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despite my high speed comcast cable, my streaming video is choppy and unreliable. sometimes i have to reload my page in firefox several times before a youtube video will play. ...
  1. 11-07-2009 #1
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    poor quality video streaming in ubuntu

    despite my high speed comcast cable, my streaming video is choppy and unreliable. sometimes i have to reload my page in firefox several times before a youtube video will play.
    i have a dual-core athlon64 4200 with 2 gigs of ram and a geforce 8600 pci-e ... my system is dual-boot with xp pro and i do not have these problems in xp.

    do i need some plugins or something?
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    Have you installed Graphics Card driver? Is display working fine?
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    03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8300 GS (rev a1)


    this is the output... i guess i have an 8300 gs... oops
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    Go to

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    it says that my nvidia accelerated graphics driver (latest cards) is enabled and in use.

    i feel like this is a problem in firefox because i can watch dvd video just fine as well as mpegs off my hd.
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    SPEEDTEST.NET watch a youtube video and if its choppy go check your speed on speedtest
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    Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

    Flash is often problematic and it likely has little to do with Firefox or with your video card. Adobe doesn't give a lot of love to linux, and linux devs can't do much because the program is closed source.

    But, changing some firefox defaults might help.
    How to Fix Annoying YouTube Jumpiness in Firefox - Firefox - Lifehacker

    Upgrading your nvidia drivers might help as well.
    How To Install Nvidia 185.xx and 190.xx Drivers In Ubuntu, From A Launchpad Repository ~ Web Upd8

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    Other possible help:
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