[SOLVED] YouTube app constant buffering
Great thread! I just started experiencing this buffering problem out of the blue today. I tried all of the suggestions, including removing the YouTube app and rebooting the Roku, but it had no effect. I spent the whole day pissing around on this. I finally got to the part of the thread where someone notes that they are YouTube premium users, and that the buffering issue goes away when they log in as guest. I am seeing exactly the same thing.
To add another piece of info, if I go to a live stream content rather than an uploaded content, it seems to work fine with no buffering. My theory is that the difference is that there are not any commercials Inserted into live streams.
I am now almost sure that the issue is that Google has a problem at the point where it would insert a commercial. if the user is a premium account, so it should not show any adds, it is getting mixed up. And hanging.
Using the YouTube nerd tool, you can see the buffer holding steady, and then all of a sudden it starts going down. After 30 seconds or a minute, the buffer gets to the empty point, and then it just hangs.
The weird thing is that it started out of the blue. As far as I can see neither YouTube or Roku have been updated in the last few days...so I don't understand why this just started.
Hi, Community users.
Thanks for reporting the issue you have encountered with the YouTube app.
We believe that Google has fixed the buffering, lagging, and freezing issues with the YouTube app. We encourage you to try accessing and streaming the app again.
If you are still experiencing the same problem, please inform us, and we will continue to assist you.
Best wishes,
Kash