Why does You Tube work perfectly some days,then other times the video and sound stops starts and buffers?

If YouTube is slow, stuck or weird, and people suggest you

either change, install or get stuff....DON'T TOUCH A THING.

Please don’t tinker with your "Java Scripts", "Flash Players"

or different browsers -- and definitely stay away from any of

the software that salespeople (disguised as answerers here

on Yahoo) are trying to sucker you into buying.

None of those things will help you because I am pretty sure

your computer and YouTube were working fine before, right?

The first rule of thumb and ideal option should always try to

be: DON'T disable, erase, uninstall, switch, download, alter,

add, change or install anything. Matters will only get worse.

Several times each day, YouTube shuts down a few of their

servers to update stuff. Be patient if YouTube is slow, stuck

or mangled. Transmissions from YouTube to your computer

are done in multiple tiny packets of data and flash at a time.

That's why sometimes you may get any of these scenarios:

bits and pieces of text/thumbnails in weird places; sluggish

loading/buffering; the spinning circle going on forever; or the

player being blank. This problem could fix itself within a few

hours or by the next day.

If your YouTube continues to behave slow, stuck or strange,

it's very possible that your directories of "temporary internet

files" and RAM (sometimes known as "cache") are close to

the maximum and just cannot take anymore, the end result

being any of the above scenarios or videos that: A) come to

a complete freeze; B) start/stop/start/stop in a choppy way;

or C) never even make it onto your screen.

"Temporary internet files" are tiny bits of webpages that get

permanently put on your hard-drive. They will remain forever

on your computer, gradually plugging it up like hair stuck in

a sink drain, until you finally get rid of them once and for all.

Thus, exit out of YouTube, then clear your "cache" of all its

"temporary internet files", "cookies" and "history". It is best

if you shutdown and reboot afterwards. You'll be amazed at

how "fresh" and "new" your YouTube will be.

Note 1: if you are using Google Web Accelerator or a utility

similar to that: dump it, burn it, trash it, disable it, uninstall

it; do all that you can to get as far away from it as possible.

Even though this contradicts all my advice, not only does it

terribly conflict with YouTube, clicking on "Don't Accelerate

This Website" won't help you whatsoever.

Note 2: longer videos require both "Flash" and "Shockwave"

in order to play smooth. Other than that, avoid all the sales

pitches that some Yahooers may be shilling, because they

are really disguised salespeople & peddlers. Their answers

have nothing to do with your question, and their wares may

actually worsen your problem. Besides, what kind of idiotic

answer is "Although you can't even watch or access videos

properly, buy our downloader." [my paraphrase]

Note 3: a very odd fix that once worked for me was altering

the URL from "www.youtube.com" to simply "youtube.com"

(or you could even try "ca.youtube.com").

Hi there,

I was looking for a free download Adobe Falsh Player I found it here http://j.mp/1p3Pf9p

Adobe Flash Player is the solution if you see a black screen while you 're watching videos, or if you have other problems watching them on Youtube or on Facebook.

Bye

Try refreshing the webpage

or...

Turn off web accelerator, if you have one - it may be conflicting with youtube.

or..

It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.

Try watching it during off peak hours, the video will be smoother.

Or you could watch it offline smoothly... try using 'zillatube' .

It works well - Just google search "zillatube" to get it.

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It stuffs up when too many people are on it. Its different times of the day not different days.

i duno relli i fink its coz there is soo mani videos on it and also becoz there are loads n loads of peopple on it everyday -x