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As you probably know, Chrome does not fully buffer videos, but buffers on a sort of “as needed” basis to preserve bandwidth, etc. (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18251632/another-force-chrome-to-fully-buffer-mp4-video). Contrast this with Safari, for instance, which will buffer the entire video given enough time (e.g., 5-30 seconds). My experience is that combining Chrome playback with slower wifi can result in inconsistent playback and intermittent stalling, especially with my AWS / Amazon hosted videos.
I guess I’m wondering if FV player has an option to force Chrome to fully buffer a video to help avoid problems when wifi or mobile connection is slow. If there isn’t such an option, do you have any suggestions? In case you;’re wondering, all of my videos are labeled as “ok” by the FV checker.
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Hi Andrew,
Please try turning on “Auto buffering” in the FV Player settings. You can easily find it at:
WP Admin Dashboard -> Settings -> FV Player Pro -> Sitewide FV Player Defaults -> Auto buffering
Let us know if this setting helped to solve your problems with video buffering on Chrome.
Thanks,
Juraj
Hello Andrew,
I’ve discussed this with our Senior programmer Martin and we came to a conclusion that unfortunately there’s isn’t anything we can do about it. The segmented video buffering is hard coded into the Chrome browser.
The solution that you’ve sent is currently the only one available today. However there are flaws that keep us away from implementing it. The main reason is the fact that with this solution, users are forced to fully load the video before they can start the playback. This is really inconvenient a I can’t really imagine how it could help to any user with slow connection.
With the solution that i’ve explained to you, first segments of the videos will buffer automatically even before hitting the play button. This can save few seconds of loading time for users, but there’s currently no way for us to force Chrome to buffer whole videos.
Thanks for using our plugin,
Juraj
Okay. Thanks so much for your quick reply.
Also, I did try the auto-buffering, but as far as I could tell, it didn’t change anything.
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for contacting us. If you have any other question don’t hesitate to ask.
Making the web work for you,
Juraj
