{"id":649,"date":"2016-08-02T12:50:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T12:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=649"},"modified":"2018-10-22T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T13:06:06","slug":"youtube-keeps-freezing-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/02\/youtube-keeps-freezing-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Keeps Freezing Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has <\/span><b>Google Chrome<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started hanging up a lot while you\u2019re browsing <\/span><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are several techniques for a\u00a0faster <b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experience. Let&#8217;s discuss them in this article.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Recommended: Clean Junk<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>One easy way to optimize Youtube and Chrome&#8217;s speed is to clean junk from system and browsers. Use the lightest PC cleaner (ST Cleaner) and clean Chrome, Youtube and system junk in GBs! Download it here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/download\/ibx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-857 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YOUTUBE-FREEZING-FIX.png\" alt=\"YOUTUBE FREEZING FIX\" width=\"432\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YOUTUBE-FREEZING-FIX.png 432w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/YOUTUBE-FREEZING-FIX-300x30.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ST Cleaner download with Verisign Digital Certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Disable Unwanted Extensions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An extension is a component added to enhance functionalities of your browser. <\/span><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> freezing occurs when you&#8217;ve installed a whole lot of extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>More Tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Extensions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All extensions will be populated and presented as a list in the subsequent page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uncheck the <\/span><b>Enabled <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">box ahead of each extension you intend to disable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, you can click the <\/span><b>Trash <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">icon to remove an extension.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>Clean Browser History<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Browser History, which consists of recently loaded web pages, occasionally gets corrupted. Use the <\/span><b>Clear Browsing Data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option to delete it as outlined below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>More Tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>Clear browsing data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the next dialog, select <\/span><b>the beginning of time <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the <\/span><b>Obliterate the following items from <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drop down box.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check all the boxes except the <\/span><b>Hosted app data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Content licenses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Clear Browsing Data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>Use YouTube Buffer Trick<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> buffer trick is used to bypass <\/span><b>ISP throttling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a restriction that certain <\/span><b>Internet Service Providers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>ISP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) impose so that the users can only download cached video content from video sharing sites like <\/span><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Such restrictions typically help them to save network bandwidth, amount of data transmitted along a channel. Here is how you can bypass such a restriction by executing the following command:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press <\/span><b>Windows Key <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+ <\/span><b>X<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; choose <\/span><b>Command Prompt (Admin)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Yes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>User Account Control<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prompt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execute the following command:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=\u201dYoutubeBufferTrick\u201d dir=in action=block remoteip=173.194.55.0\/24,206.111.0.0\/16 enable=yes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>Compromise Video Quality<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> buffering takes much longer when the video quality is set to be on the higher side. Set a lower quality using this tweak.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Settings <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">icon on bottom right of the screen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Quality <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select a lower video quality. Example: <\/span><b>144p<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>Clear Watch Later List<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Watch Later<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature in <\/span><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose icon is located at the upper-right corner of a video when you hover your mouse cursor, adds set of videos to a playlist. Your computer might be silently downloading these videos (temporarily) while you&#8217;re watching some other videos. To avoid <\/span><b>YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> freezing issue on <\/span><b>Google Chrome<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, clear the <\/span><b>Watch Later<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> list.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log-in to your <\/span><b>YouTube <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">account: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Watch Later<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option on the left hand side panel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Remove Watched <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to automatically clear watched videos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To remove remaining items, hover your mouse cursor at the extreme right corner of a video item and click <b>Remove <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">icon [<\/span><b>X<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">].<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has Google Chrome started hanging up a lot while you\u2019re browsing YouTube recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[379,427,296,380,381,383,384,382,385,386,378,429,428],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-chrome","tag-chrome-freezing","tag-command-prompt","tag-extensions","tag-history","tag-internet-service-provider","tag-isp","tag-isp-throttling","tag-video-quality","tag-watch-later-list","tag-youtube","tag-youtube-chrome-freezing","tag-youtube-freezing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}