Word of caution on links that only point to Youku. i watched Knight Rider 2000, a 94 minute film, and it took 4 hours to fully view. the way Youku does their 'chunk buffering' (where it buffers so much, stops, and is supposed to continue once it reaches the end of said 'chunk') it never wants to continue from where it stops. you have to hit F5 and remember where the progress bar was.
The shortcuts around it are myths. setting Adobe Flash limits on cache does zilch. doesn't affect it at all. using video accelerators is spyware/malware risk, doesn't work. opening up multiple tabs and using each one for part of the video is too much work and can get you banned. there's really no way around it. it's just sucky.
Other Asian sites work fine. they seem to buffer continously so it reaches the end before the video is halfway there. slow sometimes but it always seems to stream. Youku just likes to stop streaming and refuse to continue at anything other than a snail's pace.
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