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boomspar

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Hello,

I can't view YouTube Movies very well. My wifi get 25mbps measured. So I don't get it.

First minute is playing well but than playing overtakes what's already loaded. Movie stops for 10-20 seconds for lading and then Plays further for a little little while then stops again and loading again. And so on....

What can be wrong?


Best regards!
 
boomspar said:
My wifi get 25mbps measured. So I don't get it.
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That's between your router and your tab. What's the speed between your router and the Youtube server? 1mbps? 700kbps? Less? The data transfer rate is the rate of the slowest part of the path. That's why your provider sells yoiu "up to" so many mbps. They can only control the speed between them and you.

First minute is playing well but than playing overtakes what's already loaded. Movie stops for 10-20 seconds for lading and then Plays further for a little little while then stops again and loading again. And so on....

What can be wrong?
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The speed between the Youtube server and your router is slower than the speed at which the movie plays. There's not much you can do that's practical. Move closer to the Youtube server. Download the movie and save the file, then watch it. Nothing really practical.
 
I think I got the problem since I updated to KitKat.

I get my wifi signal directly from my Cable Providers modem. Wired it's about 100mpbs. With wifi I get about 25mbps. Must be enough to play the movies I thought.
 
boomspar said:
I think I got the problem since I updated to KitKat.

I get my wifi signal directly from my Cable Providers modem. Wired it's about 100mpbs. With wifi I get about 25mbps. Must be enough to play the movies I thought.
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If your reading those speeds from Windows, that's actually your LAN speed. Not internet speed.

Ookla Speedtest is a better measure for Internet bandwidth, but not foolproof. That doesn't necessarily reflect your actual speed to the Youtube servers.

One workaround for now is to disable HD playback. Worse video quality, but at least it will be consistent.
 
Not sure what you mean?

I don't have this problem. Generally when I do, I'm suffering legitimate network issues that affect all my devices.
 
Those speeds I measure with ookla. So i have a cable contract not ADSL. Cable goes to isp's modem. Modem sends wifi signal. Internet speed on my tablet 25mbps with ookla.
 
boomspar said:
So nobody can tell me where to search the problem?
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I don't think everyone is experiencing this issue. I have it but I'm also tethered from my phone so I expect it. I will try to simulate when I can get on a solid wifi and see what happens then. As far as solving your issue though I'm not sure what to do that would give you the videos without the delays and pauses. You don't by chance know someone with a Nexus that you could see if they have the same issue at your place?
 
I used to have this problem and I started using the google DNS server, that fixed it although it still plays up occasionally.

I can't remember exactly how to do it but I think you long press on "settings" in the wifi area of settings, then change your primary DNS to 8.8.8.8 and your secondary to 8.8.4.4

Can't verify if this will work for you or not but it's probably worth trying.
 
I tried:
- factory settings Youtube and (important) don't update Youtube when updates are available (in playstore);
- disable wifi optimalization;
- disabled dhcp and use static IP with Googles DNS1 8.8.8.8 and DNS2 8.8.4.4;
- removed unused apps

But I still have the problem.

Then I discovered someting: When I have bluetooth ON. I got the problem. When it's off; no problem!!

Can anyone confirm this with his own device?

Too bad cause I want my sound over Bluetooth to my AV receiver...
 
boomspar said:
I tried:
- factory settings Youtube and (important) don't update Youtube when updates are available (in playstore);
- disable wifi optimalization;
- disabled dhcp and use static IP with Googles DNS1 8.8.8.8 and DNS2 8.8.4.4;
- removed unused apps

But I still have the problem.

Then I discovered someting: When I have bluetooth ON. I got the problem. When it's off; no problem!!

Can anyone confirm this with his own device?

Too bad cause I want my sound over Bluetooth to my AV receiver...
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Ah, that may explain some things. I don't have a Bluetooth capable AV receiver, but that finding does check out. Since Bluetooth and Wifi use the same frequencies and often even the same radio, its very possible they are interfering with each other. Its more common than you think. You don't hear about it too often since I imagine its very rare people use Bluetooth and Wifi at the same time.
 
Using this is not very rare here. When I watch my tablet I don't want a cable at it. But i want The sound over my HIFI system.

Are there any ways to solve this problem?

Other thing is: playing always stops about 44seconds. Then he goes buffering again.
 
This is happening with my mom's tablet that I bought her (Nexus 7 2012). But for some reason she loads the same Youtube video on her phone, from the same distance away from the wifi extender that I purchased, she uses the tablet from, and still manages to load quicker than from the tablet. I have a feeling its the wifi routers fault though. Not sure if I should purchase a more expensive one. I really don't know what to do. Help?
 
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