For some time now online videos have begun to slowly but surely supplant written content as the medium of choice to reach people on the internet. In fact, some sources even pin 2015 as the year when online videos finally fully came into their own.
As much as that may be the case however, there are several emerging technologies that seem set to alter that landscape even further – and in some interesting ways too.
Imagine watching a movie online and then right in the middle of a great scene, and then the video starts buffering, causing the video to stop playing. This scenario has been repeated countless times among the millions of Internet users and it is just about the most frustrating thing.
While some buffering is acceptable at the start of the video because the browser is caching the video data, buffering that continues throughout the video can be very irritating, not to mention time-wasting.
Before you berate your Internet service provider for poor service, there are a few checks and tweaks you can do on your end of things to ensure smooth streaming of your videos and movies and avoid that whole ‘pot calling the kettle black’ situation. Here are 8 tips that you can use to try to get rid of video buffering.