Video keeps buffering and pausing every 5-10 secs.

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Jun. 12, 2008Damien Braxton

I'm having a problem with the video taking forever to load, then when it loads and buffer, plays for a little bit then begins pause and buffer then play, and so on..

This happens the WHOLE time..


I'm wondering, what do I need to do in order to get the buffering to stop so I may watch the video in full?

Jun. 21, 2008ReeD

BUMP*****


I have the same problem and it is really annoying.

Jun. 22, 2008comedian

Can you post a link to the troublesome video so someone can test it and determine if it is a server or a client problem?

Jul. 06, 2008tom

Hello Jeroen,
you can also use your wizard to reproduce the problem.
Clear your browser cache and set the following flags:
controlbar=none
autostart=true
repeat=true

After "Update and Preview" you can see the buffer logo every 5 seconds.
The same settings but with controlbar - no problem.
The old version 3.16 hasn't this problem!
Thanks Tom

Here the wizard code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/swfobject.js"></script>
<div id="player">This text will be replaced</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf','mpl','470','320','9');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('flashvars','&file=/upload/flash.flv&controlbar=none&autostart=true&repeat=true');
so.write('player');
</script>

Jul. 09, 2008JeroenW

Seems to be fixed in the latest release.

If not, can you tell me which OS / CPU you use? I don't think it is an issue of autostart/repeat.

Also, did you try increasing the 'bufferlength' a little?

Sep. 09, 2008uncoolwabin

Amen. I do not know whether to hate google video, my hughes satellite, whatever movieshower comes with microsoft; but every few seconds i am forced to wait for buffering though sometimes i do not have to! Damn them all!

Why can't we just have a choice such as "no damn buffering! i'll take it substandard!" i have gotten to hate all people connected to computer services and softwear for their cruelty to the public: we never get a choice. It goes back to mac with the damn cherry bomb next to "OK?"

"Increase buffering" -- as if there is an easy-to-find place to do it! It should all be obvious, you guys! When we watch something a right click should give us the choices so we can chose to do what we want to, period!

Nov. 26, 2008sudhakar

hi, that wizard code where i can insert in my web site, near swf file wich place insert code

Nov. 26, 2008sudhakar

please give me ur answare

Jan. 09, 2009beals

As i have the same buffereing problem, and have only just got a computer and been on the net for the past couple of days - i really wish that i knew what the hell you guys were talking about! Could someone please tell me in leymans terms how to solve me wee problem sonny?!?

Jan. 09, 2009beals

Oh my god i hate bloody pausing vidoes!!!! This is really driving me insane - I only want to watch "Mr Hanky the christmas poo" on you tube, it,s not like i'm asking the earth now is it?!?

Feb. 02, 2009ffodessip

Ye, buffering is annoying, it's either to do with your own connection, or to do with the bandwidth of the server that the video is been hosted on. If you're on a static connection then it's got to be the server that the video is hosted on and the amount of people using it. (Assholes, they should all fuck off when i want to watch a video!!!!)

Fuck them all!!

Mar. 07, 2009brian

i have the same and my I.S.P. says its "lack of resurses on my computter"?but we have two . one p.c. with vista(512RAM) and the other is a note book with X.P. on it with 1G.B.of ram.allso the vista P.C. uses "ready boost" but they still insist its my computters at fault!!!(virgin A.D.S.L)

Mar. 08, 2009ben

fuckin ruined my night of movie watching online

Mar. 08, 2009grrrr

a classic pacino deniro duet of modern movie making brilliance ruined by buffering one day we can all hope for a better future of pause-free movie relaxation

Mar. 14, 2009Ms Buffers

I have the same problem too but I found out that once a one vid buffers the others r alright ..

Also it might sound weird but this dnt happen at night time only during the day and it happens on utube

Terrible!

Apr. 11, 2009sowrave

video buffering not good

Apr. 12, 2009Ben_Gosu

Are you using a CMS module to embed the player? (like Joomla for instance)?
I had the same problem when using that. I know embed the player directly and it works great.

May. 24, 2009krishna

how can i slove this plz say

May. 28, 2009girl

This happens to me all the time when I try and watch various tv shows online. I notice it mainly happens when I try and watch House but when I watch other shows it barely happens. I have tried watching (House) from various different websites to see if one would be better and it doesn't seem to be the case. How do I get the videos to buffer to 100%? Approximately how long should that take for an hour long episode? It is really annoying trying to watch something and it stops to buffer constantly and sometimes never fully does. I would rather not watch House with a stuttering cast.

Any suggestions (aside from watching it on the ol' tube since I don't have cable) and can you give me directions in very basic non computer literate terms?

Thanks so much!!

May. 30, 2009floz23

There is still an issue somewhere with buffering... When the video is paused it buffers FAST, but when its playing, it doesnt buffer fast enough. It seems as if there is bandwidth throttling somewhere!

Jul. 01, 2009archita

hi,
pause the video and see that a colored line is moving a bit further when the line gets over you can play the video.

Jul. 08, 2009henry

i wish some one would solve this problem, pausing it will not solve the problem because many sites other then youtube often only allow a small amount of buffering at a time, so it will still end up freezing after a short period

Jul. 14, 2009JeroenW

Actually, if you use HTTP streaming or download, the entire video will be downloaded. So the pausing does work.

In general, frequent buffering means the bitrate of your video exceeds the bitrate of your connection. There is a workaround in the "bufferlength" flashvar. Set it high (e.g. to 10 or 15), so a lot will be buffered before playing.

