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Make Best Use Of YouTube New Caching Feature

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Recently, YouTube has implemented caching of videos on computers. That means that there is no repeat live-streaming if the video is replayed. This feature is particularly useful for users who have low-speed connections.

In simple terms, once the video is fully buffered in browser (the red bar reaches the end), the video is saved on hard disk of computer. So when you click on replay, the video is played from hard-disk and no buffering is required. Even if you are disconnected from the internet but your browser window remains open, then too you can watch video seamlessly.

Here is the tip to make the most of this newly implemented feature:

  • Increase the default cache size of your browser.

    • For Internet Explorer Six (IE6), go to ‘Internet options’ and then to ‘General’ tab. Under ‘Temp internet files’ block click on ‘settings’.

    For Internet Explorer Seven (IE7), you can increase the cache size by going to ‘Internet options’. Under ‘general tab’ and ‘Browsing history’ block, click on ‘Settings’.

    For Firefox go to ‘Tools’>’Options’ then ‘Advance’ tab, select ‘Network’ tab under it , there you will find ‘Offline storage block’.

    Increase from default to somewhere 100-200 MB.

  • If you are using popular utility CCleaner, then don’t forget to uncheck ‘Temp Internet file/Internet cache’, so CCleaner wont wipe out your cached video and you can access then even after browser restart.
  • If you have a slow internet connection then start the video and press pause immediately. Later when you come back to page, it would be available without disruption even if you are disconnected.

Bonus trick ( Should I call it exploit? ):

  • As now youtube videos are cached on your hard disk, you can save them on your computer.

Follow These Steps For Offline Viewing Of Youtube Videos.

1) Go to your computers cached folder.

For windows XP :
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Or
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

For Vista IE7 cache location:
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files

2) Sort the files with according to size.

3) Large size files between 3 MB to 7 MB are your video files. Another method of identifying them is that they have 11 character name random name.

4) Copy them and save then to desired location.

5) Rename then with extention “.flv”.

6) Hurray! Done. View with VLC or any other flash player.

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Posted by Abhishek on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10:36 am 

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2 Responses to “Make Best Use Of YouTube New Caching Feature”
  1. John says:
    June 16, 2009 at 6:58 am

    Thats a great tip.

    I would come again to check other tips as this website seems good for mood.

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  1. Sick of Slow YouTube? Try Feather, Made for India says:
    December 7, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    [...] For years, YouTube had its interest in higher quality videos, HD and even 1080 pixel wide videos (that certainly require higher bandwidth). Nevertheless, YouTube realized that all countries might not have 16MBPS of internet speed and suffer sluggish videos. For us, Indians, even 1MBPS broadband is considered as God’s gift, an extravagant resource. Most of us has to settle for 256 or 512 KBPS. Consider it like watching a 5-minute video, for which you have to wait 10 minutes to load. My workaround to this problem is to open YouTube player and then pause it, as soon as it starts to load. Now come back again after few minutes to find the whole video buffered. And not to forget, use YouTube’s cache to watch repeat videos. [...]



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