I do not have Comcast (I'm on UVerse), so I don't see how it is an ISP issue. I can see how it could be a CDN issue though, I've even tried the web browser player to no avail. This is starting to get really frustrating.
Any update on this? Would like to know if someone is at least looking into it. It's been getting kinda worse lately I've been pretty much forced to watch all non-premium videos on YouTube. Premium videos are just a pain now... :(
Hey Rorie suggested I post this here so I will just copy and past my original email.
Lately I have been having some buffering problems with the video player. I have 75Mb down and 10Mb up connection and yet videos on your site still hick up. I've tested this across both Chrome and Firefox. I get hick ups on both progressive and HTML5.
Here are some details:
OS: Windows 10
Chrome Version: 59.0.3071.115
Firefox Version: 54.0.1
Extensions: Ublock Origins (Which is disabled on Giant Bomb)
Attached is a screenshot of the console and network monitor.
I noticed in the network monitor that whenever the video starts buffering "Segment###_#_av.ts" gets canceled for some reason not sure why but I think this is the core of the issue. Also notice in the console the "VideoManager.initialize() did not receive a valid error callback function." error which I also believe might be related.
The buffering issue is real random but on almost every video I do not get 100% smooth playback. Even if I set it to progressive and pause it for a few minutes it'll still buffer a few seconds later. This happens at pretty much any time of day. No other video players have this issue. I have noticed that on HTML5 sometimes it'll buffer a couple of times and then smooth itself out. I am using Google's public DNS servers in case that helps. Please let me know if you need any more details.
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