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