# Video on pc v. mac

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-on-pc-v-mac/108706>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 28, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-on-pc-v-mac/108706 "2004-04-28T00:01:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![fumeng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9adbd/32.png) [@fumeng](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fumeng)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-on-pc-v-mac/108706/1 "2004-04-28T00:01:04Z")

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hi.

i’ve got a large video (48MB) that after 7% is loaded, it starts playback.

on a pc it takes 10 seconds before it will start to play and it plays all the way thru with no problem.

on a mac it takes 30 seconds before it will start to play and sometimes playback is choppy.

why does this happen? what are the differences with playback of video on a mc and pc? is there some way i can get around this?

thanks. fumeng.