Hulu: Playback has become a bit choppy

nordloewelabs

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Mar 18, 2005
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has anyone here noticed any changes on the quality of Hulu videos? for about a week i've noticed that the videos play a bit "choppy" (with dropped frames).

this is happening in my 2 machines (2K and XP). and i've tried both Firefox and IE in each PC. i've checked both my internet connection (3Mbps) and background processes (~25 objects in TaskManager) and everything is as it has always been. nothing unusual!

the impression i'm getting is that: either their webpage or their Flash player has become more resource-intensive.

has anyone noticed anything? just to re-iterate, the problem i'm experiencing is NOT on the picture quality, but on the quality of the playback. also, it's worth-noting that i've always played the videos in 360p (ie, default resolution).
 

Saga

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Feb 18, 2005
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Hulu has been growing at an astounding rate. Within the past few weeks I've noticed that during peak times quality can suffer a bit. I'd imagine they are investing in hardware to fix this given their growth.