Why do Ustream and Livestream run my computer so hard?

Asked by Zone36 (416

) May 23rd, 2010

I don’t understand what makes them such system hogs.

I can watch Youtube videos in HD with no problems.

I can watch HD movies with no problems.

But trying to watch a stream gets my computer burning and sometimes crashes it from overheating.

It doesn’t make any sense. A stream is downloading and watching video at the same time. And the video quality isn’t even that good. What else is happening that makes my computer go overtime?

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Are you using the HTML5 version of youtube, per chance? It sounds like a primarily flash issue with the other sites.

DeanV (14216

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No idea.

But even opening them in Chrome still runs heavy.

Zone36 (416

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@Zone36 Check here. The computer running hot, crashing, etc, though sounds a lot like the common issues with Flash, which wouldn’t affect you if you’re watching an HD movie or in the HTML5 beta for Youtube.

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I’m pretty sure I’m not doing that beta, I didn’t even know about it until you told me.

But that sucks, it doesn’t look like there’s anything I can do about it.

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