Thread: Not enough bandwidth to view youtube videos without pausing.
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Old 07-06-2011, 15:30   #21
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Re: Not enough bandwidth to view youtube videos without pausing.
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Originally Posted by AdamD View Post
50mb connection here, also having problems with youtube.

The Rhianna video stopped at 12 seconds and is buffering, restarted for 2 more seconds and is now sitting there with the spinning circle thing.

I usually get this with every video on youtube.
Its not scientific at all but I saw a piece on BBC-CLICK about how youtube ensure enough bandwidth for video for all users. The cache popular videos in various localitys.

Big new music videos are given massive priority and bandwidth resource to ensure they play well.

Also go here and paly the test video with onscreen realtime bandwidth reading http://www.youtube.com/my_speed#

For me that sits around 2000kps-3000kps, not enough to stream a 1080p video without buffering every 20 seconds.
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