SLINGSHOT and YOUTUBE

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miamiheatfan

259 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#81738 17-Apr-2011 22:02

Is it just me or is everyone suffering from this too ?

I can barely view any videos.
Yes the speed is REALLY slow.....BUT that's not even the problem.

The red buffer bar would load like a quarter of the way then it would zap to the finish line....so one would think the vid is ready.......but Nooooo if i play it then it stops wherever that red bar started to zap (usually 25% of the way)

I've tried to turning "internet caching" on and off on My Account.....to no avail. (even after restarting modem.)

FML.........HATE U SLINGSHOT GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

wanghou168

453 posts

Ultimate Geek

#459885 17-Apr-2011 22:10

the net is usually quite fast during day time, but it gets quite slow during night time
it takes quite awhile to load videos during night time

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vexxxboy

4244 posts

Uber Geek

#459887 17-Apr-2011 22:13

wanghou168: the net is usually quite fast during day time, but it gets quite slow during night time
it takes quite awhile to load videos during night time

never had a problem watching any videos at any time , not all ISP's are created equal

Common sense is not as common as you think.

hellonearthisman

1819 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#459890 17-Apr-2011 22:20

I have had that zap thing happen where YouTube says it's downloaded but it isn't. Most;y happens when my connections got a slow sync rate.

miamiheatfan

259 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#459895 17-Apr-2011 22:26

hellonearthisman: I have had that zap thing happen where YouTube says it's downloaded but it isn't. Most;y happens when my connections got a slow sync rate.

So how did u solve that problem ? (if u did)

hellonearthisman

1819 posts

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#459920 18-Apr-2011 00:24

I didn't really. I find that to get a better sync is to restart the modem.

numfarr

329 posts

Ultimate Geek

#459940 18-Apr-2011 08:31

Let it get to 10% or so then reload the whole page, that way you should get the version from the Slingshot cache. If you don't check that your DNS is set to Slingshot's DNS servers.

miamiheatfan

259 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#459948 18-Apr-2011 08:46

numfarr: Let it get to 10% or so then reload the whole page, that way you should get the version from the Slingshot cache. If you don't check that your DNS is set to Slingshot's DNS servers.

How do you check that your DNS is SS's ?

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numfarr

329 posts

Ultimate Geek

#460139 18-Apr-2011 14:27

The DNS server addresses are on the Slingshot support site. Google how to set them for your router and OS. Most people set them on the router and then use the router as the DNS server for the local network.