[G4] Home Made Version HP commercial

keith_w keith_w at dslextreme.com
Wed Sep 14 08:39:10 PDT 2005


James Asherman wrote:

> 
> On Sep 14, 2005, at 10:44 AM, keith_w wrote:
> 
>> I understand the mechanics of what's happening here, but...where IS 
>> this  buffer, and how can one increase it for future use? Or can they?


> You can't really and don't have to.
> It is memory that is dynamically allocated .
> While you watch the video you are downloading and "buffering" subsequent 
> parts of it.
> If the playback starts to catch up to the downloading that causes a 
> problem.
> Pausing the play allows more of the video to be loaded into buffer 
> memory for smooth playback.
> J


>> I guess I don't understand enough about it. Who can help?

Okay, thanks.
To me, that sounds like something is certainly inadequate ~ not up to 
the task given it.
What might that be?

keith


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