YouTube Videos Extremely Choppy (Ubuntu 15.04)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the issue of choppy YouTube video playback on Ubuntu 15.04. Participants explore potential causes and solutions related to video settings, browser performance, and hardware configurations.

Discussion Character

  • Technical explanation, Debate/contested, Experimental/applied

Main Points Raised

  • One participant reports experiencing extremely choppy YouTube videos despite having the HTML5 player enabled and turning off hardware acceleration.
  • Another participant inquires about the specific graphics card and video drivers being used.
  • A participant identifies their graphics card as Nvidia Geforce 8200.
  • There is a follow-up question regarding which driver is being utilized for the graphics card.
  • A participant suggests several potential solutions, including lowering YouTube video quality, clearing the browser cache, pausing the video to allow for buffering, and using a download utility to watch videos offline.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants have not reached a consensus on the cause of the choppy playback, and multiple suggestions for troubleshooting and solutions are presented without agreement on their effectiveness.

Contextual Notes

Some solutions proposed depend on individual user configurations and may not universally apply. The effectiveness of the suggested adjustments remains uncertain.

TheMacNerd
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When watching videos on Ubuntu 15.04, youtube videos are being EXTREMELY choppy. HTML5 player is on, and it's still choppy. I turned off hardware acceleration, and same result. It's getting to the point where it's annoying.
 
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Which graphics card / video drivers are you using?
 
Nividia Geforce 8200
 
Which driver?
 
NVM, downloading now
 
You could try 1. Alter the settings on you-tube to a lower quality picture. Its unlikely you would notice the difference in quality but it makes everything faster.
2. Clear the browser cache
3. When the video starts, pause it for a short while to allow more to be cached before restarting and watching it.
4. Find a download utility and media player, download the full video and watch it on the media player. This is actually less hassle than it sounds.
 

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