Comments on: How to change Firefox settings to improve YouTube performance

By: eluyuyuy

eluyuyuy — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:04:37 +0000

Works perfectly fast, thank you!
I wonder if this is only for youtube or works on vimeo too?

By: lewis hamilton

lewis hamilton — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:05:06 +0000

Cool!

By: brolin1911a1

brolin1911a1 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:54:45 +0000

I’m running Firefox 3.6.10 and Adobe 10. This problem just started manifesting on all three computers of my home network (two running under Win XP and one running under Vista.) I tried the fix described above but Youtube videos still freeze and lock up at between 32 and 52 seconds.

By: zebo

zebo — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:23:14 +0000

I tried all the about:config stuff; it didn’t solve my problem.

I wonder if the solution is to go to the Adobe Settings Page

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager09.html

and UNcheck “disable P2P uplink”

What are peer-assisted networking settings?

A website that serves audio and video to your computer can deliver the content with better performance if users who are playing the same content share their bandwidth. Sharing bandwidth allows the audio or video to play more smoothly, without skips or pauses from buffering. This is called peer-assisted networking, since peers on the network assist each other to provide a better experience. Flash Player only shares bandwidth using peer-assisted networking with your permission.

If you enable this option, you are not agreeing to share your bandwidth whenever an application wants to use it. You are only allowing applications to ask you whether you want to share your bandwidth. In most cases, you want to share your bandwidth only when you are using a high-speed Internet connection.

Note that sharing your bandwidth increases the amount of data your network provider delivers to your device. If you pay a flat monthly fee for unlimited network data, using peer-assisted networking won’t increase your monthly bill.

However, if you pay for a limited amount of data or are unsure how you are charged for network usage, you probably want to disable peer-assisted networking. If you do so, you will never be asked whether you want to share your bandwidth.

By: sINATRA

sINATRA — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:00:52 +0000

Here’s a tip for ya…”Don’t eat yellow snow.” STEP ON IT!

By: dennis

dennis — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:24:06 +0000

im not so sure i changed alot of things but i noticed when i changed this back to 10000 it was GREAT !!

By: Bladderfish

Bladderfish — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:21:47 +0000

Awesome trick…works perfect!! Wow.. very very nice…thanks alot!!

By: Jqsam

Jqsam — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:08:08 +0000

SWEET! Good info, much appreciated..

By: amaresh

amaresh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:22:32 +0000

but this technique will not work for me

By: KSerge

KSerge — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:13:14 +0000

I’m curious if google chrome has the same feature and resulting problem with streaming flash video. I have encountered a number of streaming/buffering issues with flash video in both chrome and firefox, and never bothered to try the same sites with IE to see if that resolved the problem.

If anyone knows about this potentially working for chrome as well as firefox, please let me know!