choppy videos

[wlg]

Choppy videos in Jaunty/Opera

[mapes12]

What's your machines spec? In Terminal
sudo lshwPost the output. And did things work before any upgrading?

[TeaSwigger]

It's choppy for me too (I have an old low spec system). But honestly I don't bother with it since videos work fine in Firefox. I presume it has something to do with Adobe Flash and Opera on Linux but haven't looked into it. So I suggest viewing videos in Firefox if that's possible until Opera or Adobe, whomever the issue lies with, fixes it. Otherwise keep lookin' for a fix if there is one and good luck. :)

[wlg]

Mapes12: Here is the output, it's quite a tome but here goes:

description: Space-saving Computer
product: Dimension 2400
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
serial: 4YSWL81
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=normal chassis=space-saving cpus=1 power-on_password=enabled uuid=44454C4C-5900-1053-8057-B4C04F4C3831
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0F5949
vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
physical id: 0
version: A01
serial: ..CN7082158V600O.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
version: A05 (12/02/2003)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb ls120boot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.9
slot: Microprocessor
size: 2400MHz
capacity: 3600MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 400MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up pebs bts cid xtpr
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 8KiB
capacity: 8KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: internal varies unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 512MiB
capacity: 1GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM_1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns) [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM_2
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 81
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
vendor: Conexant Systems, Inc.
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401 100Base-T
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:01:09.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:14:22:65:e5:96
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=65.35.80.117 latency=64 link=yes module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST380011A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 8.16
serial: 5JVS6SK6
size: 74GiB (80GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=8f800200
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 19dda75d-7203-4cb7-a41a-6fd7af612e7a
size: 73GiB
capacity: 73GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-05-05 12:49:06 filesystem=ext3 modified=2009-05-18 16:04:45 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2009-05-18 16:04:45 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 1451MiB
capacity: 1451MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 1451MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-cdrom
description: CD-R/CD-RW writer
product: CD-RW CRX217E
vendor: SONY
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1DS1
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0
*-network:0 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: vboxnet0
serial: 00:76:62:6e:65:74
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 5e:c4:2d:2b:7a:81
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
wlgoode@Albert:~$

Just had a demi of 8 O 'Clock Italian Roast brewed in my mocha pot. Quite nice, cheap too! wlg

[wlg]

Forgot to tell you Mapes12: Yeah on Intrepid I had the problen until I installed SMPlayer that seemed to fix it. I've installed it in Jaunty, no luck. wlg

[wlg]

TeaSwigger: Thanks for the tip I'll try it. FF is such a sluggy behemoth though. Opera is a lean fast Ocelot. Tried Midori w/ webkit, talk about fast! Super light speed. Still unstable & has crash problems in Alpha though. wlg

Hoist a cuppa Earl Grey to ya!

[wlg]

Teaswigger: Yeah Man -choppy on FF also.

[wlg]

Still Choppy videos ever Since 9.04 upgrade). Choppy in both Opera and FF. Note: When using Intrepid I had the same problem. Someone suggested installing mplayer and that seemed to fix it. I tried the same in Jaunty (Installing mplayer and SM) no luck this time.

My ongoing lament: Made the switch from Windows about 2 yrs. ago with Dapper Drake. I'm still a Noob's Newbie. It seems like I'll never get to take off my water wings and swim with confidence through the great Linux ocean.

[anchorschmidt]

Try to do a complete installation of flash player with both browsers closed. It worked for me.

[rsgangr]

Choppy video could be related to the amount of video RAM. This can be increased by changing the amount of main memory available for video use.

During boot-up, press "Del" (or whatever key will take you into the BIOS settings) and select Advanced Chipset features / AGP Aperture Size. The default is usually 64 MB but this can be increased to 256 MB in most cases. More memory for video translates into smooth (or at least smoother) videos. The disadvantage is that less memory is available for other applications - this could be problematic if you do a lot of number-crunching.

Note: If you are not familiar with changes like this, consult your motherboard manual or get assistance from a technical person.