Is it normal for video to stutter when downloading??

[trentlad]

I'm not sure if this is normal or whether I have an issue but does your locally stored video stutter when playing while the download bandwidth is completely maxed out?

Example: I'm watching a family video stored on my HDD but initiate the download of a game purchased on Steam to install on a completely seperate internal HDD. As soon as the download bandwidth is maxed out (~3.8MB/s) the video audio starts to stutter and becomes unwatchable.

This isn't the case if my bandwidth isn't fully used, so if I download an HP printer driver and the speed is 2.9MB/s then the video is unaffected.

 

[trentlad]

That was just an example, anything I download at the maximum possible speed (3.8MB/s in my case) has the same effect.

Isn't it just a case of the bus being flooded with data?

 

[trentlad]

Another perfect example; I'm listening to music on YouTube (in Firefox) and the video is buffered for the next 30 seconds... click on the OcUK 'Animated Image Thread' (in Opera) and it loads at 3.7MB/s but my YouTube audio stutters until the page is fully loaded.

 

[trentlad]

It definitely isn't a network throttle because the audio stutter occurs even on local media.

Might have something to do with my antivirus software apparently but I'm using MSE.

 

[trentlad]

Well I disabled 'Real-time Protection' on MSE then tested and everything worked fine so it was definitely that at fault.

The strange thing is, once I re-enabled it the problem completely disappeared. I haven't altered anything else and this had been a consistent issue for over a month.

 

[trentlad]

Am I really the only person who gets this?!?

When I check my CPU it's almost completely maxed out when downloading above 3.70 Mbps.

 

[trentlad]

Anyone?