It is hard to think of not having the best and most popular video sharing site YouTube when we are in search of a video. It is even harder if you find the video taking a long time to load/play.
Also, when you try to backward or forward a video, it will force the video to re-buffer from the beginning. This also happens when you switch to full screen mode while watching a video. It is very frustrating when you are watching a long video.
You would be aware that these videos need flash player to run and in most cases, the buffering problem is very much related to the flash player itself.
So what is the solution??
Use HTML5 Player
The most effective way to solve this issue is to switch to HTML5. It is used as an alternative to Flash player. This can be done easily on browsers. Just hit
You may get the following info:
You can see a “Request the HTML5 player” button on the page. Just click it and you are done. From then, YouTube will use HTML5 for playing any video. 🙂
To ensure that you are using HTML5 just right click on the video player and see the options.
Thats it 😉