Effective Solutions to YouTube Videos Keep Loading

Updated May 09,2018 | by Micky

Q: “How come I can’t watch YouTube videos, it keeps loading and loading!”

YouTube, the most popular online video site in the world for users to upload, share and watch videos, attracts millions of viewers every day. You can find any videos you want just by typing the keywords and launch a search which can be pretty simple and user-friendly. However, some critical drawbacks also come along with YouTube. For example, what should you do when YouTube videos keep loading and buffering which really ruins a smooth visual experience. In the following paragraphs. We will mainly discuss how to solve this kind of YouTube playback glitch and some practical solutions will be given as well.

Why Do YouTube Videos Keep Loading

A Bad Server Condition

Since there are millions of YouTube users every day, even with the Google’s limitless funds to maintain the server, it could be so frequently overloaded that it causes constant video buffering and infinite loading. Sometimes, in the morning or in the dead of night, the server could be in the best state that offers the smoothest playback.

Solution 1: To avoid YouTube from keep loading, check whether there are too many extra open browser tabs when watching YouTube videos. Shut them down for they occupy storage and require much processing power from your PC which can cause the video buffering and endless loading.

Solution 2: Disconnecting your PC from the internet, rebooting the router and reconnecting the PC to the internet sometimes works out. For over time, the network can be clogged up and to some degree, the router also needs a rest like we human beings. To fix it, you only need to disconnect your PC from Wi-Fi or wired network, shut down your router and restart it after 30 seconds. Then it will be fine.

A Limited Bandwidth for Videos in High Quality

If the videos’ quality is way too high, especially those 720P/60FPS ones on YouTube, there will possibly be some frequent disturbing lags and buffering for your bandwidth can not catch up with the videos’ output quality. In this case, try downgrading the videos’ resolution from 720P to 480P or even lower to guarantee a smooth playback.

Adobe Flash Player Is Too Old for YouTube Playback

If the Adobe Flash Player version is too old, it may not be compatible with the latest YouTube version. Glitches like YouTube video no sound and endless loading can occur.

Solution : Update Adobe Flash Player to the newest version. If you don’t know how to do it, follow the guide of wikiHow.

Mismatched DNS Settings on Your PC

If you have a DNS server on your PC that blocks some domains, it may cause endless YouTube loading.

Solution : Try using the Google DNS (8.8.8.8 or 4.4.4.4) which should be the most effective one. The process to change DNS might be a little bit complex. You can learn how to change DNS server on Windows PC in this detailed tutorial

Fix YouTube Loading by Downloading the Video to PC or iPhone

Instead of bothering to update Adobe, downgrading the video to a lower quality which makes the output blurred, constantly restarting the router, or changing the DNS server, you can download your favorite videos to your PC or iPhone to watch them on Windows Media Player, VLC or the iOS video App offline.

So, is there any video downloader recommended?

To download YouTube videos and videos from other main-stream sites like Vimeo, Dailymotion, and Twitch with zero quality loss, IOTransfer iPhone transfer software comes to be your first choice. No pop-up ads and server crash of other online video downloading services like VideoGrabby and VideoGrabber, it only takes 2 steps to download a full video to PC or directly to your iOS device.

How to Download A Full YouTube Video within 2 Steps

Before starting, please firstly free download the most user-friendly video downloading program to watch YouTube videos offline without infinite YouTube loading and buffering.

Step 1 Connect Your iPhone to PC (If you don’t want to download the video to iPhone, just skip this step)

Install and launch IOTransfer, connect the iPhone to your computer and wait until it’s recognized. If the notification “Trust This Computer” pops up, click on “Trust” to confirm.

Step 2 Begin to Download the YouTube Video

Go to “VIDEOS” at the top of the main interface. Copy and paste the video’s link onto the blank box beside “URL:”, preset an output folder for the downloaded video on PC and at last, tick off the tiny box before “ Automatically transfer the downloaded videos into your iOS devices”. Hit the blue button “Download” to begin the downloading process.

In a while, check the folder you previously set and the video App on your iPhone and enjoy the video offline.

What should I do when YouTube endless loading and YouTube buffering occur? Try those practical methods given above or directly download the most feasible video downloading program to have a smooth offline visual experience!

More Useful Features of IOTransfer

1.       Convert HEIC photos to JPG

2.       Clear App cache and junk files on iPhone

3.       Back up data on all kinds of iOS devices

4.       Transfer PDF to iBook on iPhone

5.       Delete unused Apps from iPhone

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3.       How to Fix Vimeo Videos Not Playing on iPhone

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