On a slow connection there may be some hesitation on the first playing. As the download proceeds the video will be stored in the "cache" and should display properly on a second playing.
Some of the videos need a "Flash" player to work so if your browser
asks to install a Flash plugin, let it do so.
If you're viewing this website on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, then I'm afraid
you won't be able to watch "Flash" videos as it is Apple's policy not to support "Flash" on these products.
Most of these "Flash" videos have been uploaded at a low resolution
so will not display very well at Full Screen, particularly if you're still on dial-up. Still, give it a try if you like.
Flash Videos which are capable of being watched at Full Screen will have a
small symbol to represent a widescreen TV near the bottom right hand
corner. Click this to toggle Full Screen on & off. However the result will not be particularly pleasing, which is another reason I am moving to High Definition.
Some videos are unplayable on certain operating systems, eg iPhones and iPads because of copyright restrictions. Usually they all work fine on normal PCs. Please let me know if any of the videos fail to work on your system.
Just lately I have been experimenting with High Definition videos uploaded to the Youtube website.
With Youtube HD videos, clicking the video to start it will show a bar at the bottom of the video.
If you left-click your mouse on the number showing at the right hand side of the bar you should get a pop-up allowing you to choose a resolution, as per the picture shown here.
The resolution will probably be showing as 240p or 360p but experiment to see how the quality improves as you go up the scale.
The symbol on the extreme right will toggle Full Screen on or off. Check to see what is the highest fullscreen resolution you can use.
1080p HD is the highest definition andyou will need a fast connection to achieve this. With any luck you should be able to select 720p and get a reasonable picture. For poorer connection speeds reduce the setting to 240p though at this level the full screen experience will be disappointing.
Let me know how you cope with all this gibberish. I will be interested to hear your experiences.
One unfortunate feature of Youtube videos is that they tend to display adverts at the bottom of the screen when your browser allows. Turn these off by clicking the small X at the top-right of the advert.
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