Choppy Youtube

[avj]

I would say it is not caused by your network in my opinion. Someone else should have other suggestions.

[arjaffer]

linuxlite@linuxlite-NC20-NB20:~$ ping -s 1400 -c1 google.com
PING google.com (216.58.209.238) 1400(1428) bytes of data.
72 bytes from lhr08s05-in-f14.1e100.net (216.58.209.238): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 (truncated)

--- google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 39.639/39.639

[avj]

We will need to try again with a smaller packet size.

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ping -s 1400 -c1 google.com
please enter the above code in a terminal and report back with the output.

[arjaffer]

linuxlite@linuxlite-NC20-NB20:~$ ping -s 1472 -c1 google.com
PING google.com (216.58.208.46) 1472(1500) bytes of data.

--- google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms

[arjaffer]

here is the output of inxi -Fxx

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linuxlite@linuxlite-NC20-NB20:~$ inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: linuxlite-NC20-NB20 Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: SAMSUNG product: NC20/NB20 version: 05MQ Chassis: type: 10
           Mobo: SAMSUNG model: NC20/NB20 Bios: Phoenix version: 05MQ date: 01/28/2009
CPU:       Single core VIA Nano U22501300+MHz (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3191.85 clocked at 1600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: VIA VX800/VX820 Chrome 9 HC3 Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1106:1122
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: openchrome (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 128 bits) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: VIA VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.0 chip-ID: 1106:3288
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath5k bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:001c
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:21:63:f6:b5:ef
           Card-2: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
           driver: sky2 ver: 1.30 port: 5000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4354
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:13:77:b4:b5:7a
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (1.8% used)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: CT250BX100SSD1 size: 250.1GB serial: 1527F009328C
Partition: ID: / size: 126G used: 4.1G (4%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 4.73GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: 50.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 152 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 222.3/1761.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 1.9.17

[avj]

In my experience network speed has more effect on video playback than which browser is used. If you are on a high latency network the video will most likely be choppy as there is a long delay between sending and receiving data. Open a terminal and enter the following code:

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ping -s 1472 -c1 google.com
The code will measure how long it takes for a network packet to be sent and received. Post back here with the output of the code so we can see what the network speed is.

[torreydale]

Consider installing Google Chrome and seeing the YouTube performance with it.  Another option would be to use the MiniTube app.  But as mentioned, sharing more details on your pc would help.

[Wirezfree]

Hi and Welcome...

It may help the more technical folks if you can post more details on your Samsung.
If you can open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t
and type/copy in the command below:

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inxi -Fxx
highlight all the text it returns, and copy it back in another post.

GL

[arjaffer]

Hi I am a newbie
I have a Samsung NC20 netbook with 2GB ram and SSD Hard drive
But youtube on Firefox or Chromium is choppy
I have tried to change swapiness but no luck
Is the hardware I am using not capable of running youtube?
Any help or direction to go will be appreciated.