Anybody having trouble streaming YouTube videos?

jtaylor06 · 28-03-2010, 00:01

Anybody having trouble with most YouTube videos having streaming problems?

It's never been like this, but lately, it's getting near to being slower than a snail or not stream at all.

Can repro the problems on all three laptops in the house, even an iPod touch.

Equipment:
NETGEAR WGT624v4 (Factory settings, apart SPI being turned off)
VM Ambit on 20MB/s
Laptops all on W7 32bit, running Google Chrome on two and with one running Firefox (latest).

Any ideas, or is anyone else experiencing buffer problems too?

Ben B · 28-03-2010, 00:06

Yeah, recently YouTube videos have been taking longer to buffer, they never used to but it is not a VM problem as other connections I've used have been having the same problem, where by the position marker? at the bottom of the video goes past the red buffer line and then after a few seconds will then stop so that it can catch up

jtaylor06 · 28-03-2010, 00:08

Yeah, it does it quite a lot.
Plays probably 3 seconds, stops, then wait for like another 3, plays, then stops.

Even on 480p (default setting)

Ben B · 28-03-2010, 00:09

I think it's more of an issue with YouTube myself cause they have been messing about with a lot of things recently like adding closed captions (CC) and stuff

jtaylor06 · 28-03-2010, 00:13

I saw that the other day.
I even tried it out, but I think it's rather pointless as it never gets more than 60% (random guesstimate) of the words right lol.

But I guess accessibility is important, so when they do get it right, it will be a good feature to some users.

Are there any streaming tests on the internet at all to see if it's not just a problem with YouTube or something similar?

Ben B · 28-03-2010, 00:17

I dunno, you could try watching stuff from MySpace video or Facebook and see if you have any issues streaming on them

Jimmy-J · 28-03-2010, 00:18

Same here, the site was down for a few hours yesterday, and today I keep having to hit pause and wait for the video to load first before playing it, which seems to take ages.

jtaylor06 · 28-03-2010, 00:57

Looks like it's happening to quite a few people then.

ceedee · 28-03-2010, 08:08

I've given up trying to stream Youtube lately, it's become so poor.
Now I download the videos via KeepVid...

Steve007 · 28-03-2010, 10:50

Glad I'm not the only person to have noticed

Welshchris · 28-03-2010, 11:54

yeah i had a few issues yesterday with some videos not all tho.

madnutter0102 · 28-03-2010, 11:57

so its not just me then? its been happening for ages with me.

jtaylor06 · 28-03-2010, 16:23

Anyone know anyone on non-cable connections that are having problems too?
Or is it limited to cable connections?

pip08456 · 28-03-2010, 20:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtaylor06

Anyone know anyone on non-cable connections that are having problems too?
Or is it limited to cable connections?

My mate's on Be and having same issue.

jcm193 · 28-03-2010, 21:37

I have tried a few 1080p music video`s on youtube tonight,they have all played without any buffer problems I did notice that the picture resolution seems to have dropped even though it states to full hd 1080p