System Model
Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) (build 7600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC 059B110000243010010020100
System Serial Number: CNF051669V
Enclosure Type: Notebook
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.60 gigahertz Intel Core i7 Q 720
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total) Board: Hewlett-Packard 149C 65.2E
Serial Number: P L621 01 1Z ZU 0HK
Bus Clock: 1066 megahertz
BIOS: Hewlett-Packard F.13 09/14/2010
Drives Memory Modules c,d
639.82 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
229.32 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

hp DVDRAM GT30L [Optical drive]
YVUL C567GPA SCSI CdRom Device [Optical drive]

TOSHIBA MK6461GSYN [Hard drive] (640.13 GB) -- drive 0, s/n X0TCS05NS, SMART Status: Healthy 6078 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'Bottom - Slot 1' has 4096 MB (serial number 6701BB17)
Slot 'Bottom - Slot 2' has 2048 MB (serial number FB43C9ED)
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 616.37 GB 225.90 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 23.45 GB 3.42 GB free
Network Drives
None discovered
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
kimjack 2/24/2011 6:01:33 AM (admin)
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Administrator 9/16/2010 7:31:50 AM (admin)
Guest never

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HP Officejet Pro 8000 A809 Series on USB001
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:
Controllers Display
Intel(R) 5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 [Display adapter]
Generic PnP Monitor (17.1"vis)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
A4AQGGVD IDE Controller
Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3B34
Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3B3C ATI High Definition Audio Device
Bluetooth Hands-free Audio
HP Webcam Splitter
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Virus Protection [Back to Top] new Group Policies
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011
None discovered

and the youtube advertisements are fine, streaming from cnn.com, gamespot.com, etc... are fine as well... just youtube videos.

 

[patonb]

Whats your internet speed for downloads?

I'd think the ads are low def, and vids are high def....

 

[dudnaito]

i can assure you internet speed is definitely not an issue. I have like 20mb+... got the fastest one available from charter comm. Can download multiple files over 1 or 2 mbps

If it was just slow, the bar wouldn't get filled up so fast. The red bar fills up REALLY fast, but the circle thing to indicate where you are in the video timeline skips around back and forth nonstop.

who knows, maybe the file size is consideration for other reasons. ??

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Try updating Adobe Flash player.
Adobe - Install a different version of Adobe Flash Player

 

[dudnaito]

already tried that for firefox and ie, and chrome simply states that it already has an internal one in its browser... doesn't work.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Tried updating your graphics driver? That was a problem on one of the laptops I had the other day. Apart from that, not sure what else to recommend if you've already tried different browsers. Hmmm...

 

[Trotter]

Check what else is running on your rig. I have found that, when I am Folding (both CPU and GPU), YouTube skips pretty bad and especially on the HQ vids.

 

[dudnaito]

i don't think i have anything unusual running. just the usual, microsoft word, itunes, utorretn, browsers, etc...

like i said all other forms of streaming video works perfectly; it's STRICTLY youtube.

also, this laptop doesn't struggle with HD at all. I watch 1080p almost by default.

I know this isn't exactly a monster, but it's still a i7 quad core processor... even my old laptop didn't struggle at all with 1080p youtube videos.

It just started to happen last week for unknown reasons.

I updated the graphics driver to no avail. i also tried looking for viruses, trojans, etc.. but nothing noticeable pops up.

Dang it all