How to Increase YouTube Buffering Speed

We all know that YouTube is the best video sharing network with more than 3 Billion views per day. All of us watch YouTube videos. But the toughest part comes when YouTube videos buffers(Especially when you have a slow Internet connection). In this article I will be sharing some Tips to Increase YouTube Videos Buffering Speed.




On What Factors Does YouTube Buffering Speed Depend?

Its very simple,YouTube videos buffering speed mostly depends on your Internet Speed. Anyways if you have a slow internet connection then here are some Tweaks using which we can boost YouTube buffering speed.

Tips To Speed Up YouTube Videos Buffering:

1. Increase your Internet speed by 20%:

This is a very old trick to Increase your Internet Speed. This trick increases your internet speed by 20% which means you are increasing your YouTube videos buffering speed as well.

Microsoft windows reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like updates and interrogating with your PC etc. This should be undone immediately to enjoy full ISP Speed.

Follow these steps below:
Click on start(or windows logo for windows7 and 8), select run and type "gpedit.msc".
select to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > QOS Packet Scheduler > Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
Double click on "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" and then select "Enabled" and edit the bandwidth to 0.

Windows XP

Windows 7

Its a nice trick! Try it and get internet speed 20% more!

Note: For some versions of windows like windows home and basic versions don't have gpedit.msc command,in that case just ignore this trick not a big deal and follow the below tricks.

2.Join YouTube Feather Beta:

This is a new YouTube Project called YouTube Feather Beta.
Go to YouTube Feather Beta[this link] and click on join YouTube feather beta.Now search for videos and start watching,you should have already found the difference in speeds before and after.

Limitations: 
In YouTube feather beta you don't see many comments.
You will not be able to like or dislike the video.
You will get only 5 suggested or related videos.
The bandwidth which is used to load these things will be utilised to speed up the videos.If you don't like this version then you can leave YouTube feather beta at any time.


3.Use YouTube DNS:

Using YouTube open DNS will help you in speed up the YouTube video buffering.

For Windows XP users:
Go to Control Panel from the Start menu.
Click on Network Connections from the Control Panel choices.
Choose your connection from the Network Connections window.
Click Properties button.
Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
Click the radio button Use the following DNS server addresses and type in OpenDNS addresses in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields.
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

For Windows 7 Users:
Go to control Panel.
Click on Network and Internet then click on Network and Sharing Center.
Click on Change adapter settings(at left side).
Right Click on Local Area Connection then select Properties button.
Double click on Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)(dont change any thing in IP address).
Click the on Use the following DNS server addresses and type
Preferred DNS server: 208.67.222.222 and  Alternate DNS server: 208.67.220.220
Then click ok and its done!

4. Speed up YouTube videos Buffering with SpeedBit Video Accelerator:

Not only for YouTube, the software works well with more then 165 video sites like Yahoo Video, Facebook, Aol Video, Myspace, ESPN, and many more . You just need to install the software and it will take care of the rest. The free version works with all the normal videos but for accelerating HD (High Definition) videos you need to upgrade to premium version.
Get it SpeedBit Video Accelerator now! Skip ads after 5 seconds.


5.Increase YouTube Buffering Speed by changing the Video Quality:

You can also speed up YouTube videos buffering by changing the quality of videos to low quality like 240p,360p etc.Use this when you have to do nothing with the quality of videos.

6. Get a Good Internet Plan with good Net Speed:

With the above tweaks you can speed up your YouTube videos  buffering more than thrice, but if you really want a very good buffering then getting a good subscription plan with good net speed is a wise thing.
If you follow and apply the above tips properly then you will definitely notice an increase in your YouTube buffering speed. Those who have tried let us know your experience in your comments.

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