Youtube Videos are buffering terribly

[Austin__23]

Problem: Youtube videos are buffering like A** (auto to 240p or below and still stopping to buffer)

Already tried: Speedtests to make sure internet speed is fine; trying to load videos on multiple devices both wired and wireless; checking router settings to make sure there are no weird QoS or parental control things going on; yelling in anger.

Relevant information: Twitch and Netflix load fast and beautiful in 1080p no problem. Bypassing the router and plugging straight into the modem allowed Youtube to buffer correctly. Buffering issues occur on wired and wireless (2.4 & 5GHz bands) connections that go through the router but ONLY on Youtube. Tried loading videos on multiple devices with both Chrome and Edge.

My thoughts: I would say something has to be weird with the router but the problem is only with Youtube and I don't know how my router would decide to not like Youtube but still be friends with Twitch and Netflix.

 

[dangus]

yeah same for me yesterday. i think it might be youtube itself. i have very very fast internet and i was having trouble streaming 720p yesterday. just give it some time.

 

[Austin__23]

I would like to give it time but it has been 3 days now

 

[dangus]

I would like to give it time but it has been 3 days now

well for free content you might just have to buck up and give it time...im fairly certain, especially from what you described, that it is the website itself.

 

[Austin__23]

I have 2 friends (we are all on Time Warner Cable internet) telling me that they are having issues with Youtube as well, which points to it being a Youtube problem or an ISP problem and NOT my router. However, why does Youtube work just fine when I bypass my router and plug straight into the modem? That points to it not being a YT problem OR and ISP problem. Basically my troubleshooting process is leading me in circles and I am irritated.

 

[dangus]

try this out. open a admin CMD prompt and type these two things in to add two firewall entries:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="YoutubeHTTP1" protocol=TCP localport=80 action=block dir=IN remoteip=173.194.55.0/24

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="YoutubeHTTP2" protocol=TCP localport=80 action=block dir=IN remoteip=206.111.0.0/16

I'm on TWC as well and this helped a bit.

 

[Austin__23]

Looks like it did help a little bit. Whatever the problem is though, it definitely seems to be out of my hands. I appreciate the input

 

[dangus]

yeah i came home today and some videos were loading slow. some weren't.