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2009-11-28 , 01:10
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Originally Posted by Rushmore View Post
I like the device too, but I seem to be having wifi issues. A good example is Zoutube, which I can only get vids to play for seconds and then they stop and do not resume even after waiting a minute. My Archos 5, G1 and Droid stream HQ fullscreen without a hitch. Strange.

Shows full bars, just does not stream the vids very long at all.

Longest so far id 40ish seconds.
I can't speak for G1, but Droid and Archos are playing those videos in a non-browser, stand-alone app which is probably far more efficient at playing video than Flash is. Flash is a resource hog, getting video to play in it is a challenge. For high quality videos from Youtube, you'd be better off getting a plugin for Firefox that allows you to download the raw video file, and then play it in an external player. Again, I don't have an N900 to test this on, but I'm guessing it'd play MUCH better that way.