Youtube issue

Niall · Jun 04, 2009, 20:31:06

Recently I seem to have been using the majority of my bandwidth on Youtube watching guitar stuff

In the last two days almost everything I've wanted to watch in low or high quality just stops dead and won't stream. Are there any issues knocking about that would cause this? I rebooted my router a few days ago when I saw it (I assumed long days in the heat couldn't help) and it was okay, but tonight I just can't seem to view anything after about 30 seconds to a minute as the download/stream just stops.

I'm puzzled as every other site seems to work fine.

Oh I've also tried it logged in and out of youtube just incase it's something related to advert blocking. I've noticed a lot of people complaining about Youtube adverts but I've not seen a single one, so I dunno

Just thought I'd mention it

Niall · Jun 04, 2009, 20:36:16

Okay, now I can't get youtube to load at all

<-- that's an ace smiley

Baz · Jun 04, 2009, 20:39:47

which clips you trying Niall and we can give them a go

Glenn · Jun 04, 2009, 20:40:12

It's not loading for me either

Baz · Jun 04, 2009, 20:40:42

no just tried too and error message for me.

David · Jun 04, 2009, 20:46:50

Same here wont even load

kinmel · Jun 04, 2009, 20:54:23

You have broken it,

David · Jun 04, 2009, 20:58:10

Its always the same.................better put the plug back in

zappaDPJ · Jun 04, 2009, 21:02:36

I can connect to YouTube although it's very slow (over 10 seconds) but I can't view any content at all.

Sebby · Jun 04, 2009, 21:20:01

Fine here (on a non-IDNet connection) so sounds potentially like an IDNet issue.

Ted · Jun 04, 2009, 21:30:45

No problems here, logged in ok and can view videos no problem

Niall · Jun 04, 2009, 21:38:37

Just got on to youtube 5 mins ago and it was fine, but once again it's stopped downloading. Damn it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwUQ6gbKIo

I like this song too

Sebby · Jun 04, 2009, 21:41:26

Could it be DNS? Worth trying OpenDNS.

zappaDPJ · Jun 04, 2009, 21:42:21

As a matter of interest what happens if you ping youtube over a sustained period i.e. ping www.youtube.com -n 50 (from a command prompt)?

Steve · Jun 04, 2009, 21:47:39

Quote from: Sebby on Jun 04, 2009, 21:41:26
Could it be DNS? Worth trying OpenDNS.

That particular video still re buffers on opendns

john · Jun 04, 2009, 22:16:09

Works okay for me Niall.

(have you seen this one too ?)

This one doesn't though, it keeps stopping and starting (we went to see him at Manchester Apollo a week ago tonight, one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

Gary · Jun 05, 2009, 07:45:56

Quote from: Niall on Jun 04, 2009, 21:38:37
Just got on to youtube 5 mins ago and it was fine, but once again it's stopped downloading. Damn it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwUQ6gbKIo

I like this song too

I saw him at Knebworth years back when ac/dc Headlined on the Back in Black tour.

Rik · Jun 05, 2009, 08:56:00

That clip is fine for me, Niall, could you run a BT speed test please?

quandam · Jun 05, 2009, 10:36:24

Quote from: zappaDPJ on Jun 04, 2009, 21:02:36
I can connect to YouTube although it's very slow (over 10 seconds) but I can't view any content at all.

Had similar problems over the last 2 or 3 days

Rik · Jun 05, 2009, 10:37:50

Has it improved now, Q?

quandam · Jun 05, 2009, 10:54:14

Quote from: Rik on Jun 05, 2009, 10:37:50
Has it improved now, Q?

Yes Rik. It appeared that it was linked somehow to the gw5/gw6 problem and rectified itself after me being moved to gw5

Rik · Jun 05, 2009, 10:55:05

Same here.

Niall · Jun 07, 2009, 11:29:52

Sorry for not replying, I've been a bit busy!

It seems fine now, but it was also problematic on my sisters connection (they're on IDnet too) at the same time. Whatever the issue was, it seems to have gone now.

Rik · Jun 07, 2009, 11:31:22

There were reports over on TB that it was the same across many ISPs.

Niall · Jun 07, 2009, 13:28:58

One other thing I forgot to mention was that it was reporting server errors too at one point, although I never noted the error. Possibly a problem with Youtube itself. I noticed that people were posting links to youtube on facebook and they were working as the thumbnail type embedded size, but on clicking through they wouldn't work.

Still I've had my fix of random stuff today, so all is well