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Broadband download speed
In order to stream real-time videos from the Internet, your broadband connection speed
must be consistently fast enough to maintain a stable download rate. The general rule of
thumb is that if you can’t watch videos from sites like YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix directly in
your PC browser without seeing a lot of buffering, then it definitely won’t work in PlayOn
either. We recommend a minimum download speed of around 1.5 Mbps. In some cases,
even this won’t be fast enough, depending on the stream quality for the particular media
that you are attempting to watch.
Home network performance
Your home network, or LAN (local area network), must be fast enough to handle the
throughput of sending videos from your PlayOn PC to your device. If you are using
wireless 802.11g, this will in most cases be a bottleneck, especially if the PC is on
wireless. We highly recommend that the PC be on an 802.11n or wired connection.
PC free hard drive space
Since PlayOn needs to convert most online videos to a video format that the devices can
understand, you need extra hard disk space to temporarily handle the video conversion.
We
recommend a minimum of 4 GB of free space. Note that the current version of PlayOn
requires that this free disk space be on the same partition where Windows is installed.
PC processor speed and RAM
The faster your PC processor (CPU) and the more memory your PC has (RAM), the
better it will be able to convert online videos and stream them to your device. If your CPU
or RAM specifications are too low, you may experience choppy playback for videos, or the
device may even show an oftentimes cryptic error message before the video can even
start to play.
Netflix Watch Instantly
You can access your Netflix account “Watch Instantly” videos from your PlayOn device. To do
so, provide your Netflix login credentials in the provided fields, and then press the “Test” button
to confirm you have entered the information correctly. You may also add videos to your Netflix
“Instant Queue” from your PC web browser (if your account has one), for easier access to your
favorites through PlayOn. If your Netflix Account does not have an Instant Queue, PlayOn will
include any Watch Instantly videos from your “DVD Queue”.
Amazon Account (Video On Demand Library)
You can access your Amazon “Video On Demand” Library from your PlayOn device. To do so,
provide your Amazon login credentials in the provided fields, and press the “Test” button to
confirm you have entered the information correctly. Note that you must add videos to your
Amazon Video Library for them then to show up on your PlayOn device. This typically requires
you to purchase the video, however Amazon does offer some free videos which can be added
to your Library as well. For more information on Amazon “Video On Demand”, visit