YouTube Buffering Issues...
 

Hi all,

Just wondering if you guys are experiencing horrible buffereing on YouTube when streaming 720p and 1080p vids?

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I have given up using youtube on my super fast 100 meg .:rolleyes:

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there is another thread in which this has been discussed at length but suffice to say that there is a big problem and I think it is something to do with VMs youtube cache servers.

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Yay.

This story has made the register.

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Here is the new link:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...2/td-p/1556642

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Wow, that is class! "Intermittent buffering when trying to stream video from some sites". How about "It's dire most of the time".

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It's dire during peak 6pm - 10pm and has been for a long time. Virgin is broadband for vampires. Jumping ship as soon as a viable alternative is available to a provider that doesn't prioritise headline speed to the detriment of the whole network.

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just gone 60meg today and youtube vids was fine during the day with a nice buffer, now at 5.15 all youtube vids i'm having to wait to load and when it does the dreaded buffer every few seconds.

well done Virgin......................NOT!

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all do yourselves a favour and switch of a fibre broadband service like BT Infinity or Sky Fibre. I did and never have any buffering from it, ever.

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+1 on what Zee said

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ironically if you download the video using keepvid it downloads in one and funnily if you post a link on Facebook it plays better also. Youtube for me also crap on VM

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open dns helps also

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Well yeah, the problem is Virgin->YouTube, with keepvid, the video is going from YouTube->KeepVid->Virgin bypassing the bottleneck

Probably facebook looking up the URL, bypassing Virgin's cache server


I don't think it does, but happy to be proved wrong

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I know
I know
It does for me

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Good
Good
Good
;)

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Well Ive fixed my Issues with Youtube HTML5 lack of buffering I tried the New browser updates from Non google companies.
Went back to firefox and er it worked.. on the same old 1080p video... as before and boom maxed out the Wifi G..
So swapped to another MP4 browser and the same happened.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/11/33.png
The Pause command on the HTML5 Players makes no difference now, the buffering continues on all browsers, Just not Chrome and the other browsers reach near max speed and still buffer even on pause.

This is with no other set up changes here, just changed browser...
No changes to super hub, netgear router, just the browser...

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Experiencing the same issues using IE9 and IE10, Firefox 16.0.2 and Chrome 25...

Try disabling pre-loading pages setting in chrome and see if that improved it

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I get the odd problem streaming on Youtube but most of the time its fine.

Im on 100mb

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Thanks but was allready off...

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I just posted on a youtube forum asking why videos are now starting in 240p everytime, could it be linked this this buffereing issue. I've had the odd issue with buffering on 20meg but I don't really watch many vids in HD.

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if you're with Virgin Media then yes, as the problem is not with youtube, the problem lies with Virgin Media as on other ISPs there are little or no buffering problems.

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No problems at all here , also on 100mb!

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I just upgraded my PC to tethered O2, intermediate solution until FTTC.