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Why does Invidious download so slowly!? It takes me a WHOLE ENTIRE MINUTE to download a megabyte!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a side note, please consider giving posts more useful titles, such as "Why is Invidious downloading so slowly?" and, since Invidious is a hosted software and not a single site, tell us which instance you're using.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to use invidious.osi.kr and that was slow as heck, switched to vid.puffyan.us, same story

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My point is that "INVIDIOUS" is a very unhelpful title, and it would be helpful to edit it into something more descriptive and less clickbaity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Try a different server (I'd recommend this one).

If that doesn't work, try running LibreSpeed to see if it's you. If it is, you can try disabling any VPN, proxy, or Tor daemon you have running and try again, or simply turn your internet (whether it's ethernet, WiFi, LiFi, or mobile data) off and on again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've tried your server, and it still doesn't give me at least one meg every second

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weird. Which browser are you using?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh, weird. And what OS are you running?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Android

Keep in mind that I used Brave/Andr, Firefox/Andr, and Firefox/Pop, didn't change anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it must just be your internet. Sorry!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then why is it only invidious sites that are so slow, I can download Pop! OS .isos and I get rather good speeds

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It could be that your ISP is trying to slow down multimedia downloads. Try using a VPN, and see how an Invidious download compares to a Pop!_OS ISO.

If that fails, I'm afraid I'm all out of ideas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

maybe try a different invidious server?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

self hosting is the only way you can guarantee speed. Public instances serve many people. There's only so much they can handle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This differs per server. Some servers have more bandwidth and have better speed, while other servers have worse speeds.