I'm not an expert so probably can't help but... I think you have enough speed you shouldn't even need to let it buffer, but know how to do so, so it's probably not Internet speed. Your system seems fine specification-wise. To me anyway. I don't think or know much about video cards but I wouldn't think it would be the physical card, but I don't really know. My wild guess would be the driver. :) This is what mine shows when I go to "System settings"--->"Additional Drivers": If it were me, I'd try a different driver if there's any listed there. Maybe you already have? Other than that, I don't have a clue. I'm running 12.04 and youtube's and other videos play fine for me. If someone else here doesn't have the answer, there's always the Ubuntu forum. Just a thought. Edit: Just out of curiosity, does the snow in my "My Page" fall smoothly or does it stop and go as it falls? This post was edited by chuggerguy on Thu, Jan 3, 13 at 20:40

That's so nice of you to take the video! It's so hard to make these decisions just by looking at the item. Most of the time, at the Big Box stores they are displayed so high up you can't even touch them, let alone work the nozles and switches. In a perfect world maybe they'd actually be hooked up to plumbing! As for the cigarettes (OP mentioned) I just thought I'd mention without being preachy that I found a product that helped me quit smoking in 12 days. It is a prescripton pill called CHANTIX. I had absolutely no cravings or feelings of deprivement. It curbed my "appetite" for smoking the first few days and suddenly on day 12 I was getting ready for bed and realized I didn't smoke all day. I took the prescription for a total of 5 weeks and decided I could go on my own from there. I've only had one cigarette since and it wasn't pleasant. Just thought I'd put that in there so if anyone is offended, please disregard. I just hope I can spark your interest if you do smoke because I cannot tell you what a pleasure it is to have that monkey off my back! I do think it would be nice to have a cigarette, maybe once a week and then I tell myself I don't do that anymore and the feeling passes quickly! By the way it is going on 4 months now.

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Movie Maker would be more than enough for me. I think Adobe Premiere Pro is the standard for Windows but it comes at a price too high for me. Adobe Premiere Pro vs. iMovie Adobe has a new more basic/affordable video editor now. More for folks wanting to share to social media. Targeting vLoggers? Still, it's $9.99 per month. (The full fledged Premiere Pro is $20.99 per month) Adobe Premiere Rush Is it worth it? I don't know. Then there's Adobe Premiere Elements. $99.99, pay once. How does it compare? I don't know. Looks good at a quick glance. https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html?red=a ---------------------------------------------------- Probably it's just an irrelevant personal choice but I prefer a large screen. My eyes certainly prefer it, and I like the level of detail it provides. I sit about eight foot from a 65" inch 4K TwouldV and... I love it. :) BTW, there might be several capable free, or even free, Windows video editors for all I know. I haven't had need to look. Edited to add: Whichever you consider, you'll want to be sure it's compatible with Win7.