video lag

TheBigMan123

hey everybody

i am starting to get really mad at the video lag on any video i watch and i dont know what to do about it...... i dont no is it just because i am useing skype at the same time or not but i really need to sort it out fast so if anybody can help i would really like it.


Thank you

mordeith

TheBigMan123 wrote: »

hey everybody

i am starting to get really mad at the video lag on any video i watch and i dont know what to do about it...... i dont no is it just because i am useing skype at the same time or not but i really need to sort it out fast so if anybody can help i would really like it.


Thank you

I presume you're talking about streaming videos online right? (YouTube, etc)
What's your BB speed? As you mention it could be because you are on Skype as well. Try disabling the video in Skype and see does that make a difference?

TheBigMan123

Thanks for the reply

when i am not on skype the videos on youtube ect dont lag so it is skype that lags them.. do you know how to sort that out ?

Patrick 1

Do you know your internet speeds? If so post 'em up, would be a major help in diagnosing the problem.

B.A._Baracus

Whilst it could be your internet speeds, it does sound like your laptop could be a bit nackered.

My desktop suffers from video lag alot too. It's nearly 4 years old. I've noticed a reformat can help it.

How old is your laptop?

mordeith

TheBigMan123 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply

when i am not on skype the videos on youtube ect dont lag so it is skype that lags them.. do you know how to sort that out ?

Do can disable the video feed in Skype. Can't remember off hand exactly how but it's fairly obvious I'm sure. I reckon you would need a minimum of a 3Mb connection to run Skype and Youtube simultaneously, and that would depend on what quality the YouTube video is.

Torqay

What are the specs of your computer? OS, processor, RAM, graphics?

Flash video on its own is demanding enough, if you throw other video codecs (such as VP8/h.264 as used by Skype) into the mix at the same time, you can easily push older systems to their limits.

TheBigMan123

my download speed is 3.95 Mb/s and my upload speed 0.26Mb/s

my laptop is not even a few months old.....

it is a Toshiba with a 4GB ram

B.A._Baracus

TheBigMan123 wrote: »

my download speed is 3.95 Mb/s and my upload speed 0.26Mb/s

my laptop is not even a few months old.....

it is a Toshiba with a 4GB ram

Hmmmm, definitely a performance issue so.
Get a free spyware program and run a scan (for a start) There is no way a laptop, with your specs and age, should be running things slow.

do you have anti virus installed?

TheBigMan123

i ran a scan this moring and there was nuting to be found

Alanstrainor

TheBigMan123 wrote: »

i ran a scan this moring and there was nuting to be found

What program were you using for the scan?

Saying a toshiba with 4GB of RAM doesn't really give us enough to go on. Ideally you should post up what the processor is too.

I would reckon it's between a network issue and a slow machine to be honest.

TheBigMan123

i just got my laptop back for a friend of mine and now it is runing fine the lag is gone he said he there was updates the needed to be done but i was never told that there was any updates to be done....


so thank you all for the help