[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
Hi May 25, 2020 5:17 PM, "comrade meowski" <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25/05/2020 02:07, rich@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Hi All >> I have an old Lenovo ThinkPad 410 running Ubuntu 20.04. I attach a Dell > monitor >> to it so the rest >> of our family can watch films etc when I am in > bed. >> When I do this though playback can become jittery and I get a spinning > disk and >> pixelated screen. >> I am using Vivaldi and this happens when I am > watching Netflix or YouTube. I >> don't have any other >> programmes running. > > That laptop isn't that bad - I've got a ThinkPad T41 that's nearly 10 years older > still running > fine. That definitely won't play videos properly but your T410 should be able to. > There are however > a lot of things that can go wrong with fullscreen streaming media like youtube on > Linux. > > Has it worked previously on the same equipment? > Can you play back a locally stored film on the same screen smoothly? > What resolution is the TV? > What resolution are you trying to play Youtube/Netflix at? > Have you installed all the correct codecs/plugins/etc? > Have you ruled out bandwidth problems, i.e., is your wifi or internet too slow? > Can you try a different device? > Just to add, I use Vivaldi as my browser, tonight I used Firefox on the second monitor and it had a slight hiccup but nothing more than a couple of seconds. Is there anyway of looking at my activity to see if Vivaldi is causing a problem please? Thanks Rich -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq