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Posted by Eddy Valna
Eddy Valna
Courses Plus Student 3,978 Points

When I play my downloaded video from treehouse the video is choppy, player is still playing but the video stops.

I save the videos so I can refresh myself on what I already have learned.

I was wondering if it was my video player (quick time - Mac) that was doing it or was it a thing treehouse does to protect their videos?

6 Answers

Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
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Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points

I just tried downloading and playing a HD file and it played perfectly fine on quicktime on mac. Must be something with your system. Maybe try a different video player. Is it the same with mp4 videos from other sources? Could even be hardware related, what's your RAM and which operating system is it? I've seen some people report video issues with OS X Lion.

Eddy Valna
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Eddy Valna
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Eddy Valna
Eddy Valna
Courses Plus Student 3,978 Points

I used standard format. I also know it's not my computer because it's brand new. nothing on it except adobe CS 6, AutoDesk MAYA and UNITY. I think it's just the quick time player needs to be updated.

Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
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Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points

Still runs smoothly for me, just at lower resolution. My questions still stand.

Eddy Valna
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Eddy Valna
Courses Plus Student 3,978 Points
Eddy Valna
Eddy Valna
Courses Plus Student 3,978 Points

Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB

Software OS X 10.9.4

It's just random videos. not all of them are doing it. I think it's corrupted.

Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points
Andrew Molloy
Andrew Molloy
37,259 Points

Do you have a specific example of a video that isn't working for you? You really shouldn't have any problems with your specs. If the videos are corrupted you can send report to help@teamtreehouse.com for each one you find.

Eddy Valna
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Eddy Valna
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Eddy Valna
Eddy Valna
Courses Plus Student 3,978 Points

thats a good idea thanks for your input Andrew!