Hi, I for some reason can't run my Youtube with out it stopping and buffering for long periods at time. Its weird because its just started to do this? Is there a way to fix?

first it maybe nessacary to understand what buffering mean's , when you get a message that a video is buffering , this means that the display processor has executed all the code it had at that moment , but there wasn't enough info to build a complete image to display (in proper format) there can be a few reasons this happens , (1) your processor is under rated for the task at hand (2) your internet connection is being restricted (throttled) by some means (these several reasons this can happen) (3) the site your connected to may have a limiter placed on it (equipment speed)

Buffering is the process of loading the video from Youtube servers to your screen. The buffering depends mainly on speed of your internet connection. You can try the following options

1. Switch to a highspeed internet connection
2. Once the video starts, press the pause button. Leave it for 5-10 min and then try playing

Some videos have to buffer(download) for a while before playing.

It's not only for You..While watching Videos Online the Internet speed get slow ...Also the Online videos buffer and display in screen..So you can better pause the Video in Youtube after select the video.Then you can see a buffer lines scroll through end.After that You can play it.You can watch it without buffering.You can check the speed of the internet at Scanmyspeed. com here You can check the speed in Mbps and MBps.

Hi,

It seems a link is getting forwarded to you, so when you click on the link it starts to buffer the video, which will start and stop depending on the speed of your internet at that time.

Regards,
Shrey

Your download speed is too slow to both "download" and "play" at the same time.

Contact your ISP, and upgrade to a faster service.

Or, stop running any other software that is downloading/uploading (such as peer-to-peer file-sharing software), so that the full speed of your Internet connection is available to YouTube.

If you are experiencing either: A) slugglish loading or buffering, B) that "spinning circle" looking like it could seemingly go on forever, C) "choppy" videos that start/stop/start/stop frequently, or D) vids that sometimes come to a complete stop, maybe your cache/memory is full and thus can't take anymore.

Exit out of YouTube (but not your browser) and do one of the steps below. Afterwards, shutdown and reboot. Not only will this "unclog" your computer's "cache", it will make everything "fresh", and faster:

like if you have Google Chrome:

→ Tools (wrench) → Clear browsing data...

[x] Clear browsing history

[x] Clear download history

[x] Empty the cache

[x] Delete cookies

Clear data from this period: → Everything

→ Clear Browsing Data
If you have other applications which are running at the same time (such as "Torrents"), they will slow down YouTube as well. In those cases, you mightwant to consider uninstalling any Torrents you got.
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The reason why the youtube videos takes more time in buffering is it gathers the data/video before it loads or run. And it will also vary the speed of the internet connection. Meaning, the low internet connection, the more time in buffering.

Hi,

Did you properly checked your internet connection and speed? if speed is ok then try to upgrade flash player. Hope this will help u.

Regards;
Hasan