I have 2ms ping to YouTube and my network is wired 1gbit so it was odd to get so many buffering issues. So i did a search and this solution immediately solved the buffering issue! Prefer IPv4 or disable IPv6 and it’s buttery smooth
Youtube recently implemented malicious design to make it lag when you don’t have premium and/or an Ad blocker
I thought this was only an issue with Adblock or Adblock Plus
Edit: Switched to Nitter
You’re 100% correct but people keep spreading this nonsense…
What did Mark Twain say? “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes” – or something like that (would be ironic if he didn’t even say that haha).
Also, this experience has made me realize that there are still a lot of people with Lemmy accounts using Adblock+ or even Adblock! I wouldn’t have expected it.
Maybe look at your router if you’re using the ISP provided one—I still come across ISP provided routers that have weird issues with their IPv6 support.
Well, things are working fine now. I found the solution from a locked Reddit thread
Fair play, if it works, it works. One to keep in your back pocket if you ever have issues with anything that needs IPv6 in the future.
You haven’t really explained “why”, it’s just that there are two roads to YouTube and nobody complains when IPv6 is faster.
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Thanks for sharing! Disabling IPv6 fixed my buffering problems on Apple TV, wired with Premium. I suspected my pi-hole initialy. Its insane that Google is apparently incapable to properly network their services… even if you pay for them.
I’m glad you found this helpful. Is there a way to set preferred ipv4 on Apple ecosystem rather than fully disabling ipv6?
I haven‘t gone that route, I disabled it at router level. Might look into disabling it on VLAN basis and moving the Apple TV into a specific one with IPv6 disabled.
Wow, I just rando browse this site and came upon this. Ten minutes later I am seeing a REMARKABLE improvement in my internet performance. Thank you!
IDK if this helps Internet performance on other sites, maybe it would lol? I do have buffer issues on other streaming websites but i thought that was because they have bad infrastructure(small web sites, some may pirate stuff) Edit: Ok I just tested several other streaming platforms/sites and they all have improved after setting pref ipv4, no more buffering issues!!!
Thank you for this. Your link is for Windows Server, its subtly different for standard Windows 10/11, I found this link that directed me what to do here; https://kb.firedaemon.com/support/solutions/articles/4000160803-prioritising-ipv4-over-ipv6-on-windows-10-and-11
I’ve just done it, hopefully this will sort all the buffering issues I’ve been having not just with Youtube but Deezer too
If you are using Firefox or any of the forks or an adblocker; that’s probably why it’s buffering. Freetube or NewPipe is the way to go.
I’m still main on chrome atm. I use firefox as well but there are some features on Chrome that’s not on firefox. Nvidia RTX video enhancement super resolution works on chrome but not firefox. Also HDR doesn’t work on firefox =/ Oh just did a side by side test on the same video, YouTube does not give firefox the option for 8k or HDR, max is 4k 60fps on firefox.
