Yep. Even tried other computer. Same problem.
Virgin media youtube issue?
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Yep. Even tried other computer. Same problem.
Looks like there's a thread on this on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingd...n_media_are_throttling_youtube_videos_to_the/
I tried the IP blocking method in that thread but it didn't work.
Orcvader, thanks but that's not a solution for me because I use a macbook half the time without Chrome.
http://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingd...n_media_are_throttling_youtube_videos_to_the/
I tried the IP blocking method in that thread but it didn't work.
Orcvader, thanks but that's not a solution for me because I use a macbook half the time without Chrome.
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I'm glad you bought this up, yep I'm having the same experience and i was thinking it had something to do with my set up or my connection which was confusing me as i have virgins 100mb package and every time i did a speed test it would not indicate any thing wrong with it.
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Orcvader, thanks man i think now its sorted.
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Barely any videos are loading for me, been this way for the past 4-5 days. Every other site is fine, though.
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Had issues for a few days with youtube vids loading slowly / in low res / not at all. 100Mb package.
It's happened before and is apparently something to do with VM using cached servers to provide youtube bandwidth?
Anyway their twitter account is getting hammered with people complaining about it, so it's definitely an issue. The problem with the above fix is that I watch lots of youtube vids through the Android app, so that wouldn't help I assume.
It's happened before and is apparently something to do with VM using cached servers to provide youtube bandwidth?
Anyway their twitter account is getting hammered with people complaining about it, so it's definitely an issue. The problem with the above fix is that I watch lots of youtube vids through the Android app, so that wouldn't help I assume.
Magic actions does nothing for me. I have sett the following gto DENY on my firewall and its worked for me:
62.252.170.140 - r1.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.141 - r2.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.142 - r3.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.143 - r4.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.144 - r5.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.145 - r6.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.146 - r7.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.147 - r8.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
Or you can do it on a per pc basis through windows firewall if you set u a custom rule to block the above ip range.
NB: If like me you have a dlink router, you have to use protocol blocking AS WELL as ip blocking.
62.252.170.140 - r1.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.141 - r2.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.142 - r3.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.143 - r4.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.144 - r5.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.145 - r6.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.146 - r7.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
62.252.170.147 - r8.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com
Or you can do it on a per pc basis through windows firewall if you set u a custom rule to block the above ip range.
NB: If like me you have a dlink router, you have to use protocol blocking AS WELL as ip blocking.
Stumbled across this thread... Glad it's not just me with this issue. For the 3rd or 4th time in a week I'm completely unable to watch anything on youtube. It doesn't even start buffering on my desktop or phone via the app 
I couldn't get this to work, but then again I might have been doing it wrong.
Do you create a new outbound rule, and then just select 'Block the connection' for that range of IP addresses? If so, what do you do with the second part? I.e., '- r1.sn-8pgbpohxqp5-h5os.c.youtube.com'? If I add those bits to the IP address when creating the rule it won't let me click through.
You just need to block the IP addresses or range here. He was copy pasting the range with the associated youtube cache servers to show us them.
Mejinks did you try with a not working video before and after? a few people seem to be saying this didn't help but some did and i wondered if the some that did say it was working used a video that bypassed the cache etc... rather than a before/after confirmed result.
Mejinks did you try with a not working video before and after? a few people seem to be saying this didn't help but some did and i wondered if the some that did say it was working used a video that bypassed the cache etc... rather than a before/after confirmed result.