Jul. 24, 2009AnnieO

a note for JeroenW. Thank you for trying to explain the buffering problem---- but what the HELL is a flashvar--- and how do I find the mentioned "bufferlength" "flashvar" setting option????? Every time a computer geek tries to help with a situation, they never include complete instructions of HOW TO GET TO THE SETTINGS!! What's with that. but we do appreciate you TRYING to help... you all just need to learn how to teach! thanks for listening!

Jul. 24, 2009snarkie

Many Tutorials are linked from the green menubar Support, gray menubar Tutorials at the top of every page.

flashars: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashVars

Everything for Developers: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/

Have fun...

    Good Luck!    

(Please learn how to communicate in a courteous and respectful manner. Like most decent humans, we don't appreciate being shouted at.)

Jul. 29, 2009amy

same happening with me keeps buffing! sooo annoying
can some1 explain propley what to do

Jul. 29, 2009antsie

you need get highspeed to it buffout fast!!!

Aug. 03, 2009hamen

tis seems not helping me..
my problem is in asp.net page...
the video will stream faster if i access using broadband and if i using landline , have to wait for a quit long time..
any one can help ah...
really desperated...

Aug. 10, 2009Mitteemo

I mute the video until it is completely loaded. In the meantime I click on another window and read email or play solitaire or do house things and come back. You can count to ten only so many times, ha

Aug. 11, 2009schtinky

This is not an internet speed problem. I'm on a huge, reliable connection. What I'm experiencing is (a) choppy video and (b) video that loads much faster when paused.

I have several servers recording and hosting video in my system and only one has this problem. The only thing I can think of is that I've got different ffmpeg versions encoding the video on each server and from the problematic server, JW player has a hard time handling the video due to some subtle encoding difference. It's working so hard to decode video for display that it's negatively affecting download speed.

Thoughts?

Aug. 12, 2009floz23

I have no ideas where the problem lies. I'm even on bitgravity's CDN, which has just amazing performance.

When I use JWplayer, latest version with type=bitgravity, my mp4 performance is just horrid! Whats really strange, is that when the video is PAUSED, the video will download REALLY fast, but when playing, the download slows dramatically.

This has been an ongoing issue, with several people expressing similar problems, but I have not gotten to the bottom of this problem.

I almost have no choice but to rewrite half of my damned website, and just use bitgravity's native mp4 player (which seems to work flawlessly.)

I DONT want to do this, how can i help fix jwplayer???

Sep. 03, 2009julz115

mines the same when i go on you tube it keeps buffing every 5 seconds and its so annoying why does this happen julie

Sep. 07, 2009Mato

up a to a couple weeks ago ' Free Movie Land" Had a site that looked an arrow and there was NO BUFFERNG
you could watch the part 1 and 2 with no probs.now I cant fined the site 9/7/09

Sep. 17, 2009LLM

Need help!! I cant watch video on youtube without the video buffering every 2 seconds.

Please help!! What could it be?

I have a Windows Vista

Sep. 18, 2009Johnnyk

I had the same problem. Unplugged my modem. When I plugged it back in, my internet connection was faster and videos didn't pause to buffer.

Sep. 22, 2009Don

I have a Mac and PC and both won't play videos without buffering.

I'm wondering if it's my dsl connection.

Sep. 23, 2009rocko

make sure your adobe flash is up to date and your java is also if not remove it and redownload it,...also if you are useing broadband thats an issue too, roadrunner works pretty good but the wireless broadband is another story adobe reader can also help some but makes your computer vulnerable to hakers. free up some unused file also on your computer by deleating them in your control panel add remove programs.check your virual memory also!

Sep. 30, 2009Jake

Mine keeps doing the same, but it also does it with music. It happens for a day or two and then it suddenly goes away and then it comes back.

Oct. 14, 2009Mich

I'm having the same buffering problem as every1 else, read the comments... and I still have no idea what to do to fix this problem!! Could some1 please help me!

Oct. 18, 2009try this

i tweaked every pc setting possible based on advice on the internet - nothing worked. someone adviced me to change my cable modem. it worked. before, my downloading speed from the internet was 300+kps and streaming video buffered every three seconds. after replacing the cable modem, my download speed averaged 9000+kps. streaming video is now lightning quick with no buffering issues whatsoever. try it. it may be the solution to your problem.

Oct. 19, 2009Cable Modem?

What do u mean by that? How do u change it?

Oct. 23, 2009babes

cable modem what is it and how does it work,at least what cable and where do i get it.

Oct. 23, 2009babes

i agree with mich we need help uuuurgently with this buffering problem.

Oct. 25, 2009Zachary Ozer

This problem has been fixed for some time. If you're still having trouble, please post an example of the page demonstrating the error.

Oct. 27, 2009Lisabeth

Dont download anything new on "updates" from java, thats how they are stopping us

Oct. 28, 2009Zachary Ozer

Java updates shouldn't affect Flash

Nov. 10, 2009nik

i have embrarq, dsl fast connection and this just started happening to me like 2-3 days ago its rly annoying any suggestions to fix this? plz reply

Nov. 12, 2009leroy maximus

Hi there guys and gals...I have similar problems and have heard (on the grapevine) that enabling Java Script (or maybe disabling it) can give improvements. It might just be another Urban Legend though. Please, any non overly technical help would be much appreciated.

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