How to stream YouTube and other online videos faster

Most internet users are aware of video streaming problems from popular flash video websites such as YouTube and MetaCafe; slow and jerky buffering causing great videos to load irregularly.  SpeedBit Video Accelerator is a free software application that aims to solve this problem.  It offers up to five times faster video streaming from over 150 sites including MySpace, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Facebook, 5min, Reuters, Phtobucket, Bebo, Break, ESPN, AOL, CNN, Discovery, Veoh and many more.

Normally your computer will try to stream the video through a single connection but the Video Accelerator uses a patent pending technology to establish multiple connections with servers to buffer videos much faster.

Speed up Youtube video loading significantly

Once you’ve installed the program, every time you open a flash video online, a pop up window appears in the bottom right of your computer screen indicating that Video Accelerator is hard at work accelerating the download.

Other features of the program include an inbuilt video search engine to look for videos among over 150 web sites.  The last ten videos you accelerate will be bookmarked in SpeedBit Video Accelerator so you can load them up quickly.

From personal experience, SpeedBit does significantly boost video streaming speed but results may not always be consistent and different users may witness differing results.  Not all sites will benefit from the program’s capabilities. Check which websites are supported from the SpeedBit website. You can download SpeedBit Download Accelerator from this site.

SpeedBit also offers a Video Accelerator for iTunes but this is a paid service at $39.90/year.  This accelerator claims to increase the speed of movie and tv show downloads from iTunes by up to 10 times by using the same unique multiconnection technology.