How To Make Videos Download Faster

7 Little-Known Tricks to Make Your iPhone Faster By Conner Carey on Tue, You may notice your older iPhone running slow after a while, but tips for making your slow iPhone 5 of iPhone 6 faster aren’t as well known as the ones for the equally frustrating problem of creating more storage space on your phone. Speed Bit Video Accelerator has come up with a solution to buffer videos faster in youtube, metacafe, Dailymotion, Bebo, CNET and other 150+ popular video sharing sites. This tool will stream the videos using multiple connection to the server of the video sharing site.

Download speed determines how fast you can download a file from the Internet to your computer. Your download speed is directly dependent on your Internet connection speed. If you use a dial-up connection, your download speed will be slower than broadband and DSL connections. Either way, you can boost your download speed by following a few simple techniques.

Step 1

Download a download accelerator program. These programs significantly increases your download speed. 'Free Download Manager,' 'Internet Download Manager' and 'Download Accelerator' offer free downloads (see Resources).

Step 2

Consider using a wired connection. Wireless connections face various frequency obstacles that may slow your download speed. If you are already using a wired connection, consider getting a shorter cable. Shorter cables will transmit data faster than longer ones.

Step 3

Increase the speed of your modem. Click on 'Start' and select 'Control Panel.' Click on 'Modem and Phone Options.' Click on the 'Modems' tab on the top bar and single-click on the modem connected to your computer. Hit 'Properties' and click on 'Modem.' Locate the drop down menu 'Port Speed.' Click on it and choose the maximum speed.

Step 4

Download one file at a time. Downloading multiple files simultaneously will slow your overall download speed.

Step 5

Consider downloading at a time, such as late night or early morning, when then are fewer users. Download speed is heavily dependent on the number of users downloading the same file. If possible, download at different times of the day to determine which is the best time to download a particular file.

Close unused programs. Even when unused, certain programs connect to the Internet to download updates in the background. This slows your overall download speed.

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Google acquired YouTube back in 2006 because they see that it will become one of the most visited websites in the world and today it is ranked number 3 after Google and Facebook. Being able to access and view millions of free video clips by streaming on your computer is interesting but definitely annoying when you are constantly experiencing the buffering problem. Basically buffering means that it requires to download more parts of the video so that it can be played and during that time the video will be automatically paused. If you have a very slow or unstable Internet connection, you are probably a victim of the video buffering problem.

A solution to solve this problem is to subscribe to a faster Internet connection with at least 1Mbps. If you already have a broadband connection faster than 1Mbps, then make sure that no one else including you on your network is sucking up all the bandwidth by downloading files when the video is being streamed to your web browser. The other possibilities are your ISP does not have a good route to the server hosting the video or the server itself does not have sufficient upload bandwidth to allow you to download in full speed. Fortunately there is still something you can do from your side to speedup and accelerate the video streaming which will lower the occurrences in buffering.

When a video is being streamed to your web browser, most if not all of the time your browser only uses one connection to pull the video. Theoretically by using multiple connections just like a download manager, the video will finish downloading much faster and prevent the need to buffer. We found 2 software that claims to accelerate video streaming.

1. SpeedBit Video Accelerator

This program has been around since 2007 and is still actively being maintained. Speedbit Video Accelerator uses its own technology to simultaneously download from multiple sources instead of just relying on one source. This will result in downloading the video much faster to prevent buffering. They offer an unlimited free to use and a paid premium version with HD and iTunes acceleration support. The official website list a total of 138 sites including YouTube, Facebook, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, MySpace, Veoh, ABC, Amazon and many more that are supported by SpeedBit Video Accelerator. The list of supported video sites may not be up to date because t5m is on the list but website is no longer available.

Using SpeedBit Video Accelerator is really easy because it works right out of the box after installation without require to configure anything. Just make sure the program is running by referring to the program icon at the notification area and then visit the supported video websites from your web browser. You will notice the arrow icon animation when SpeedBit Video Accelerator is accelerating the video.

Do take note of the installation where by default it installs SPEEDbit Video Downloader and Converter with Auto Complete (SearchPredict) and set SPEEDbit Search as your homepage, new tab and default search. Simply uncheck both checkboxes, click Next and then click No on the confirmation window.

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2. bywifi

bywifi is a free video accelerator program that was last updated 2 years ago. Unfortunately the official website is no longer accessible but the program can still be downloaded from Softpedia. Other than just speeding up the video transfer, it can also download and transcode the downloaded videos to a different video format. bywifi requires no configuration and will work immediately after installation. The bywifi tray icon at the notification area will also animate during the process of speeding up the video stream.

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Editor’s Note: When we tested bywifi few years ago, one of our test shows a positive result with a video in YouTube finished downloading in 35 seconds when it normally takes about 85 seconds without bywifi. However nowadays it seems that YouTube has improved their delivery in video stream by using CDN where the video are pushed from a server that is closest to you.

Next, the initial stream seems to transfer at full speed until it reaches about 30% and then slowly comes to a halt. It will then continue to transfer at a lower speed when it detects that you’re still streaming the video. I believe this streaming method aims to save both YouTube’s and your bandwidth plus allowing the video to start streaming as soon as possible. If you are still experiencing buffering problems in video sites such as YouTube, you can give both accelerator programs a try.

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The latest version for Bywifi Video Streaming Downloader is 1.5.0. This version consists an interesting feature, which is “video dialog leaves webpage”.

I think that a very interesting function. It is wonderful being able to minimize a browser by displaying only the video screen.

MM10 years ago

bywifi published a Brazillian Portuguese version last week!

thanks raymod..checked working fine with firefox..speed up nearly 20%

Aryan10 years ago

thanks dude, i was looking for the same and your tips help me a lot

THANKS RAY………

cat10 years ago

good software!

Wow, it’s great!
Thanks for sharing!

kitni10 years ago

thanks raymond

It works well for almost video websites. Good post. :-)

Thanks10 years ago

Thanks for this it works great in firefox … Great blog =)

Wonderful! It can download realtime video streaming from justin_tv!!!

I can save my favor NBA games!

Rose10 years ago

Yes. It can speed up a lot for video streaming.
Great software!!!

nice tips..
thanks

billy1310 years ago

Thanks Ray,very good product! It accelerates ok! It only works in Internet Explorer for me, it even works in Ashampoo Clipfinder!!!

I would like to thank you Raymond for your great help.
Tried ByWifi with Internet Explorer and Firefox it works great !!

SHAN10 years ago

this rocks thanks for the info

yeah…new tool~! thanks raymond..=)
very useful!

matthew olavydez10 years ago

wow that’s a great stuff!!

Thanks, Ray.

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