How to Reduce Soundcloud and Spotify Audio Buffering on PC

Raza Ali Kazmi Internet & Technology, Windows

We all love listening to our favourite songs on Soundcloud and Spotify but get irritated in no time when the songs just keep buffering on and on.

If you have a fast Internet connection but are still experiencing extended buffering or frequent stuttering in Soundcloud and Spotify, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some steps you can follow to reduce/ kill away these irritants.

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Terminate Background Activities

One of the major reasons attributed for the cropping up of these issues is due to background processes taking too much bandwidth and processing power. The best way to tackle this issue is to disable any unnecessary applications or processes that are taking too many resources. You can do this easily.

  1. Open the Task Manager by pressing Alt + Ctrl + Delete and then make your way to the Performance tab. Locate Open Resource Monitor in the bottom and click it.

    Opening up the Resource Monitor
  2. Now make good use of the Resource Monitor window to note down the application and processes that are taking too much bandwidth.

  3. Head over to the Network section and right-click on any unwanted process that’s taking too much bandwidth and select End Task.

    Terminating any unwanted processes

 

Defragment the System

Defragmenting the hard drives can help improve SoundCloud and Spotify performance to reduce buffering time and stuttering.

  1. Open File Explorer and right-click on the drives you want to defragment.
  2. Right-click the drive and click Properties.
  3. Click the Tools tab and then click Optimize in the Optimize and defragment drive section.
  4. Click the Optimize button to set the defragmenting process in motion.

 

Change Power Settings

Another area where you need to look is the Power Settings of your computer/ laptop. Here is what you need to do.

  1. To change Power Settings access the Control Panel. Click on Hardware and Sound, Power Options.
  2. Now click on Change plan settings.

    Select Change plan settings
  3. Click the Change advanced power settings option.

  4. From here, set the Wireless Adapter Settings to maximum and disable Link State Power Management in PCI Express.

 

Disable Hardware Acceleration

If you’re still having issues buffering audio in Spotify then Hardware Acceleration might well be the root cause of the issue. Here is how you can disable Hardware Acceleration in Spotify:

  1. Navigate to the Edit menu, click on Preferences and choose Advanced Options.
  2. Under the Compatibility section, turn off Hardware Acceleration.