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To: BDAZZ who wrote (108911)	1/24/2012 12:37:09 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 197284

---> videos will take long pauses while streaming The video where I noticed the pauses was the TI Pico Projector video posted by FUBHO. Playing it on the Kyobo, it consistently stops for 15 to 30 seconds while loading the buffer. I counted 10+ such disruptions the last time I played this video. Playing this same video on our ipad2 plays right through without any interuption every time. The same 802.11b router is feeding both devices. What is most peculiar with this bug is that one can't even fully buffer the video by letting it play out to the end. Pressing replay after a video has played generates exactly the same stop and go action. Obviously video storage capacity is an issue. I suspect this might have something to do with the eReader not having enough internal RAM. My eReader has 1GB of internal RAM which is a bit peculiar given that Kyobo promotional literature states that it has 512MB. Our ipad2 has 64GB of storage. All apps on my Kyobo are using less than 100MB (including data) of internal RAM which is quite phenomenial if you think about it. I have a 2GB (expanadable to 32GB) micro SD card in my Kyobo but todate I have only been able to use it for epub book storage. It is unclear if any of that storage can be used for video playback as the Android setting buttons to move apps to the SD card is not activated. With eReaders one gets what one pays for. I am unable to view EBS videos because they have some sort of sign in feature which I have yet to figure out. That is also a browser based application so given that those videos have been demonstrated without the same kind of disruptions I'm seeing gives me a sense that this issue can be be recitified with proper device "tuning". The ipad2 touch keyboard is bigger than that of the Kyobo with more spacing between keys. I have no trouble with the ipad2 keyboard. Adjusting the volume while playing the above video I noticed another bug in the software. The volume button is used to set both Media volume and Ringer volume. If one is changing video volume while a video stops due to buffering, the volume toggle flips over to controling the ringer volume insetad of the video volume. A minor issue but an issue just the same. Lots of little bugs.