Al, it is not streaming video. It is video that I have purchased and downloaded already. thanks Laura
On Oct 19, 8:42 am, Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:17 AM, imaclist group wrote: > > > > > == 1 of 2 == > > Date: Sat, Oct 18 2008 8:18 pm > > From: Laura > > > Hi All, > > As you can see by my below specs my imac is pretty maxed out. > > Lately I have been having problems watching tv shows in itunes. > > For a few minutes its fine, then eventually the cpu starts maxing out > > and the video kind of slows down - sound is still there. > > I pause it, wait a minute then it works fine for like 5 or 10 minutes, > > then it maxes out again. > > I am running no other programs. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > thanks > > laura drew > > 2 GB RAM, updated dvd drive, fan, 500 gb hard drive > > Flat Panel iMac, G4, 1 GHz > > hard drive is half full > > What OS version are you using? > > My first suspicion points to the quality of service that you have from > your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Are you on cable or DSL (phone > line)? What does the ISP claim to be its download capacity to your > modem? Cable performance is sensitive to the number of people in your > neighborhood actually on line at a given time. If you are on cable, > would the video performance be better at 2 or 5 AM, or even mid- > morning, than at 5 to 10 PM when folks have returned home from work > and school? > > There are things to check on your machine which can affect performance > in unexpected ways. Delete browser cache. Delete other caches. Do > routine maintenance, meaning ensure that maintenance scripts (cron > jobs) have been done in the past month or so. > > Also, in your initial setup, you had to specify what type/speed of > internet service you were getting. Frankly, I do not know where/how > to check on that. > > Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
