YouTube very slow loading--anyone else notice slow loading for YouTube?

Same problem here. Not only YouTube, but most videos I find. What's up apple?

Same problem here with most videos. And it is many people been writing here in the forums they have the same problem. I also of course have the wifi issues as most other writing here.

My iPad can't run Youtube videos--- they either refuse to load or freeze up midstream. Most photo/video sites bog down, like flickr and the photos sections of Facebook. And my iPad also loses its connection to my wife frequently as well. I really do have the feeling that the wifi connectivity of the iPad is grossly overstated. It seems to be really hit or miss.

changing the DNS didn't help me with the iPad and Youtube/videos. Called apple and made an appointment with at the local Apple store. Of course the unit worked flawlessly in the store.

It seemed clear that the issue was related to my NetGear wifi unit, so I upgraded the firmware on it to the latest release. Now the videos are loading and playing fine, and I've got fewer instances of picture file downloads on Flickr returning download errors.

Fingers crossed that it will hold, but it looks good right now.

I have experienced some similar problems. I just normally pause, let it buffer for a few seconds then play.

For me changing the DNS settings did not fix the problem. I disabled the wireless multimedia extensions (WMM) on my wireless router. This did fix the slow YouTube loading for me.

The router I use is a wrt-610n with dd-wrt

For people who are having a rough time with this fix, try the following: erase all of the pre-existing DNS addresses in your wifi setting. Then, add in the one from the suggested fix. The first time I tried the fix, I just added in the new DNS address at the end of the pre-existing list, but there were no changes in load times. After, I went back and erased the old list, load times are night and day faster.

That did not work for me, but then I reset the network settings and signed back in and it seems to have improved video playback for now. Will see how it is later on.

I have had issues with video stopping and WiFi dropping out and disconnecting even though I had a very good signal.

UPDATE! I downloaded and installed the new 3.2.1 this afternoon and it completely fixed my "slow, stuttery streaming video" problem. Yeah!!!

M.

I've been experiencing slow youtube streaming and WiFi drops since day one. After several weeks I found a lot of workarounds including some WiFi router configuration changes (channels, RTS, fragmentation etc) as well as iPad settings changes (openDNS servers, disabling auto-brightness etc). Somehow, combination of these "magic" helped me with the youtube playback (lowres videos only, 720p was still buffering a lot) but I've still been experiencing the drops. Now, after the iOS 3.2.1 update, the WiFi drops are gone, great, but... now I can't even play a lowres youtube video! 3min video takes about 15 minutes to load up while any other device on my network works flawlessly(iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, MacBook, MacBook Pro) and the adrenaline level in my blood is starting to be critical. I will throw this peace of ... HW ... out of the window soon. Am I the only one experiencing this after the update? Is there any statement from Apple on this?

Changing the DNS to 208.67.222.222 worked for me. I did it before installing the 3.2.1 update. The YouTube glitch was beginning to drive me crazy!

In relation to misterMojo and the DNS fix, i tried it and it did nothing and after seeing that it did nothing i renewed my lease and turned of wifi and turned it back on. This reset my DNS back to what it was by default then i just deleted the DNS all together and left it blank, which surprised me it loaded a video (KORG iELECTRIBE for iPad: Performing with a Pattern Set) by Denktribe, his videos are heavy for the ipad and after doing what i said before it runs this video much more smoothly, like the buff jumps way ahead.

Hope this helps ~ tinker tricky crap !