| Author | Message | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8640 Registered: 5-2002 |
Which of these statements describes your experience. 1 - YouTube videos always play great for me! 2 - YouTube videos always play great when I'm using (insert name of browser or browsers here), but when I'm using (insert name(s) here), the videos are often very slow to load and won't stream properly. 3 - I often have trouble with YouTube videos being slow to load and not streaming properly no matter which browser I use, and I'm using (insert browser names here). | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 274 Registered: 5-2009 |
Hi Dave. I am currently having the best YouTube experience with Fire Fox 3.5.2 on an old Apple dual 1.25GHZ with 2 Gigs of RAM . I am using two 75gig 10k rpm SCSI ultra320 hard drives configured in RAID level 0 in OS 10.4.11 I think that the more bandwidth that you have on your internet connection the better your experience will be. I find that you need at least 3 mbps speed for an enjoyable view . You can test your speed at http://speedtest.net also at http://2wire.com | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 275 Registered: 5-2009 |
My SCSI PCI card is an ATTO UL4D | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8642 Registered: 5-2002 |
Wolf; my download speed as measured at speedtest is 3mbps. Answering my own poll; 3. I often have trouble with youtube vids on both Firfox (currently 3.0.13, haven't upgraded to new version yet) and MS Internet Explorer 8.0.6. I'm on an HP laptop with 2.00GHz processor and 1GB of ram running Windows XP. | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 448 Registered: 6-2004 |
1 - YouTube videos always play great for me! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8643 Registered: 5-2002 |
Just upgraded to Firefox 3.5.2; will see if that helps. | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 276 Registered: 5-2009 |
Hi Dave Sorry I did not answer the poll as per your form I have a problem always digressing. | ||
| tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1091 Registered: 11-2004 |
The latest version of Safari works very well for me.... | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 823 Registered: 6-2002 |
1. youtube always play well, I just upgraded to the new firefox speed: 24+ Mb/s | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 277 Registered: 5-2009 |
I noticed that Fire Fox 3.5.2 was much faster on my hardware then the previous version. | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 278 Registered: 5-2009 |
I have been having occasional strange page not found errors with the latest version of Safari I am sorry to say, especially on eBay. | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 2413 Registered: 3-2004 |
Older versions of firefox used to suck. I kept a copy of IE just so I could look at YouTube. The current firefox version has been flawless for me. I vaguely recall looking at my plug-ins and add-ons to disable some unnecessary crap before it became stable. We do have pretty consistent 10/2 service here, though. | ||
| gyonnii
Junior Username: gyonnii Post Number: 49 Registered: 3-2009 |
I am running off a Mac quad pro 16 gig of memory and have never had a problem with you tube except on my old windows machine, it was maxed out on front side bus/hard drive etc...but when my memory got to full from music files it would interrupt my computer playback, especially on video applications, when I cleaned it up and defrag the system you tube would run better, you might need to get an external hard drive note book which is what I had to do to free up and store my music files to make things run better, I use a western digital that although Mac doesn't read everything windows, I transferred it to my mac because I had some files that I saved and wanted to be able to bring them to Mac. | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 814 Registered: 7-2007 |
# 1 Utilizing IE 8 connecting via a cable network provider at a 5MB downstream. Here is another interesting testing site http://performance.toast.net/ | ||
| tom_z
Senior Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 591 Registered: 7-2004 |
No problems with YouTube. Firefox / MacBook Pro | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2280 Registered: 6-2002 |
Google's own Chrome browser is supposed to be perfect for Google's own YouTube website. Bandwidth will always be the bottleneck ... | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 515 Registered: 12-2004 |
You tube plays great when i'm using Pot with an MGD to back me up! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2390 Registered: 10-2002 |
How about.. 4. My work firewall team have banned access to youtube / myspace / facebook etc and it's probably only a matter of time before they find a way to prevent me accessing the Alembic club too! or 1. At home on my son's windows Xp pc, I have no trouble watching youtube. Graeme | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1358 Registered: 2-2005 |
