Fix YouTube Buffering

YouTube is without a doubt the top video sharing website. YouTube buffering issue arises even with decent Internet connections. A video takes longer time just to buffer itself. As a first step to optimize Youtube, fix performance bottlenecks in your system and internet settings. You can download and install RegInOut to speed up  internet and Youtube performance.

Add an Exception in Windows Firewall

Your computer throttles bandwidth from YouTube servers. This in turn slows down video loading speed. Enable direct video streaming from YouTube servers instead of cache functioning.

 

• Press Windows Key + X.
• Select Command Prompt (Admin).
• This opens up CMD with required credentials.
• Enter the following commands:
  netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”TWCYouTubeFIX” dir=in action=block remoteip=173.194.55.0/24,206.111.0.0/16 enable=yes Exit
• This will perform Windows Firewall exceptions trick and exit out of the screen.
• Press Windows Key + C.
• This shows Charms Bar in right corner.
• Click Settings | Power icons.
• Select Restart.

Preload Entire Video by Turn off YouTube Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP

Turning off Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, commonly abbreviated as DASH, works very well for slow Internet connections. YouTube buffering occurs when DASH uses high quality media streaming. By turning off this feature you fragment data in small HTTP-based file segment basis, which in turn, optimizes video buffering and delivers high speed video playback.

 

• Open YouTube website: https://www.youtube.com/
• Click User icon on upper right corner of the screen.
• Click YouTube Settings icon.
• This opens up YouTube Center Settings page.
• Click Player tab.
• Uncheck the box named “Dash Playback”.
• Exit and re-open your browser.

Use an Optimizer

There are plenty of tools out there. Reginout Internet Optimizer is the widely used tool when it comes to YouTube buffering issue. If YouTube buffering problem arises on a PC with decent Internet connection, there’s something wrong with your PC settings.

 

• Download Reginout Now
• Install and open the program.
• Select your current Internet speed.
• Click Optimize Internet button.

Use YouTube HTML5 Player

With YouTube HTML5 Player, watch your videos without loading any plug-ins. Make use of HTML5 technology instead of Adobe Flash Player. Visit YouTube HTML5 Player Page: click here