How to Keep Online Video from Pausing or Buffering You Tube and Others

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By Limowreck
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Buffering and pausing video is a frustrating. Videos from You Tube and other video stream sites pause and buffer because they are playing faster than they download. Here's how to keep them playing smoothly.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Pause ~ When the video begins to play, immediately pause it.
Step 2

Wait ~ Wait for the status bar to indicate that the video transfer is complete, or the download is complete. In You Tube, this is indicated when the status bar in the video player has been completely filled, left to right, with the color red.
Step 3

Play ~ When the status bar indicates the video transfer or download is complete, resume playing the video using the controls on the video player.
Step 4

Less Waiting ~ If you will be looking at multiple videos, there is a way to minimize your waiting time. Open several tabs within your internet browser. In each browser tab, navigate to the desired video. Follow the pause and wait process for each tab and video. While one tab/video is loading, you can watch one that has already completed the transfer process.

Tips & Warnings

Opening multiple tabs will slow the transfer time of all videos. However, depending on your computer and internet speed, you may not notice a delay.

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