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Geek Culture / Is it just me or is Youtube.com going SO SLOW!

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 19th Jan 2010 23:25
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Every other website I can load, but youtube is going slow as dirt, what about you guys?

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Venge
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Posted: 19th Jan 2010 23:29
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No. It's just you.


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jeffhuys
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Posted: 19th Jan 2010 23:37
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No, I have it as well.
Since Google owns YouTube, ads have been added, and some other BS that we don't need, and speed has severely degraded since then.

Maybe it's because of Google changing the server filesystem.

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budokaiman
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LOL

Could be your network card, it works fine for me.

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BlueKlayman
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 00:14
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Quote: "Every other website I can load, but youtube is going slow as dirt, what about you guys?"

Same with me.

Quote: "Since Google owns YouTube, ads have been added, and some other BS that we don't need, and speed has severely degraded since then.

Maybe it's because of Google changing the server filesystem."


Kinda annoying, with the ads and such.

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General Jackson
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 00:15
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I rarely go to youtube, and every time i do its fine

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 04:11
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Yeah, I've been having the same problems as well. Videos are taking FOREVER to load, and they used to load so fast that I was ever so happy. But now, like within the last two days, it's gotten to the point where I don't want to waste my time to load a video.

Hopefully, they'll fix it.


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Happy Cheesecake
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 05:42
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Ditto, I've been having some problems as well. I used to be able to play a video smoothly. Now I must stop it at the beginning and let some of it load beforehand. It's getting very annoying and tedious, a fix is definitely needed.

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Lemonade
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 06:25
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It's running normally for me. Although I have noticed more Google ads...*cough*...Nexus One...*cough*

On a *slightly* related note, shouldn't I be able to play an HD youtube video without it stuttering? I have 2 GB Ram, a 6800GS, and a pentium D 2.8 GHZ. Sure its not an "extreme" system, but it should be able to render high-quality video without a problem...right?
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DJ Almix
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 06:40
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Hmm youtube runs a lot faster I downloaded Ad-Block plus again for firefox and blocked all Youtube ad's works a lot faster now.

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Veron
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 06:48
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The ad which has a moving clown and you need to throw pies in his face is extremely annoying, and it makes your mouse flicker as well.

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Fallout
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 15:40
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Recently (for the last few months), youtube always buffers for a bit, then starts playing, and stops. No videos stream properly without pausing. The only ones that work are ones full of still images (music tracks for example).

I wish they'd either sort out the bandwidth issues, or change the player so it actually buffers and correctly calculates when you start playing.

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charger bandit
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 16:16
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Plus their system sucks,videos with more views load faster than ones with less views.

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Van B
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 16:21
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I've been watching Peep Show, as they have some really good C4 comedies on there like Peep, IT Crowd, plus older ones like Absolutely and Adam and Joe (if silly star wars figure homages are your bag, check them out).
Anyhoo, it would depend on the time of day, but the streaming was terrible, unless I watched at like 3am - nothing is buffered with the shows section, so it's not like I can pause and let it catch up. Made the shows unwatchable, and there's lots I want to watch there.

My solution is to move to a better internet connection - but I'm sure something is up with YouTubes servers besides my bad connection.


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 16:24
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Flash is a sluggish piece of crap. It should have been abandoned years back for something more suited to video and with decent hardware accleration but unfortunately Adobe seem to be able to get into every market and dominate it with the worst product.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 20th Jan 2010 16:26 Edited at: 20th Jan 2010 16:27
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Some videos take ages to load, whereas others don't. I assume it's because they are stored on different servers, and some of them get too much traffic.
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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 21st Jan 2010 01:04
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Ever since google took it over I've felt a slowdown. I also dislike the amount of ads that have cropped up.

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Outscape
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is dislike the modifications google has made to youtube entirely, apart from HD, HD is good

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Sid Sinister
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Youtube just started renting movies. This could be a major killer to businesses like Netflix. They only offer 5 movies via google checkout (on youtube) right now, and they are all from the Sundance film festival.

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Lemonade
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Quote: "Flash is a sluggish piece of crap. It should have been abandoned years back for something more suited to video and with decent hardware accleration but unfortunately Adobe seem to be able to get into every market and dominate it with the worst product."


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Libervurto
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Posted: 21st Jan 2010 09:29
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I have 128mb ram and it works fine for me.
Good old Ad Block

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Indicium
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Posted: 21st Jan 2010 23:19
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I found a fix to this

Get the latest Google Chrome (extentions )

then get the following extentions

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kchoimdlcbapmcdnheaahjcdpdjdpfco
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

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Lemonade
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Posted: 21st Jan 2010 23:30 Edited at: 21st Jan 2010 23:35
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Or you can go here: http://www.youtube.com/testtube

...and join the "feather" and "html5 video" betas.

EDIT:

For some reason my method isn't working...thx MadNightmare. I wish you could go full screen though.
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Indicium
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Posted: 21st Jan 2010 23:41
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yeah, i wish you could too but you can't win everything i guess... unless you cheat i hope youtube gets sorted out

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2010 00:30
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Quote: "Youtube just started renting movies. This could be a major killer to businesses like Netflix. They only offer 5 movies via google checkout (on youtube) right now, and they are all from the Sundance film festival."


The only movies I've spotted on youtube have been of this ilk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkEumP828D4

Perhaps us Brits aren't so lucky yet?

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2010 01:59 Edited at: 22nd Jan 2010 02:00
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What the heck kind of a movie is that?! Martians kidnapping Santa? That's just wrong, on SO many levels...


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2010 02:24
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Watch it, I've started to.

Also...why do Martians refer to them as Martians? "But you are the leader of the Martians", don't film makers realise how absurd it is?

"Hello, I am leader of the Earthlings!"

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Lemonade
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You mean, like, zooming in?
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Indicium
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How did you know? :o

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Libervurto
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Youtube has... changed!
Finally it looks much better!
I must be on there way too much because it changed while I was on there.

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DJ Almix
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Finally it looks much better!
I must be on there way too much because it changed while I was on there."


Why did you bump this?

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Libervurto
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I didn't want to start a new thread.
I'm recycling

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