excessive buffering

[gord99]

Is some buffering common to even a new computer?  When I watch any youtube video or other video I have to put up with a lot of buffering.  I use Realplayer to record and watch later but it would be nice to just watch the video.  I'm using a HP Presario with a lot of ram and a dual core processor and Vista. 

[Salmon Trout]

If videos from the web are buffered a lot, it suggests a slow or badly performing internet connection.

[Mulreay]

If videos from the web are buffered a lot, it suggests a slow or badly performing internet connection.

That's not entirely true.

Quote from YouTube: Clear your browser's cache and cookies. http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=74662

To do this simply go into your browsers settings and choose 'clear cache' then use something like Ccleaner to clear your cookies.

CCleaner download: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner


I have 80+mbp/s and I often have issues with buffering videos at 720p+ on YouTube. I could simply be server load that causes the issue but I have found that clearing my cache periodically and also clearing my cookies can sometimes alleviate the problem.

Just to show I'm not lying.