Choppy streaming videos

[amarumayo]

In all browsers tested (chrome, firefox, opera) streaming videos are extremely choppy making the videos almost not watchable. Anyone have any ideas where I can start? Ubuntu 12.04 on lenovo g575 with vision AMD. Thanks in advance.

[snowpine]

Try downloading the videos to your hard drive and then playing with your favorite video player (totem, mplayer, vlc, etc). That is how I consistently get the best results.

Also look into whether you have installed the correct drivers for your AMD graphics; that will make a HUGE difference.

[snowpine]

Try downloading the videos to your hard drive and then playing with your favorite video player (totem, mplayer, vlc, etc). That is how I consistently get the best results.

Also look into whether you have installed the correct drivers for your AMD graphics; that will make a HUGE difference.

[andrew.46]

Can you give an example of one such stream? This would make it easier to advise any necessary changes.

[amarumayo]

all videos that stream from the internet are choppy. I.e. youtube.

[snowpine]

And videos from your hard drive are OK?

[amarumayo]

Yeah, those are fine.

[snowpine]

Cool, glad I could help!

[amarumayo]

Yes, but the problem was never with videos on my hard drive. I am having issues with streaming videos and I can't figure out why. The drivers appear to be correctly installed but the choppiness remains.