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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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We will need to try again with a smaller packet size.
Code:
ping -s 1400 -c1 google.com
please enter the above code in a terminal and report back with the output.
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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
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I would say it is not caused by your network in my opinion. Someone else should have other suggestions.
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You are running a via graphics chip with the open chrome driver in Linux-Lite which is problematic at best on the version that Xorg that comes shipped with Linux lite.
Code:
$ apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
Candidate: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
Version table:
*** 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:7.7+1ubuntu8 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
I have covered these kind of threads in the past. Xorg 1:2.2 plays nice with Open Chrome open source driver for Via graphics chips. Xorg 1:7 does not play nice with Open Chrome drivers. Here is How I sorted the last thread like this.
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/video.../#msg14929
Sounds like your problems are not as bad as his was. But you are suffering mild symptoms of the same problem.
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