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Problem with streaming video on Win7 HP x64
Good evening. I wonder if anyone can help me.
Back in April, I reinstalled Win7HP from scratch on my PC, using MS's iso file. I previously had the 32bit version, and I now have the 64bit version installed.
Everything has been working fine (although I don't notice any significant improvements in performance), except for one thing: When browsing Youtube, video performance is much, much worse, particularly HD vids. It's virtually impossible to watch a vid in 1080p; they just freeze and hang constantly. 720p just about works, but only just.
I have exactly the same hardware setup as before, and all drivers are up-to-date, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I have an ASUS 512Mb graphics card, and the fastest fibre-optic b/b connection.
While googling around trying to see if others were experiencing this issue, I did read that Adobe Flash Player only works with 32bit software, and I am now using Firefox's 64bit browser. Could this be the problem? (But I thought that Youtube now uses HTML5, and not Flash, in any case??)
Many thanks for any suggestions/advice.