frankdsl124c
join:2008-03-13
Brooklyn, NY
| reply to DracoFelis
Re: hulu
I have turned off all of the start up programs when running hulu videos including anti-spyware and anti-virus programs and this does reduce the tendency to stall. But how do you raise the priority of your web browser's task above normal? Also r there any programs that i can get that will help reduce video stall? Y does Google video and YouTube work so well? Thanx 4 the help! |
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DracoFelis
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join:2003-06-15
| said by frankdsl124c  :But how do you raise the priority of your web browser's task above normal? As I mentioned, I don't remember what the Win2K task manager is like (it's been a few years since we used Windows 2000 at work).
But if it works anything like the XP task manager, it's very easy to change process priorities. In XP you just have task manager bring up the process list, find the process used by your web browser (for example, I use the FireFox web browser, so my browser's process is "firefox.exe"), right click that process (in Task Manager), and choose "Set Priority => Above Normal" (and OK the change, when Task Manager asks you to verify). Voila, your web browser is running at higher than default Windows priority (and therefore gets CPU slightly ahead of other things running on your machine).
NOTE: Higher priority for your web browser seems to help a little bit. But in the end, a "too slow" machine, will still be too slow. And we all have to live with the fact that HULU is just more CPU hungry than say YouTube is (so it won't work as well on slower machines)... |
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frankdsl124c
join:2008-03-13
Brooklyn, NY | Thanx 4 the information, i have tried some of your suggestions and they do help. I was also thinking of getting a faster internet service such as Verizon Business Class or such. Would this help? |
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DracoFelis
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join:2003-06-15
| said by frankdsl124c :I was also thinking of getting a faster internet service such as Verizon Business Class or such. Would this help? In theory yes, but in practice it appears that you may have enough ISP speed, and the problem is your CPU speed. If so, a faster ISP speed won't make much of a difference (except to your pocket book), until/unless you get a computer with a faster CPU...
BTW:
I have the same problem with 3meg (supposedly 10meg, but my older modem can't sync with my DSL at full speed) internet, and I still have the same hulu problems you do with my older computer. And yes, things like playing with the priority, using smaller video, etc, all help (but only so much).
OTOH: I just got done viewing things using my newer (albeit not exactly super fast) laptop (but cabled up to my 20" CRT monitor), and I had little problems watching "full screen". So in the end, the solution appears to be to get a faster CPU, not necessarily a faster internet (as your internet is probably "fast enough", it's your CPU that's having trouble drawing the video in "real time"). |
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