Flash video problem

Hi!

I have an odd problem: I reinstalled my Vista Home Premium OS, and I am using the same software and drivers as before (newest drivers from Dell site), but I have an issue with flash video playback now. For example: Colbert Report from ComedyCentral starts and immediately stops playback. Then it will start again, only to stop again. Sometimes for a minute or so. Further in the timeline this won't happen anymore, but whenever a stream starts.

Tried different browsers.
Reinstalled NVidia drivers.
Newest Adobe flash plugin.
Great internet connection - bandwidth is NOT the issue here.

But above all: it used to work on this computer flawlessly, but now it doesn't anymore.

Does anyone experience the same, or knows a solution?

Thanks so much!

Matthias

 

I'd say issue with the internet connection - however, it could be on your side or the server side.

But, providing that it is not the connection, have you tried updating the Flash player?
Different Browsers?
Which browser do you use?

I know the Flash based iplayer "died" on Firefox for me, IE worked and "decayed" - new Flash Player and all was well again.

 

Thanks for your help! But look at my post. I did try different browsers (IE, Opera, Firefox), and I did update both the flash plugin and NVidia driver. Problem remains.

This is so odd.

Matthias

 

Ok, is it every site, special time?

Remember - the bandwith is limted on your side and the server side, i.e. you can have 20MBit/s down but if the server can only send 1MBit/s that doesn'T help.

So - does it happen at specific times?

Another thought - it sounds as if video playback starts before the video is able to buffer.

Have you set it to immediate playback somehow.
I think there is a delayed start option somewhere.

 

Hi!

The main thing is that every parameter of my new Vista install should be the same as before - with the only difference that I have problems playing flash videos.

It's not related to the time of the day, nor do bandwidth problems play a part in this.

Maybe something driver related or whatever. But I reinstalled those a couple of times already. And everythign else works totally fine.

It's odd.

Matthias

 

That is odd.

The last idea that comes to my mind:
You installed a newer driver, and that was buggy.