You Tube Help Wanted please

I've just upgraded to a wireless internet connection, so you would think that I could watch youtube clips without any problems; however, the videos keep stopping and starting, ruining my enjoyment of classic Barnsley moments e.g. penalty shoot-out at Cardiff, Barnsley V Huddersfield, Muller's 'blindfolded' penalty saves etc. Does anyone know what's causing this and how the problem can be solved? TIA.

 

BTT nt

 

It means your broadband connection is too slow

Mine does it sometimes - things to try (I'm on XP not sure about Vista): -

At the bottom right, where the clock is, there is an icon for your wireless network. Right click on it and do "Repair".

Power down your router, wait 30 secs, then power up again and allow the computer to reconnect.

Try a direct cable (ethernet cable) to your router if possible.

Change to a different broadband supplier!

If all else fails, you can pause the video and allow it to download (the red bar at the bottom indicates progress) then play it when it has finished loading. You have to wait but at least it doesn't stop and start.

I hope you/re not watching the match on the net!

 

Thanks, mate. Fortunately, I was amongst the lucky ones, so I'm going to start getting ready for the match now and come back to this later! Have a good day and Yoooooooooooooo Reeeddddddzzzzzzz!!!

 

RE: It means your broadband connection is too slow

Well, not really your broadband connection if it was OK before you went wireless as that hasn't changed. It's more a matter of your wireless connection and some of Stahlschwanz's suggestions would help with that.

Look at the status of the wireless connection and fiddle around to get it as strong as possible. It's a bit like the old days of hanging out the window with the TV aerial. If the signal is weak you can get higher range receivers (although the ones in laptops are generally pretty good the wireless USB dongles aren't really much use). I'm looking at getting a MaxRange Netgear PCI wireless card this week for a mate who needs to strengthen his signal. Moving the directional antennae on the wireless router may also help - there are pages on the web showing you how the signal is directed. And you can get stronger and/or more directable routers.

If the signal is very weak then I understand you can get access points that relay the signal but this slows it down. I may have to go down that route in France as the walls there are over a metre thick which doesn't help.

Whatever you do, wireless is going to be slower and less reliable than a wired connection. If you're planning on doing much video or peer-to-peer stuff I'd keep access to a wired connection available if you can.