The videofilms are physically placed on different servers and "embedded" in the blog. The same holds for image shows, technically they too are videos. Videos reside either on popular sites like YouTube and Vimeo, or on plain servers. If disturbances occur on these hosting sites the films do not play on the blog either. The different players associated with the videos behave in similar, but slightly different ways.
Especially films that originally were slideshows do not always play smoothly on this site. The jerkiness can at times be disturbing. Furthermore, some slideshow videos play better in the smaller format, while some play better in full screen view. Test which view gives you a better performance.
Many factors determine the display performance of streaming films. Sometimes a certain - often mild - jerkiness is introduced already in the original web-coding of the film. This can be aggravated e.g. by lack of computing power at the receiving end, slowness of the internet connection or certain conditions at the hosting servers. Performance is often better if you allow the complete "buffering" of a film, i.e. giving it time to be read into the computers memory in its entirety. This means usually to start the film and pause it right away. You can then monitor the buffering by observing the progress-bar at the bottom of the player.
Films hosted by Youtube or Vimeo let you choose different pixel resolutions, which means the image quality on your display. If the highest available resolution gives you a jolty performance and/or frequent stops, you may want to try a lower resolution.
Some films are set to "preload", i.e. they start buffering when you enter the site. They may be already completely buffered when you press the play button!
It also happens that films are not available right away, indicated by a white screen and non-responding controls. As soon as you see a starting image or a black screen the film will likely play.
Especially films that originally were slideshows do not always play smoothly on this site. The jerkiness can at times be disturbing. Furthermore, some slideshow videos play better in the smaller format, while some play better in full screen view. Test which view gives you a better performance.
Many factors determine the display performance of streaming films. Sometimes a certain - often mild - jerkiness is introduced already in the original web-coding of the film. This can be aggravated e.g. by lack of computing power at the receiving end, slowness of the internet connection or certain conditions at the hosting servers. Performance is often better if you allow the complete "buffering" of a film, i.e. giving it time to be read into the computers memory in its entirety. This means usually to start the film and pause it right away. You can then monitor the buffering by observing the progress-bar at the bottom of the player.
Films hosted by Youtube or Vimeo let you choose different pixel resolutions, which means the image quality on your display. If the highest available resolution gives you a jolty performance and/or frequent stops, you may want to try a lower resolution.
Some films are set to "preload", i.e. they start buffering when you enter the site. They may be already completely buffered when you press the play button!
It also happens that films are not available right away, indicated by a white screen and non-responding controls. As soon as you see a starting image or a black screen the film will likely play.
