streaming a lesson video

[mountain man]

Griff, I notice that when I try to stream a lesson right off of one of my courses after 5PM West Coast time and definitely after 6PM, it will not stream without interruptions. And sometimes it'll go 30 seconds and stop for 30 seconds and go for 10 seconds and stop for 20 seconds......... repeat at random until I quit. Is your server really busy this time of day?

I have cleaned up my computer, compressed it, optimized it, everything I can do and before 5PM I have no problem after 5PM flip a coin, after 6PM, I'm going to have a problem.

 

[MikeS]

I'm sure @Griff will answer fro the left coast, but here in Dallas, I don't see any slow down regardless of time of day, so I'm pretty sure that it isn't Griff's servers. I'm no Web specialist, but it sounds more like something in your local area, like too many people streaming too much on your node.

 

[Griff]

The streaming videos come from Vimeo, not my server, so should have no trouble regardless of time of day (they have a really robust platform and I have a Professional account with them.)

I would be more inclined to look at your local bandwidth after 6PM. In my area, if every house on the block is suddenly full of people, internet slows down across the board... and I don't trust ISPs at all to provide what they say they'll provide.

 

[PapaRaptor]

Paul, you can use a browser based app from http://www.speedtest.net from your PC that will give you a snapshot of your throughput. If you have Windows 10 on your PC, they also have an onboard app (free) you can get from the Microsoft store. It keeps a rolling history of every time you run it.