Fibre optics broadband. 10mb. Wireless. My MBP will load a super high quality YouTube video with ease on the network. . . Yet the iPad runs like a dog and can't load videos without needing two hours to buffer the video you want to watch (that's if it bothers to load it at all). This is m.YouTube.com and the actual app. Why is it iso awful?
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Why is YouTube so bad on iPad?
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If I give you a link . . .will you click it on your iPad and tell me if it runs without any intervention? Please
If I give you a link . . .will you click it on your iPad and tell me if it runs without any intervention? Please
I will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy82nEoRdWw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Does that load fast for you? It doesn't for me, even though I picked a video with awful quality.
Does that load fast for you? It doesn't for me, even though I picked a video with awful quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy82nEoRdWw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Does that load fast for you? It doesn't for me, even though I picked a video with awful quality.
Daughter has ipad for 15 more minutes. Will write back with results a little after 5pm, est.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to do this mate
Duh, meant 6PM but she finished early and don't worry, I got my first ipad yesterday and any excuse to play with it... anyway. My ipad 2 is hooked up through a plain old airport which is hooked up to a regular old cablevision modem. When I clicked on your link, it opened the youtube app pretty fast but it took maybe ten seconds to load the video itself. Once loaded, it played straight though, no problems.
Why won't mine work
I can load the video. . It'll load up grand. . .but it will buffer unbelievably slowly and will pause after about 4 seconds of that video while it buffers again. I on an airport express n router, and on speedtest.net I get 9.5mb download..
It's bewildering
+1 for the cablevision modem. ( I hope the iPad app gets approved so I can watch tv on my iPad!!! Lol
I dont know if it's mee but I also have problem with my YouTube app. Search for my thread. Eveytimr I open a YouTube link in safari and I go back to safari it crashes and I have to start over again...
Now I have a 6Mbps broadband at home and YouTube is very slow specially in my iPhone 4 and iPad 2
This month I will have optic fiber with 100Mbps
I hope it will improve
This month I will have optic fiber with 100Mbps
I hope it will improve
I get 15mpbs down and there are times (esp in the evening) where some YouTube videos will stutter on all devices in the house, inc. my roommates Win7 laptop.
I haven't heard of this. Are you joking or is there going to be a cablevision app that will let me watch cablevision on my pad?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy82nEoRdWw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Does that load fast for you? It doesn't for me, even though I picked a video with awful quality.
It works fine here. On my iPad, it started playing the video within 10 seconds and didn't have any buffering issues, and I let it run for 4 minutes.
Change your DNS settings
Try to change your DNS server settings. I had the same problem, found a post on another site recommending use of different name servers. Here's how:
Settings --> Wi-Fi
Tap the blue arrow next to your wireless network
Tap in the DNS text field and delete anything that's in there already
Now, enter the new name server IPs
There are a couple of options:
Google's public DNS: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.8.4
Open DNS: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220
I currently use Google's name servers, but others might work better for you.
PS - you can do this on your iPhone, home computers, etc which might help "speed up" your Internet connection ( though it really isn't affecting the speed of your connection)
Enjoy!
Try to change your DNS server settings. I had the same problem, found a post on another site recommending use of different name servers. Here's how:
Settings --> Wi-Fi
Tap the blue arrow next to your wireless network
Tap in the DNS text field and delete anything that's in there already
Now, enter the new name server IPs
There are a couple of options:
Google's public DNS: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.8.4
Open DNS: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220
I currently use Google's name servers, but others might work better for you.
PS - you can do this on your iPhone, home computers, etc which might help "speed up" your Internet connection ( though it really isn't affecting the speed of your connection)
Enjoy!
Youtube is garbage to me on almost any device I use it on. I get 30 MB down and line quality is excellent.
Adiemus, this worked for me although I used my ISP DNS, you gave me the solution I was looking for. Cheers
YouTube is Ok with my iPad when on Wi-Fi, But It is rubbish on EDGE or 3G for me!!
That's due to the throughput and line quality being substantially worse on a mobile data connection, especially EDGE. It all depends on your provider and where you are, it has nothing to do with iPad or iOS.