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Re: Video Problems - Saucy

 

Ali, those numbers only show how much compressed h264 videos are...

If you have some time and hard disk space, you can play with avconv and
convert those videos you downloaded with xvid or divx codecs. Only for test
purposes...


2013/8/2 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 2013/8/2 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >
>> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <
>> amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >> BUT ... if it is 360p and it lacks, etc then how is that my CPU is
>> capable
>> >> of handling 720p if it can't handle 360p nicely? I just don't
>> understand
>> >> this.
>>
>> Because when you watch it online on Narutoget you need to use
>> resources for flash too. That's the problem.
>>
>
> Oh, I see. You are right. It is:
> Handling 360p Videos + Handling Flash + Handling Firefox (browser) +
> others = High CPU Usage.
>
> That will affect the performance on old CPU while for newer, that won't be
> a problem.
>
>
>>
>> > I have another problem.
>> > With this machine running Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy, the internet connection
>> is
>> > NOT fast eventhough:
>> >
>> > 1- My internet connection is 1Mbps
>> > 2- I'm using  USB Network Adapter and yes, it is N
>> >
>> >
>> > *-network
>> >        description: Wireless interface
>> >        physical id: 1
>> >        bus info: usb@1:1
>> >        logical name: wlan0
>> >        serial: 00:1f:1f:a8:e5:21
>> >        capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
>> >        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800usb
>> > driverversion=3.10.0-6-generic firmware=0.29 ip=10.0.0.50 link=yes
>> > multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
>> >
>> > It is connected to another N router. Other machines? I'm enjoying the
>> high
>> > speed. Here? it is maximum 100KB/sec while it should be much more for
>> 1Mbps.
>> >
>> > Having that said, the download of One Ep will last around 30mins and
>> this is
>> > TOO MUCH!
>>
>> Are you sure you have just 1mbps (megabits per second)?
>> I'm asking you because if so, the speed is in the normal bandwidth:
>> 1mbps connection is more less 125KB/sec.
>> To make the math think I have a 10mbps here and I can download torrent
>> at 1,2MB/sec. Different story if you have 1MBps (Megabytes per second)
>> in this case is exatly the connection I have.
>>
>> http://www.numion.com/calculators/units.html
>
>
> MY BAD O_o
> I forgot the speed that I have :( I really need more rest and less
> Computer!!!
>
> I'm sorry, it is 8Mbps. When I moved to this new place, I got higher
> speed. I spent many years with 1Mbps so I thought I still have it.
>
> 8Mbps means the download should be much more than 100KB/sec. It should be
> close to 1MB/Sec.
> In my case, that never happened.
>
> By the way, it is not only from narutoget website, even when I update my
> system via the terminal.
>
>
>
>> > Okay, finally the download is over and:
>> http://i40.tinypic.com/2gtw5sh.jpg
>> >
>> > Everything is fine right now EXCEPT I need to wait 20-30mins just to
>> watch
>> > one episode which is not good at all.
>> > Please, don't tell me to download that on different machine and move the
>> > files via USB Drives :D this is NOT a solution ;)
>>
>> The time depends from the site you are trying to download too.
>
>
> Yes, I'm aware of this.
>
>
>
>> I downloaded ep 323 eng subbed just now and it took 8 minutes for 184MB
>> when, in theory, it will need less than 3 minutes with my connection.
>> Means with just 1Mbps you need at least 25 minutes.
>>
>
> For some very weird reason, my system is NOT using the 8Mbps, it is using
> 1Mbps O_o
>
>
>
>> Speaking of the video, this episode was encoded at 720p, so your
>> answer is yes, you can handle 720p fine if played locally. :)
>>
>> F.
>>
>
> Yes, ONLY if played locally :D
>
>
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