Find Deleted Files & More; Make YouTube Buffer Your Entire Video

Follow:   10.24.2013 Find deleted files and more with this free utility Sep 13, 2013 8:00 AM Disk Investigator doesn't simply help you find lost files. It also helps you uncover plenty of information about the contents of your hard drive. When you launch the free application, it quickly analyzes your disk and presents you with a list if information about its size and contents. Note: The "Download Now" button above and below the full review and on the Product Information page will download the freeware to your system. »Keep reading the review and try it now »Check the product specs or try it now Force YouTube to buffer your entire video Sep 4, 2013 8:21 AM Back in the good old days, when you started watching a YouTube video, the entire thing would download (or "buffer") in the background, thus ensuring a relatively smooth playback experience. If you had a slow connection, you could simply pause the video until you saw the "buffer bar" complete its journey from left to right. But thanks to YouTube's switch to a new protocol (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, or DASH, if you're interested), that trick no longer works. Now, when you play a video, YouTube buffers only a small amount. And that can lead to stuttering, frequently interrupted playback. Thanks to a browser add-on called YouTube Center, it's now possible to disable DASH, thus forcing YouTube to buffer your entire video. Note: Clicking the linked "YouTube Center" text in the article will take you to the GitHub website where you can get it. »Keep reading the article -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Business Get the latest info for your business. How-To on PCWorld Our award-winning editors tell you how to get it done.           You are subscribed to this newsletter as: garn14.tech@blogger.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107