Problem with viewing videos

1. cameronee66
   Member

   

   I have an old PC ( 3 years old), and a brand new hi tech PC. 1st one is HP, has Windows XP, and Windows Media Player 10 . 2nd one is also HP, has Windows Vista, and Windows Media Player 10. Same connection, same room, next to each oher, sharing a cable connection.

    On 1st PC, I click on a video link , it buffers for a few moments, then it opens and I can view the video as it continues to download.

   On 2nd PC,I click on a video link, and a window opens, giving me the option of either "save" or "cancel". If I click on "save", it takes about 1 minute for a 3 minutes video clip to totally download, before I get to view it.

   For the life of me, I can't figure out why. Does anyone know for sure why, and how I can fix it?

   Posted 4 years ago #

2. videolab
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    The only problem I can think of is that your using the beleaguered Vista OS. It has lots of great new DRM features that activate any time your using "premium content" like lets say... any video. I have never used Vista myself just know what i have read about it, but what I have read about its media handling capability is not good. As for how to fix it I would say that if you can go with XP do it. Its a stable mature OS that does not have these problems. I know it sounds crazy but Microsoft really dropped the ball on this one. Like I said I have never used it myself but from what friends who do have it tell me and from what I read it is plagued with problems. One of my friends actually bought XP to replace the Vista that came on his Dell box. 

   Posted 4 years ago #

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Supported video provider:

youtube, myvideo, funnyordie, gametrailers, collegehumor, dailymotion, glumbert, liveleak, redtube, googlevideo, sevenload, metacafe, clipfish, vimeo