Three percent, in this case, was the difference between smooth playback and a herky-jerky mess.

Sites like Pandora.com also use Flash's storage capability to preload portions of songs or videos to ensure smooth playback.

Bundled software isn't Mac compatible but necessary for smooth playback of 1080p video; price doesn't include an optional memory card.

They're enough for watching online video but not for the smooth playback of the highest quality movies,say.

Ability to capture entire screen of activity with very smooth playback was 1st in the industry.

It knows that Apple-holics would never stand for stuttering video caused by a slowish network, for example--so it capped the video data rate to ensure smooth playback always.

Please allow several seconds for the slideshow to load to ensure smooth playback.

This is disappointing, given the smooth playback provided by the G3's dedicated hardware when used in Mac OS 9, and the amount of time Apple has had to implement the OS X player.

Of the two ways, streaming video tends to skip and stutter more, usually because of Internet congestion, which can impede smooth playback.

To ensure smooth playback, Core Video uses a high-priority thread to maintain its frame buffer.