I opened the site where the TV program could be downloaded. I was looking at it and it would pause-continue-pause-continue, etc. It looks like either it was faster than my DSL could accommodate or something else. I would like to know what I would have to do so it would not pause but continue on without interruption. I am on XP Professional using a DSL. Thanks
On Jul 19, 6:52 pm, Mary C. wrote: > I opened the site where the TV program could be downloaded. I was looking at > it and it would pause-continue-pause-continue, etc. It looks like either it > was faster than my DSL could accommodate or something else. > > I would like to know what I would have to do so it would not pause but > continue on without interruption. > > I am on XP Professional using a DSL. DSL comes in several speeds. The more basic is not a lot better than dialup. The best is of course more expensive and of much higher speed. For example ATT/Yahoo has 3 levels at different prices. If your connection is too slow, it can not keep up with the data stream and must halt from time to time to catch up with downloading, or in some cases for true streaming video in real time you may not be able to play the video at all. Then the problem might be with just general problems on the web at that time that slows down everything, even if you have a connection that is capable of very high speed when everything is right. I would first try viewing or recording the video at different times to see if it plays without pause at some times of the day or on different days. A few sites allow you to select from more than one download speed, so if your's does, select a lower download speed if possible.
