I miss the days when, no matter how slow your internet was, if you paused any video and let it buffer long enough, you could watch it uninterrupted
If you use Firefox, you can go to the about:config page, search for “media.mediasource.enabled” and double click on it to set it to false. After you restart Firefox, all youtube videos will load entirely even when paused! This also affects other streaming websites :)
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media.mediasource.enabled on its own didn’t work for me, but with these two additions it seemingly loaded a whole 40 minutes test video in like ten seconds. seems this might not have worked fully for some so yall’s mileage may vary i guess
the other two additions alone didnt work for me, i also had to disable the source so it seems like all 3 might need enabled? ymmv im gonna try turning off my internet and seeing what ACTUALLY loaded and what just Appeared to load. stand by for report back
reporting back: it actually buffered the ENTIRE video in 1080p like i told it to, 30 minutes of content in a couple seconds. wow. my internet is faster than i thought it was
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