picture quality

[pebs44]

i have watched football on veetle but it was poor quality graphics and ive been told i may need a new graphics card....could this be true as my pc is oldish with a standard card installed

[Begbie]

It's difficult to tell, Pebs.

Picture quality depends on (amongst others) the following factors:


The streamer's upload speed

Your download speed

The number of people connected to your local hub or exchange

Are there other wireless devices (eg Laptops or games machines) connected

The number of 'background' processes running on your PC

The speed of your PC/Laptop processor or other hardware

Wireless connection is slower than Ethernet connection. USB connection is the slowest

Different Anti-virus packages affect streams to a greater or lesser extent

The total number of people watching a browser link affects quality. The more watching, the more the stream will start/stop


Those are the first few thoughts that came to mind. I'm sure that I (and others) will think of a few more.

I'd recommend investigating some of the other possible reasons before spending good money on what may be an unnecessary graphics card.

[pebs44]

It's difficult to tell, Pebs.

Picture quality depends on (amongst others) the following factors:


The streamer's upload speed


Your download speed


The number of people connected to your local hub or exchange


Are there other wireless devices (eg Laptops or games machines) connected


The number of 'background' processes running on your PC


The speed of your PC/Laptop processor or other hardware


Wireless connection is slower than Ethernet connection. USB connection is the slowest


Different Anti-virus packages affect streams to a greater or lesser extent


The total number of people watching a browser link affects quality. The more watching, the more the stream will start/stop

Those are the first few thoughts that came to mind. I'm sure that I (and others) will think of a few more.

I'd recommend investigating some of the other possible reasons before spending good money on what may be an unnecessary graphics card. thank you begbie you have answered my query really well and will forget about buying a new card as i do have wireless network as do my son and daughter which is probs the cause.i shall connect via ethernet whilst watch my footy and disable my anti virus too(if thats safe).i will let you know if the quality improves.
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[Tats]

Off topic but another veetle query , is anyone else having a problem with veetle ? each time ive tried to view any stream on there football or otherwise the stream freezes after about 15/20 seconds . Had no trouble with it in the past so seems strange . Not a massive problem just a tad annoying

[fishtoast]

never freezes for me if it did think i would throw cp out window as i would miss more of the game than see

[Begbie]

thank you begbie you have answered my query really well and will forget about buying a new card as i do have wireless network as do my son and daughter which is probs the cause.i shall connect via ethernet whilst watch my footy and disable my anti virus too(if thats safe).i will let you know if the quality improves.
xDon't disable your anti-virus. What version of Windows are you using (XP, Vista or 7), and what anti-virus?

[pebs44]

i have vista and use avast anti virus and thx for the warning
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[bazzer]

another good tip clear you cashe regular id use cc cleaner its a popular tool with Mods and members and defraggle also ,a clean computer works far better:)
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[jamjars]

Off topic but another veetle query , is anyone else having a problem with veetle ? each time ive tried to view any stream on there football or otherwise the stream freezes after about 15/20 seconds . Had no trouble with it in the past so seems strange . Not a massive problem just a tad annoying

i have never been able to watch veetle, back when it first came out it would go really blocky with pink squares everywhere and freeze and generally buffer but i figured it was my rubbish laptop and wireless connection that was causing it so just ignored it.

but then i bought a powerful desktop and now connect via ethernet and still veetle is rubbish for me. for the few seconds i can see a picture its brilliant but i just can't get veetle to work any sense