Laptop freezing when watching videos.

[Suzi Q]

Why does my laptop make a strange juddering noise and freeze when watching a video, eg on youtube?

 

[enrico]

Maybe it's not buffering quickly enough. Is it a good wifi signal?

 

[Suzi Q]

I think so, there are four bars and it says the signal strenth is very good.

 

[domino]

Is it videos only in the browser client?

 

[BeeJayBee]

Try clearing your internet cache, and make sure your drivers are up to date.

 

[Suzi Q]

Is it videos only in the browser client?

Please can you re-phrase so that a computer simpleton can understand?

 

[domino]

Please can you re-phrase so that a computer simpleton can understand?

Does it only happen if you're watching the video on the Internet?

 

[Suzi Q]

Possibly, I haven't played a disc for a while.

 

[Hivemaker.]

American components,Russian components, all made in Taiwan...perhaps try the Russian way to fix the problem.......

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEkOT3IngMQ[/ame]

 

[domino]

Possibly, I haven't played a disc for a while.

I'd clear the cache in your browser, if you're using Internet explorer you do it like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCfoqVIyNiI

If that doesn't fix it, uninstall flash from your computer and then follow the instructions next time you try and watch a video.

 

[Suzi Q]

I'd clear the cache in your browser, if you're using Internet explorer you do it like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCfoqVIyNiI

If that doesn't fix it, uninstall flash from your computer and then follow the instructions next time you try and watch a video.

Are there are any disadvantageous to doing that?

 

[Suzi Q]

HM, I banged the lid down in frustration after the laptop froze half-way through the fat beemans video, and now the fan makes a funny noise! So better not do a proper Russian fix.

 

[domino]

Are there are any disadvantageous to doing that?

Not really, it's not normally the cache problem anyway in modern browsers because they manage it themselves.

You could try enabling a different way of playing the media in youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22nBBiDprRA

 

[Suzi Q]

Thanks for the info., I've cleared the cache, and will re-install flash if the problem persists.

 

[enrico]

Time for an ipad methinks

 

[alanf]

HM, I banged the lid down in frustration after the laptop froze half-way through the fat beemans video, and now the fan makes a funny noise.

The laptop froze or the video froze? There's a long list of what could be wrong but without detail it's no more than random guesses. If the whole laptop "freezes" and you cannot run local programs like document editing it's a very different problem to a video pausing because your wifi signal is poor.

 

[Suzi Q]

The laptop froze or the video froze? There's a long list of what could be wrong but without detail it's no more than random guesses. If the whole laptop "freezes" and you cannot run local programs like document editing it's a very different problem to a video pausing because your wifi signal is poor.

Sorry, I don't have the tech.language. I was watching the youtube clip on queen-rearing when my laptop started making a juddering noise and at the same time the video froze AND everything else, the only way to use the laptop again was to turn it off, then on again. The cursor was frozen, couldn't use the keyboard, not even to ctr/alt/del. This only happens when I'm watching clips from the internet, that I'm aware of, there may be a problem if I inserted a disc.

 

[Beauhawk]

The laptop froze or the video froze?

Are we talking about the weather again! Watch them indoors, that will cure it...

 

[alanf]

I was watching the youtube clip on queen-rearing when my laptop started making a juddering noise and at the same time the video froze AND everything else, the only way to use the laptop again was to turn it off, then on again. The cursor was frozen, couldn't use the keyboard, not even to ctr/alt/del. This only happens when I'm watching clips from the internet

One possibility is that your hard disk is very low on space, the juddering could be trying to clear enough space for the temporary video files. Everything else stops while the files are rearranged. You might need to find someone who can work out what older stuff is safe to delete.