Comments on: What You Need to Play Video Smoothly On Your PC

By: Yourmom

Yourmom — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:31:00 +0000

I’m sure he meant “Am I using the most… …”. Don’t be stupid.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:21:00 +0000

yeah, it would be nice to see an article on this. I wonder if there is an app out there that can measure the max. speed of the home network.

By: M.S. Smith

M.S. Smith — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:26:00 +0000

That’s a very tough question to answer, but a good idea for a future article.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:07:00 +0000

“Am I used the most recent version of my media player?” that doesn’t make sense.. :(

By: james

james — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:52:00 +0000

i get some wavy lines on my monitor when there’s lots of action going on, and yes i have all the latest hardware, 28″ monitor with hdmi and all that great stuff. what could it be? i also get it when playing games

By: kumar

kumar — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:25:00 +0000

cool

By: pceasies

pceasies — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:28:41 +0000

You can do some estimations using WolframAlpha, but that's assuming you're going to get maximum throughput.

40GB at 54Mbps (Wireless G standard) is 1hr and 38min
One can assume if the movie is longer than 1hr45m that you'll be able to stream it.

I've found that not always to be the case though. Wireless network connected at 54Mbps, but a file will only copy at 700KB/s vs 7650KB/s that should be achievable. Seems to depend on the other machine, router, all different kinds of factors. I'd like to see an article mainly about streaming over a network and things that factor in.

By: pceasies

pceasies — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:28:00 +0000

You can do some estimations using WolframAlpha, but that’s assuming you’re going to get maximum throughput.

40GB at 54Mbps (Wireless G standard) is 1hr and 38min
One can assume if the movie is longer than 1hr45m that you’ll be able to stream it.

I’ve found that not always to be the case though. Wireless network connected at 54Mbps, but a file will only copy at 700KB/s vs 7650KB/s that should be achievable. Seems to depend on the other machine, router, all different kinds of factors. I’d like to see an article mainly about streaming over a network and things that factor in.

By: Daniel_K

Daniel_K — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:50:10 +0000

How about required network speed and format for streaming over a local network?

Yeah I would be interested to know about the min. required network speed for different formats as well. For instance, can I stream a 40 GB BluRay movie over a home wireless network

By: Daniel_K

Daniel_K — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:50:00 +0000

How about required network speed and format for streaming over a local network?

Yeah I would be interested to know about the min. required network speed for different formats as well. For instance, can I stream a 40 GB BluRay movie over a home wireless network

By: pceasies

pceasies — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:40:00 +0000

How about required network speed and format for streaming over a local network? I’ve run into problems where 54Mbps somewhere is equal to 300KB/s and the video lags horribly and is unplayable.

By: Silverdog

Silverdog — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:36:01 +0000

go to http://www.systemrequirementsl… & check ur pc compatibility with the game u r gonna install!

By: Silverdog

Silverdog — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:36:00 +0000

go to http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri & check ur pc compatibility with the game u r gonna install!