woothdye

I love the new flash format. Apart from the small mix up I had with Alias chapters being show as NCIS LA chapters because I refreshed the page from before the swap I haven't had a problem. The quality is way better and I have yet to encounter any skipping like I did with Real. Nice to see you guys evolving from the primordial soup that was realplayer

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The code is simple but it looks like the pop-up window would be fixed Height/Width and with a scroll bar not quite what people are looking for. The code for an expandable window would be much more intricate.

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For lbj: I thought it would be handy to post these links as not all problem are ISP related. It might be helpful to post these links in the troubleshooting tips so you don't get blamed for peoples crappy and outdated computers. Flash Desktop system requirements Minimum hardware requirements for SD and HD video playback For Everyone Else: Just because you have the system requirements to run flash doesn't mean you have them for video playback When looking at minimum requirements you also have to keep in mind that it may run with them but chances are it will run a lot better with more than that. Basically if you have anything older than a duel core processor chances are you are going to run into problems. A cheap video card($50-$80) is always going to be better over on-board(motherboard) graphics and will last for around 2-4 years. The higher your resolution the more processing power you will need. My mothers computer that has a Pentium 4 and no graphics card always has problems with graphics playback and I expect it to, its over 8 years old and needs to be put on the junk pile and will be very soon. Trying to run SD and HD video on an old system is like expecting your grandmother to run a marathon. I pay $80 a month to my ISP just to get it this mediocre so I thought I would post a speed test for you all. [ Last edited by woothdye at 5-7-2011 12:19 ]

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Yeah, I don't think most people realize that trying to push any sort of graphic through a Pentium 4 is like trying to direct peak hour traffic through a suburban street. You can do it sure, but its painful for everyone involved and a two or four lane highway or freeway would be much more suited.

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Reply 62#62 hsgreenb's post First off a disclaimer. I am just a user and not an administrator or moderator of the site. My views an opinions are my own and may in no way reflect those of the people that are affiliated with the running of this site

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Originally posted by hsgreenb at 5-7-2011 23:11 After reading the tips, I downloaded the latest version of Flash, I switched to Chrome & I verified I'm getting a download speed of 98 mpbs (that's ninety eight, not nine dot eight). Still, I'm buffering every 3 seconds. That's no exaggeration, it's literally every 3 seconds.

I really do feel for you and others that are having issues. I know that this site keeps me sane and can imagine what it's like for you not to have the use of it. I have a social anxiety disorder which means I am virtually housebound. My computer is my lifeline, it never gets turned off. I do everything on it, TV, movies, gaming and read fanfiction(yes,I just admitted to that). When my last computer died on me(may it rest in peace) I was like Tweak from Southpark after a caffeine overdose and I had no idea what to do with myself or how to pass the time. I can defiantly empathize with your frustration.

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I work in technology. We do changes to our systems multiple times per week. When we make a change which negatively impacts the users, we activate a fallback to put the system where it was previously. I've just finished reading at least two dozen posts from people who are having serious problems with the new Flash system yet it's still there. It's been a week. Seriously, it's time to recognize that the change you made is not working out. Go back to the way it was, examine what didn't work, fix it & re-release in a limited fashion on a test basis so the issues can be worked out before going live to the whole user community. And this is happening during all the season finales as well. First rule of change management - do it at the lowest impact point.

Since you work in technology you obviously know that all updates are bound to have issues or bugs. Unless you can control all possible variables such as, connection speed; peoples systems and configurations; browser of choice or the way different ISP's manage packets, some users are going to run into problems. This was very evident with the last system in place as well as this one. Before the change to flash users with Macintosh computers had a lot of difficulty and the administrators, moderators and general site community spent a lot of time troubleshooting the problems that they had. Mac users weren't the only ones to have problems either, Realplayer was clitchy for a lot of people, myself included, and my computer is set up for gaming and multi-media and shouldn't have a problem with video playback at all. I have only read complaints from 10 actual users in the forums that relate to flash and not the fact that they can't multi task. About half of those complaints seem to be user system/ISP issues. Just as in customer service when people have a complaint they tell a lot of people and shout it from the roof tops but when people are happy about a service they say very little if anything at all. The fact that the site seems to have complaints from so few users out of the hundreds that use it makes me believe that this was a very thought out upgrade and most if not all people are very happy with it. It is really unlucky and sad that you aren't one of them. There have also been a few kinks that have to do with site management and not with flash that have been explained and apologized for. The administrators and moderators are doing their best to help people but it is made harder by the fact that some people know nothing about their own computers capability/configuration. I know its hard but I would advise that people wait to see what others come up with to solve problems. A lot of the trouble shooting tips for Realplayer issues came from users figuring out what the problems were from their end. Solutions or workarounds will be figured out eventually. I wish you and everyone else that is having a problem with the site luck in finding a solution. [ Last edited by woothdye at 5-8-2011 02:08 ] [ Last edited by woothdye at 5-8-2011 02:10 ] [ Last edited by woothdye at 5-8-2011 02:14 ]

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Thanks! I find I'm witty when I'm bored

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It's a registry cleaner. This actually may work for some people that are having buffering issues. There is also an old World of Warcraft registry fix that people found made youtube streaming better that might be worth a shot as well. though I wouldn't advise it unless you have some idea of what you are doing.

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I know messing with the registry is not recommended that is why I didn't name or link instructions to the fix/tweak. Although I have changed my registry before its not something you want the average person doing

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No I don't have a shredder, sorry.

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Just to let you know I don't think this is a problem with the site as I run flash all the time and the volume runs the same as in realplayer for me with my volume nearly completely off. I looked into your issue and here are somethings you can do 1. Download CCleaner Never hurts to clean up your cookies and registry every so often. 2. Check your flash settings. here is a link to the adobe help site. http://www.macromedia.com/suppor ... er/help/help02.html