Why oh why is my YouTube running like a 2 legged dog?!
Discussion
As per the title, I will elaborate on all the performance, spec etc particulars below.
When ever I watch a YouTube clip on my laptop, the norm is that I'll get numerous spinning cirles of bordom and lagging with most clips that I watch. Weirdly, on occasions, they will run superbly, and I can move the video to its mid point and it will still run like a dream. Vids also run perfectly on my iphone 15, my wifes Samsung Galaxy, my wifes work laptop and both TV's. Until about 2 months ago the laptop had run videos perfectly for as far back as I can remember.
Our broadband download speed (just tested) is 46.36 mbps. The laptop is a Lenovo Yoga 510m Windows 11 home 64bit, with the following spec - Intel Core i5 1235u, 8gb DDR4 ram, 238gb SSD, and Intel Iris XE graphics card.
Also note, due to Windows sludging up as it has a habit of doing so, a fresh Windows install was completed at the beginning of the week by my go to IT guy. I have adblock and sponser block browser extensions, which I have tried turning off to no avail. The problem exists regardless of what browser I use, IE Chrome, Edge or firefox. Following AI suggestions I have also tried turning off 'Use graphics acceleration when available' within the settings, nope, no improvement.
I've checked for graphics card driver updates, and it came back saying that the best driver is installed. I've also tried logging in to our YouTube Premium, no change.
One thing potentially concerns. Within Piriform Speccy (which I installed to get the previously mentioned device spec) under 'network' it suggests that I have a signal strength/ quality of 42%. Putting this in to AI suggests that this is a weak to marginal connection, which amongst other things can cause lagging video.
Has anyone got any ideas regarding this? Is the concern in the previous above paragraph a red-herring or a legit issue? If so, is there a way to update the network driver, or install a better spec one to improve things? Failing all this, can anyone please offer any alternative suggestions, as the laptop has come close to being thrown at a wall!!
I'm maybe a 3/10 competancy where IT is concerned, so if any of you who are far better with it please please speak to me in plain English IT terms, as anything too nerdy will go right over my head
If anyone can assist it really will be appreciated, as over recent weeks, this has been me, every time a video is running badly
When ever I watch a YouTube clip on my laptop, the norm is that I'll get numerous spinning cirles of bordom and lagging with most clips that I watch. Weirdly, on occasions, they will run superbly, and I can move the video to its mid point and it will still run like a dream. Vids also run perfectly on my iphone 15, my wifes Samsung Galaxy, my wifes work laptop and both TV's. Until about 2 months ago the laptop had run videos perfectly for as far back as I can remember.
Our broadband download speed (just tested) is 46.36 mbps. The laptop is a Lenovo Yoga 510m Windows 11 home 64bit, with the following spec - Intel Core i5 1235u, 8gb DDR4 ram, 238gb SSD, and Intel Iris XE graphics card.
Also note, due to Windows sludging up as it has a habit of doing so, a fresh Windows install was completed at the beginning of the week by my go to IT guy. I have adblock and sponser block browser extensions, which I have tried turning off to no avail. The problem exists regardless of what browser I use, IE Chrome, Edge or firefox. Following AI suggestions I have also tried turning off 'Use graphics acceleration when available' within the settings, nope, no improvement.
I've checked for graphics card driver updates, and it came back saying that the best driver is installed. I've also tried logging in to our YouTube Premium, no change.
One thing potentially concerns. Within Piriform Speccy (which I installed to get the previously mentioned device spec) under 'network' it suggests that I have a signal strength/ quality of 42%. Putting this in to AI suggests that this is a weak to marginal connection, which amongst other things can cause lagging video.
Has anyone got any ideas regarding this? Is the concern in the previous above paragraph a red-herring or a legit issue? If so, is there a way to update the network driver, or install a better spec one to improve things? Failing all this, can anyone please offer any alternative suggestions, as the laptop has come close to being thrown at a wall!!
I'm maybe a 3/10 competancy where IT is concerned, so if any of you who are far better with it please please speak to me in plain English IT terms, as anything too nerdy will go right over my head
If anyone can assist it really will be appreciated, as over recent weeks, this has been me, every time a video is running badly
Edited by Timref81 on Thursday 20th August 18:00
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