VIDEO: ZDF Mediathek is slow

Should you prefer to watch ZDF contributions online than in TV, but if you are annoyed that the films jerk or freeze so often, you can take a few steps to try to download or download them. optimize the streaming of the video.

Accelerate the ZDF media library

1. The first thing to do is to check to see if you have any other downloads running. You should end this so that you have sufficient bandwidth from your Internet connection for the ZDF media library.
2. Maybe you share the internet connection with other people in the household, then you should make sure that they do not need too much bandwidth either, i.e. not watching films on the Internet, etc. ä.
3. Do you have a Video started and the bandwidth is still insufficient, click on "Settings" at the bottom right.
4. The ZDF Mediathek normally detects your internet connection speed automatically. Select a lower connection speed here to stream the video in a lower quality and thus with less data.


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5. Save your settings by clicking on the corresponding button at the bottom right.
6. A message window confirms that your settings have been saved. Hide this by clicking on the small x in the top right corner of the message window.

Your computer is too slow

Or maybe your computer is not able to process the amount of data. Then you should check the following various points.

• Have too many other programs open? Close this.
• Maybe you have too many other tabs open in the browser window? Then you should close these too to free up more memory.
• Sometimes it also helps to just restart the browser.
• If you have been working with the computer for a long time, it is possible that a large number of processes have been started and data has been stored in the memory. Restarting the computer can sometimes work wonders if you are used to just turning the computer off to standby mode.

Perhaps one of the suggestions can solve the problem, but sometimes you can Internet is simply slow in your area because e.g. B. all neighbors are currently using the Internet very intensively and the overall bandwidth has not been set up sufficiently by the provider. This occurs e.g. B. open more frequently at the end of the day or on the weekend. If you don't have a broadband connection yet, you might consider ordering a less slow internet connection.