Steam videos stutter within Steam but not on chrome/ie?

[...PACMAN...]

Had this little problem for while but have never looked into it. On Steam's store page for games, if they have a video preview of the title it always has a consistent stutter. If I view the same footage with any browser such as Chrome or ie there is no stutter and I get smooth playback.

Is there any solution for this, does anyone else experience this or is it just one of those things?

A small issue but would be nice to resolve it.
Thanks.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Had this little problem for while but have never looked into it. On Steam's store page for games, if they have a video preview of the title it always has a consistent stutter. If I view the same footage with any browser such as Chrome or ie there is no stutter and I get smooth playback.

Is there any solution for this, does anyone else experience this or is it just one of those things?

A small issue but would be nice to resolve it.
Thanks.

Steam videos within Steam are dependant on the Flash version designated NPAPI, at least that is what I have found. Installing it, and keeping it updated (in addition to the version you normally use) should eliminate it for you.

 

[...PACMAN...]

Meh, updated and still stutter in steam videos. I'll just continue to view them in my browser.

Thanks for the info though,

EDIT - Reboot sorted it, now playing smoothly. Awesome Thanks again.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Steam's WebTool is now multithreaded. If you're loading your processor (e.g. F@H or BOINC), Steam's browser (pretty much the whole application) can get sluggish. Either don't use Steam or pause what is loading the processor.