I Am Listening To Some Music On Youtube

[Tilly2]

whilst I'm flitting about on AB but every time I click on something, the music is interrupted. Do I need to boost Youtube in some way?

[Tilly2]

Any help with this, please?

[Buenchico]

If the light comes on to show that your hard drive is a running whenever the problem occurs it would suggest that your computer is low on RAM. Apart from ensuring that no unnecessary programs are running (or, of course, installing additional RAM) there's nothing that you can do about it.

If the hard drive light doesn't come on then it's likely that your internet connection hasn't got sufficient capacity to handle both downloads (i.e. the music file and the web page information) simultaneously. Check your download speed here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics
and here:
http://www.speedtest.net/
My own download speed seems to be slower than usual tonight. (It's running at about 7Mbps instead of the usual 10.5Mbps that I get). Perhaps there's a problem with the 'backbone' of UK internet services?

[Tilly2]

Thank you Chris. That's very helpful.

[The Builder]

Chris, there's an option on the Youtube screen to alter the resolution.
Would that help?

[tonyav]

8.75 for me Chris, BT Infinity.

[Tilly2]

Chris, I did the test twice. The first time it said 37.31. The second time it said 16.12.

[Buenchico]

If your download speed is that good then something is hogging a great deal of the RAM or CPU on your computer.

Access the Task Manager by right-clicking on the task bar at the bottom of your screen. Select the 'processes' tab. Look for any process (except 'System Idle Process') that has a number in the CPU column that's in double figures. Any such process should be regarded as suspect. Also look for anything that has got either a very high figure in the 'Mem Usage' column or just a constantly changing figure (even if it's small). For example, if you've got Microsoft Security Essentials on your computer, it's updating process (MsMpEng.exe) can sometimes run for ages, with constantly changing 'Mem Usage' figures, causing problems with other programs and/or downloads.

[Buenchico]

The Builder:
Altering the resolution might help but I couldn't guarantee it.

Tony:
If you're only getting a speed of 8.75Mbps with BT Infinity (which is a fibre optic service) you're paying for something that you're not getting. (Around here we've not got fibre optic services but good old fashioned copper cables still provide around 5Mbps for the majority of people who use ADSL Max or around 10Mbps for those of us who pay for ADSL2+. Fibre optic services should provide between about 20Mbps and 160Mbps; 8.75Mbps is lousy!)

[The Builder]

Down here on The Bayou, Chris, we have 2.2 only :o(
Runs Youtube ok though

[tonyav]

Thats what I thought, Chris. Only went on to Infinity on Tuesday.