text: the download is the key. if it happens when you  are watching streaming video (straight off the net) then its most likely to be a connection lag. this is where the download stream is not quick enough for the playing stream and it will pause to wait for more of the video to download before it tries to play it.\n\nonly option for that is to wait until it is fully downloaded before trying to play it, simply push the pause button until it no longer says "buffering"\n\nif its not downloaded video check that you have all the relelvant codecs installed as it may be searching the internet for them before attempting to play them. it also uses the first ones it can grab hold of instaed of finding an exact match.\n\nto test this theory find a programme called "gspot" and open it and point it to the video you are trying to play. this will tell you what the codec is and wether you have it on your system\n\nNOTE: this will only work for files already on your system, not streaming files