I have no issues with YouTube on Firefox 3.5.1. I do however have problems with Myspace as nothing with Flash works for me there. Keith | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8649 Registered: 5-2002 |
Keith; I think I have read that it is possible that two installations of the Flash add-on might be installed in your Firefox, one being an older version that was never uninstalled. This might be my problem as well, although the fact that I have the same problems on IE8 suggests otherwise. I don't know what to tell you to do to check your installation, but I have found it on the firefox site before. But I never could make sense of it when I tried following the directions and looking at my own installation. That's my fuzzy recollection anyway. Try searching the firefox forum. | ||
| sonicus
Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 279 Registered: 5-2009 |
I have recently come across this site that is trying to improve the internet bandwidth across the USA. We are falling way behind the rest of the world ! http://speedmatters.org | ||
| spose
Advanced Member Username: spose Post Number: 274 Registered: 5-2002 |
Opera (9.63) browser here. youtube works perfect for me...I agree that the internet connection plays a role in speed more than the browser | ||
| jx2638
Junior Username: jx2638 Post Number: 49 Registered: 2-2008 |
I was experiencing issue #3...called tech help with wireless router company (Belkin) and they updated the version of their software to a more current and by golly it worked...youtube vids loaded fast and played without a hitch. | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1359 Registered: 2-2005 |
Dave, Thanks for the suggestions. I've already been that route to no avail. Deleted all versions of Flash I could find along with Firefox and manually cleaned up the registry. I think it is something with Myspace as I was working fine until they did some updates on their end late last year. Keith | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2656 Registered: 2-2006 |
Youtube always works fine for me, I use IE-8 and Safari on my PC and Safari in my Mac. Every Ting Be Eire Mon! OO | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 1049 Registered: 4-2005 |
You tube works great always on my iMac | ||
| phylo
Intermediate Member Username: phylo Post Number: 126 Registered: 10-2005 |
1 GB isn't a ton of ram, but should be enough. Is your hardrive almost full? Is it a wireless connection? Trying clearing out your Internet cache. | ||
| jedisan
Member Username: jedisan Post Number: 96 Registered: 3-2008 |
Never a prob with Youtube here, just watched Britney do the Letterman top ten. Vaio Z Series 4meg ram IE7 (Message edited by jedisan on August 26, 2009) | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1258 Registered: 6-2002 |
I have to say it's #3 for me, using Safari 3.0.4 & Firefox (only sparingly), but the prob might be my 500 MHz G4 with 1.5 GB SDRAM. HD vids seem to stutter alot. Mike | ||
| pauldo
Advanced Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 251 Registered: 6-2006 |
I used to be a #1 - but recently (past several months)not all of the videos are buffering faster than they are playing. Nothing on my side has changed - Windows XP (xtra pukey) Home Edition Service Pack 3 on a Sony Vaio with a Pentium 4. (Don't buy a Vaio - it was a big mistake). Dave - May I ask why you are polling? Do you know something we don't? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8651 Registered: 5-2002 |
Paul; the reason I'm polling is that I want to try to determine whether it's just me or whether it's a common problem. And no, I don't know anything you don't; I'm hoping that this process might help find a solution. Jon; I have an 86GB hard drive with 30GBs free. And yes, my laptop is connected to my network via a wireless connection. Until you suggested clearing the cache, and I went and read the help file, I didn't realize you could clear the cache without clearing the history; and it's very helpful to me to have 30 days of history available. So, now that I know you can clear the cache while leaving the history intact, I'll try changing the settings to automatically clear the cache upon closing, and see if that helps. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2283 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dave, if you have the option to plug into your router with a cable, instead of wireless, it's certainly worth a try for troubleshooting. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8653 Registered: 5-2002 |
That's a good idea; thanks Adriaan! | ||
| phylo
Intermediate Member Username: phylo Post Number: 127 Registered: 10-2005 |
if the wired connection works ok, you may want to re-install the wireless controller. I had a similar problem with the Intel Proset Wireless controller. Uninstall and reinstall cured it. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2285 Registered: 6-2002 |
Some network cards are also set to go to sleep, as an energy saving option: Control Panel > Network Connections > Local Area Connection > Settings > [network adapter name] Configure > Power Management Make sure the option for "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" is not marked. |
