If your FPS count drops below 10, your video playback will be noticeably choppy. It takes a lot of processing power to play video on a personal computer. There are some factors might be the causes to slow video playback:

Try downloading the movie to your computer and watching it locally. Sometimes choppiness occurs when we can't stream it to you quickly enough (because your connection is slow or our servers are overloaded). If you're watching an MPEG-4 that we derived from an original MPEG-2, we first reduce its size to 320 x 240 - a quarter of the resolution of NTSC video. We then translate it at 350 kbps, which is really borderline for that resolution.

This has to do with the way the video is loading, not the quality of the video. In order for us to minimize space on our site, all videos have to load in order for you to preview them. Depending on your Internet speed, load times may vary. You can see the loading progress on the video itself in the form of a moving gray line. Take a moment to read the information about the clip to the right in the meantime, and once the video has loaded properly, it will play smoothly.

The most likely explanation is that you have rendered the movie at a higher resolution than your computer can play back with the QuickTime compressor (codec) with which the movie was rendered. Keep in mind that full-motion video at broadcast resolution can not be played back by most computers unless it was rendered with a QuickTime compressor designed for computer play back. Please see the "QuickTime Addendum" chapter of the documentation which discusses these issues in detail.

If a video doesn't play continuously it may be due to your connection speed. Please note that a broadband connection with 500+ Kbps is required for continuous playback. It is also possible that your video download speed is slow or inconsistent. In this case, you can try pausing the video until the entire stream is downloaded, then play the video.

Oxygen.com is a high-bandwidth site, and requires at least a DSL connection (120k) to fully enjoy all of our features. Trying to view video clips from a dialup connection (or anything less than 120k) will cause the clips to appear choppy.

This is the result of insufficient buffering. One solution is to this problem is to let the video completely finish streaming to the computer and then play it. You may also need to get the latest version of direct X from Microsoft. Go to the Download Section to have it right now!

There may be a few solutions to this problem: 1.Upgrade your firmware 2.Defragment the memory card/device you are recording to 3.Choose a higher video recording resolution in the settings

Because of the high quality of our lesson videos, you will need a lot of bandwidth to play them. Every ISP has fluxuation with their bandwidth so sometimes the videos make be slow and choppy. If that happens you can switch to a progressive format. A progressive format will buffer a portion of the lesson on your hard drive, before it starts playing. So when you do play the lesson, you are playing it from your hard drive, so the lessons will run normally.

The issue with the "chipmonk" effect is due to the way that the mp3 was originally encoded. Noisehead's Flash player can handle most standard mp3 encodings with any bitrate. However, some mp3 encoders use "non-standard" encoding techniques that Flash cannot handle... Namely the MP3-PRO encoding scheme. When a file is encoded with the MP3-PRO setting the file seems to play too fast and makes the audio sound as if it were made by chipmonks.

You may be watching the webpage on a dual monitor configuration. If you are, make sure that the video is on your primary monitor. If you are not using a dual monitor and the problem persists, please check the audio video settings page.

First ensure your speakers are turned on and are not muted. If problem persists, please check the audio video settings page.

Yes. The Kaleidescape System has been designed for the anticipated widespread availability of HD content. The massive disk capacity of the Server is ideal for storing HD movies. A few HD titles are already being distributed by Kaleidescape pre-loaded on every new Kaleidescape System, and more will be available in the future.

Check /var/logs/messages for "no free buffers" and try loading with [root@host]# insmod ivtv.o debug=1 to cut down on the amount of traffic to the hard disk which will reduce delays. The driver currently allocates about 1 second worth of buffering. Also try playing the stream on a different computer or operating system.

For both Gold Medal Math and Roller Typing you need at least 16 MB of RAM. GeoCycle USA requires a minimum of 32 MB. The more RAM you have the better the programs will run. To check how much RAM you have for your Macintosh, go to the upper left of the screen where the apple icon is and select About This Computer. See how much Built in Memory there is.

DWW videos come in high quality media files. Using a PC that meets the minimum requirements, you should be able to playback all movies full screen. If you do not routinely defragment your hard drive, you may experience performance problems resulting in choppy playback. It is always good practice routinely to defragment your hard drive. Be sure to use an AntiVirus program and only install programs from reputable suppliers.

As with all things computer the choppy sound may occur due to connection difficulties with your service provider.

If you're having trouble with the speed of our site, it's usually one of three things: PositiveSingles.com may be experiencing technical difficulty. We know what it's like to be in a hurry to find love, but please try again later. The connection on your end may be the cause. Double-check your modem settings or connection speed to make sure you're connected at the highest possible internet connection rate. The internet itself may be experiencing a traffic jam.

The encoding process gives priority to capturing video over displaying the preview. This simply means that the DCM is using those resources for capturing. The slower the computer, the more this will happen. Although this is a normal event, optimizing your computer or upgrading the system will lessen this effect.