Why does video playback skip?
We recently changed our Flash video encoding to move from Flash 7 video to Flash 8 video in response to popular demand from our show producers. This is because Flash 8 video looks much better than Flash 7 video. That said, Flash 8 video takes more computing power to play than Flash 7 video. If you notice that video playback on blip.tv is skipping, you have two options. You can select another video format from the formats dropdown below the video player, or you can check and see if you have lots of other things going on on your computer at the same time you’re playing the video. We’ve found that skipping is worse if you’re trying to play multiple videos at the same time or if you launch a large number of programs while watching the video. You can also try pausing the video to let it download fully, then resume playing when it has completed downloading. Flash makes big demands on your processor during the download phase, and this can cause playback to skip.
