Why is YouTube slow to buffer videos?
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This document discusses common reasons for slow video buffering on YouTube and provides tips to improve playback speed. Suggestions include checking internet speed, optimizing video settings, and disabling unnecessary browser add-ons. Additional methods include adjusting computer performance settings and utilizing the YouTube Feather Beta for lower bandwidth consumption.
Why is YouTube slow to buffer videos?
- 1. Why is YouTube Slow to Buffer Videos? The toughest part for the top video sharing website YouTube users comes when it takes too long to buffer your favourite video. Why does YouTube buffers slower? What makes video loading too slowly? This article will give an insight into this problem. 1 CHECK YOUR INTERNET SPEED Make sure you don’t have a slow speed Internet. Lower the Internet speed, highest will be the buffering time, and vice versa. 1.1 SOME USEFUL TIPS & TECHNIQUES To make significant improvement in the Internet speed all you’ve to do is buy the best Internet plan from a reputed Internet Service Provider in your country. You may also use Internet Speed Testing websites to analyse the upload and download speed. Contact your Internet Service Provider if the actual speed is too low comparing to the speed mentioned in your Internet plan. Try replacing your modem/ router, the network cables if they are too old. This may help improving the bandwidth. 1.2 CHANGE THE GROUP POLICY EDITOR SETTINGS In addition to this, open the Group Policy Editor and change the web settings as follows: 1. Click the Start button. 2. Type “gpedit.msc” in the Search Box. 3. Press ENTER. 4. Open the following: Local Computer Policy | Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Network | QOS Packet Scheduler 5. Double click the Limit Reservable Bandwidth. 6. Enable this feature. 7. Replace the value in the Bandwidth field with “0” (zero; without quotes). 8. Click OK. 1.3 OPTIMIZE THE INTERNET USING AN INTERNET OPTIMIZER 1. Download and install Reginout Internet Optimizer. 2. Specify your current Internet speed.
- 2. 3. Click the “Optimize” button. 2 USE THE YOUTUBE FEATHER BETA YouTube Feather Beta is intended to run videos with the lowest latency. There is a speed difference as the Feather Beta consumes lesser bandwidth. However, this feature has some limitations too. For example: The comments will not appear under any videos. Like and dislike buttons will not appear. 3 CUSTOMIZE THE VIDEO PLAYBACK QUALITY Customize the video playback quality to improve YouTube video buffering speed. The default video quality is highest quality. Set a lower video quality to increase the time required to buffer the video. 1. Go to the Settings page. 2. Click Playback Link. 3. Select the option named “I have slow connection”. 4. Click the Save button. 5. Now open your favourite video and click the Gear Sign at the bottom of the video. Set it Auto or 360p, whichever you like. 4 OPTIMIZE THE SETTINGS Maximize the computer settings to improve your experience with YouTube. Adjust the visual settings in the following manner: 1. Right click My Computer icon on your desktop. 2. Select Properties from the right-click options menu bar. 3. Click “Advanced system settings” link. 4. Click Advanced tab. 5. Click Settings under Performance tab. 6. Set the option named “Adjust for best performance”. 7. Click OK | OK.
- 3. 5 DISABLE THE HARDWARE ACCELERATION The Hardware Acceleration uses the computer hardware to get tasks done in lesser time. Sometimes this increases the YouTube buffering time. Disable the hardware acceleration and check if the problem still persists. 1. Click the Start button. 2. Click Control Panel. 3. Click Appearance and Personalization. 4. Click Adjust Screen Resolution. 5. Click the Advanced settings. 6. Click the Troubleshooting tab. 7. Click the Change Settings button. 8. Move the Hardware Acceleration slider to “None”. 9. Click Apply | OK | OK. 10. Restart your computer for the changes to take effects. 6 DISABLE THE BROWSER ADD-ONS It is important to disable unwanted browser add-ons to avoid buffering issue with YouTube. More the add-ons, longer will be the delay loading your video. This is because addons consume application resources in background while you’re working with multiple tabs on your browser. 6.1 GOOGLE CHROME 1. Open Google Chrome. 2. Click the three horizontal lined icon at the top right corner 3. Select More tools | Extensions. 4. A new tab will open. 5. Uncheck the unused add-ons. 6.2 MOZILLA FIREFOX 1. Open Mozilla Firefox. 2. Press the Alt key of your keyboard. 3. Click the Tools menu, select Add-Ons.
- 4. 4. Disable the unwanted add-ons from the new page. 6.3 INTERNET EXPLORER 1. Open Internet Explorer. 2. Press the Alt key. 3. Select Tools | Manage Add-Ons. 4. In the new dialog, set Show=> All Add-Ons. 5. Disable all the unwanted add-ons. 6. Click the Close button. 6.4 OPERA 1. Open Opera. 2. Click the Opera button. 3. Select Extensions. 4. Disable the extensions you do not use.