A question for you techies.If someone embeds a You Tube video or any video in a post does that use some of your data limit as soon as you click on the subject or do you have to actually watch the video to use the data.I hope I'm explaining myself.Just concerned for those that have data limits and a lot of video's show up.
bjoyce said
09:45 PM Nov 22, 2012
You have to click the video to use data. There is some data usage for the picture of the video, but it is a small amount.
Racerguy said
11:50 PM Nov 22, 2012
Thanks Bill.:)
Raytronx said
04:19 AM Nov 24, 2012
There are options when you embed the video to have it play automatically but most sites don't choose it as it would upset the users. I have seen some ads done that way tho.
RVRon said
08:27 PM Nov 24, 2012
I've found that sometimes even if the video is playing you can right click and choose "Stop Download". I do this when it turns out it isn't anything I'm interested in watching or is longer than I want to sit and watch (and use up air time).
Technomadia said
11:49 PM Nov 24, 2012
Sometimes, YouTube videos start caching in the background - and yes, that can use up your data. Especially on a fast connection (such as LTE), it can use it up faster than you might realize. If you don't intend to watch the video, make sure it is clearly not in play mode before continuing to browse the site. If it is caching, you'll see the progress/play bar start to fill in as video is downloaded.
- Cherie
Racerguy said
12:45 AM Nov 25, 2012
Thanks to all who answered.Just been trying to figure out why after 2 years using an average of 3.5 to 4 Gigs a month we now are pushing against the 5 Gig limit by day 25 and our surfing habits haven't changed that much.Only curious since we now have decided to stay stationary and will be switching to cable internet.
bjoyce said
01:29 AM Nov 25, 2012
I found some websites I used to go to are more aggressive with pushing ads and videos than before. I added an adblocker addin to Chrome, Adblocker Plus, and my usage went down a lot. There are adblocker addins/extensions for all the browsers.
RVRon said
02:25 AM Nov 25, 2012
Racerguy wrote:
Thanks to all who answered.Just been trying to figure out why after 2 years using an average of 3.5 to 4 Gigs a month we now are pushing against the 5 Gig limit by day 25 and our surfing habits haven't changed that much.Only curious since we now have decided to stay stationary and will be switching to cable internet.
Just my opinion, but I think websites in general are getting "fatter". There is just so much more data to load on websites than there used to be. Just look at the site info as a page is loading - sometimes it draws from 15 sources to fully load the page! (I notice this with our slower connection speed sometimes - not so noticeable with higher speed). That and the usage of graphics and pictures is a lot more prevalent than ever, making for a more robust but also bulkier webpage. I hate it when the website auto-starts a video ad as part of the page and sometimes they can't be stopped, so you're stuck unless you just close out the page.
RVRon said
08:25 PM Nov 29, 2012
Woo Hoo!!! I just found something that blocks at least some of those dang embedded videos! If you're a Mozilla Firefox browser user, the Flashblock add-on blocks those videos embedded in websites that autoplay. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ It really works - I just visited a news site that has the embeded video complete with advertising that I couldn't stop before the Flashblock installation. The add-on stopped the ad altogether! If you really want to play the video you can click on it to play.
A question for you techies.If someone embeds a You Tube video or any video in a post does that use some of your data limit as soon as you click on the subject or do you have to actually watch the video to use the data.I hope I'm explaining myself.Just concerned for those that have data limits and a lot of video's show up.
I've found that sometimes even if the video is playing you can right click and choose "Stop Download". I do this when it turns out it isn't anything I'm interested in watching or is longer than I want to sit and watch (and use up air time).
- Cherie
Just my opinion, but I think websites in general are getting "fatter". There is just so much more data to load on websites than there used to be. Just look at the site info as a page is loading - sometimes it draws from 15 sources to fully load the page! (I notice this with our slower connection speed sometimes - not so noticeable with higher speed). That and the usage of graphics and pictures is a lot more prevalent than ever, making for a more robust but also bulkier webpage. I hate it when the website auto-starts a video ad as part of the page and sometimes they can't be stopped, so you're stuck unless you just close out the page.
Woo Hoo!!! I just found something that blocks at least some of those dang embedded videos! If you're a Mozilla Firefox browser user, the Flashblock add-on blocks those videos embedded in websites that autoplay. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ It really works - I just visited a news site that has the embeded video complete with advertising that I couldn't stop before the Flashblock installation. The add-on stopped the ad altogether! If you really want to play the video you can click on it to play.