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Seems enough to stream 1080p , especially considering it could before and edge can do it...

Try IE, reset chrome (not reinstall), reset firefox, update them all and try again

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So my internet is 25 down 5 up , which is usually enough to stream 4k on a good day.

For some reason , youtube video playback is horrible. Anything above 360p is not possible.

 

I switched to chrome ( which honestly i don't like as much as firefox ), this solved the problem for a few days . Now chrome can't stream content in hd either. The only other browser that can stream 1080p video is edge ( *shudder* ).

 

How can i fix this ? The download speed remained the same ( i can still download stuff as fast , only seems to affect video playback).

 

I checked about:support , and HW acceleration was enabled .

EDIT: already tried reinstalling.

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try reinstalling your browsers and try again.

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try reinstalling your browsers and try again.

Tried that already.

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Tried that already.

is hardware acceleration on or off? try turning it off.

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So my internet is 25 down 5 up , which is usually enough to stream 4k on a good day.

For some reason , youtube video playback is horrible. Anything above 360p is not possible.

 

I switched to chrome ( which honestly i don't like as much as firefox ), this solved the problem for a few days . Now chrome can't stream content in hd either. The only other browser that can stream 1080p video is edge ( *shudder* ).

 

How can i fix this ? The download speed remained the same ( i can still download stuff as fast , only seems to affect video playback).

 

I checked about:support , and HW acceleration was enabled .

EDIT: already tried reinstalling.

Try running a speed test at www.speedtest.net

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So my internet is 25 down 5 up , which is usually enough to stream 4k on a good day.

For some reason , youtube video playback is horrible. Anything above 360p is not possible.

 

I switched to chrome ( which honestly i don't like as much as firefox ), this solved the problem for a few days . Now chrome can't stream content in hd either. The only other browser that can stream 1080p video is edge ( *shudder* ).

 

How can i fix this ? The download speed remained the same ( i can still download stuff as fast , only seems to affect video playback).

 

I checked about:support , and HW acceleration was enabled .

EDIT: already tried reinstalling.

You must live in australia??

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is hardware acceleration on or off? try turning it off.

nope :(

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Try running a speed test at www.speedtest.net

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Seems enough to stream 1080p , especially considering it could before and edge can do it...

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nope :(

@Coaxialgamer forgot use that in command promt and run as administrator.

 

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

 

Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log

 

Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log

 

try these if they dont work im not sure honestly, i have the same problem with twitch so i use livestreamer.

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Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

 

Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log

 

Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log

 

try these if they dont work im not sure honestly, i have the same problem with twitch so i use livestreamer.

didn't work either , but i got one access denied error , despite opening cmd with admin privileges

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@Coaxialgamer forgot use that in command promt and run as administrator.

 

i did

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i did

maybe try cleaning the browsers with cccleaner?

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maybe try cleaning the browsers with cccleaner?

did that . It only seemed to slightly help ( 480p video is now playable ! YAY)

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maybe try cleaning the browsers with cccleaner?

Or with water and a damp microfiber cloth. Why am I here again?

 

Did you check to see how much bandwidth is actually being used to see if it's youtube not sending enough data or your computer not being able to handle it?

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Try IE, reset chrome (not reinstall), reset firefox, update them all and try again

thanks , that worked . I feel kind of dumb now though lol :D

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