How To Load YouTube Videos Faster
If you are on a slow internet connection, you might have noticed YouTube videos getting stuck. The solution to this is to use SpeedBit Video Accelerator. This software will make your YouTube videos stream faster and play smoother by reducing buffering problems and video interruptions.
SpeedBit Video Accelerator is a product from the creators of Download Accelerator Plus (DAP).
How SpeedBit Video Accelerator works
When you are watching a video on YouTube, SpeedBit Video Accelerator will open multiple connections to the video file hosted on YouTube servers and will download the video parts simultaneously so you are less likely to suffer those video buffering issues.
See here for more info on how it works.
SpeedBit Video Accelerator Features
- Reduce YouTube ‘movie freezes’ and ‘buffering’ problems
- Accelerates embedded YouTube videos around the web (MySpace.com, Blogger etc…)
- Includes a cool search feature for finding videos around the web right from your desktop!
- Bookmarks videos you have accelerated for easy replays
System Requirements
OS: Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP
Browser: Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, FireFox 1.5, FireFox 2.0
I could not try out this useful software as it does not work on Windows Vista 
What to do if SpeedBit Video Accelerator does not work for you?
If this software does not work for you and you still want to watch YouTube videos smoothly, just press the Pause button on the YouTube player and wait till the whole video is downloaded to your computer.
After the full video is available in your browser’s cache, you can watch the video smoothly 
You may also download the YouTube video to your computer and save it as a FLV file on your hard disk. To view FLV files, download the FLV player.
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Posted on April 3rd, 2007 | Category: Great Finds, Softwares |
Ashish Mohta
April 3, 2007 at 9:49 pm
This is really cool one.I had been using DAP from long time and now this one works on the same concept.I wonder youtube people should make vidoes as view only and restrict copying to maintain people videos being misused in other places.
Madhur Kapoor
April 4, 2007 at 4:18 am
As it doesnt work on VISTA , i will use the pause feature
@Ashish
If if they make it view only , people will still find ways to download it .
Gili
April 4, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Good point Madhur. This tool is quite useful, need to start using it.
Mr.Byte
April 4, 2007 at 11:19 pm
I was looking forward for something like this but its very sad to find its not working in vista
OB1
April 22, 2007 at 3:50 am
SpeedBit just release a beta of VideoAccelerator 2.0!
still free, and now supporting not only youtube, but other video sites as well (metacafe.com, dailymotion.com, goruper.com)
There’s also a premium feature that accelerated iTunes download, but that one is not free though.
Kualka
April 22, 2007 at 3:51 am
I head that a vista compatible version will be out soon enough…
Shivaranjan
May 12, 2007 at 12:11 am
That’s some great time saving tip for the sluggish so called Indian broadband connections.
Jauhari
May 28, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Sound is Good, so why not try? I will used it on my PC
AhMoi88
June 23, 2007 at 7:48 pm
VideoAccelerator 2.0 has a problem with the youtube website…It cant function! I’ve download the newest version & it cant work on youtube! Thats really weird…
perde
August 14, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Looks like a decent software while how it works remains misterical.
perde
August 14, 2007 at 6:55 pm
I’ve seen some of my friends browsers have some toolbars, plugins software installed without their knowdledge. One might want to delete this useless software simply by running a free program called Hijacthis and this will speed up your browser and hence youtube a bit I think.
firefoxfan
September 8, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Firefox users beware. Speedbit Video Accelerator does not work correctly with the newer version of Firefox I have as my default browser. When I click on a video or link in the app it opens IE which I don’t use and the search feature within the app gives less than impressive results. Furthermore, I don’t notice any improvement when on YouTube. Perhaps it works okay on other video sites and if you use IE.
Ronnie
October 9, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Video Accelerator is an excellent piece of software. I just download Video Accelerator 2.1.9 Beta which now supports videos from loads more sites!
If you want to download the latest version, you can get it at http://www.speedbit.com/video_accelerator/beta.asp
Enjoy!
Jamie Parks
October 18, 2007 at 5:52 am
It accelerates facebook now too, and they say the new version, or beta i guess, works on Vista. havnt tried it yet, but going to!
oh and about the tolbars and stuff, they dont install it for you, they offer it in the install, i just said i didnt want any toolbar (uncheck the checkbox…)
RoeJoe
November 12, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I just donwloaded video accalerator 2.2 beta and it works with yourube videos again - which is great. you can download the latest version from:
http://www.speedbit.com/video_accelerator/beta.asp and it accelerates videos from many more sites such as facebook, myspace and loads more. Oh and for those of you with the Vista issue, the regular va works. I just luuurvvv this software - it’s great!!!
VidChaser
November 20, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I can also confirm that the newest version works great with YouTube once more!
Dunno how they did it but they did - also works well with videos inside mysapce or facebook.
I have no problems working wit firefox or IE.
Rocket Fuel
November 21, 2007 at 3:42 pm
video accalerator have just released a version that supports videos from more than 60 sites and it’s awsome! new vids include 5min and youtube is back - which is the best news ever. speedbit seem to have ironed out all the bugs and it i tested youtube and it works. I also have no probs with firefox or Internet Expl…
Yay!!!!!!!!!
jush
January 4, 2008 at 10:47 am
does speedbit work on opera browser? please respond
JohnTP
January 4, 2008 at 11:59 am
jush- I haven’t tried it on Opera, but it should work.
btw, It doesn’t work on Windows Vista
joan
January 11, 2008 at 6:32 pm
is there anything out for macs?
Natalia
January 18, 2008 at 12:52 am
Has anyone tried this software with other video sites, such as Veoh?
How long does it take for everyone to download?
Cristina
January 21, 2008 at 12:19 am
is this for free?
Davidi - SpeedBit Video Accelerator Team
January 24, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Thanks for using and supporting our product. We have some answers for several comments:
@Cristina -
Yes, it is entirely free
@Natalia -
Yes, it works with Veoh and more than 100 other video sites. check this link to see the complete list (http://www.videoaccelerator.com/support/serverstatus/?v=2.2.1.8)
@Joan -
No mac version yet. It is on our roadmap though. Can’t go into more details about that now.
@JohnTP -
Latest version (2218) should work on Vista. In case it doesn’t, we consider it a bug, and would appreciate anyone who’d contact our support department (support@videoaccelerator.com)
@Jush -
On its default mode, SpeedBit Video Accelerator should support ANY browser (Firefox, Opera, etc.), as it actually works at a lower level and can support any browser. However, when installed on Vista OS or when conflicts with certain firewalls, we use an alternate method, which is currently compatible with IE only - but we are working hard on fixing that.
Keep on watching videos
Davidi
Lloyd
March 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I have a problem working va22beta.exe and va22.exe
my PF Usage became 1.0gb usage in memory,my computer become to slow, I cant open any windows because my processing speedbit to much.. can you fix that problem?
Senor
April 1, 2008 at 2:16 am
Does this work with dial-up?