youtube player app from blackstone is playing video baldy with the generic UK R2A ROM. Very sluggish and lags a lot. Never had this problem with any of the ROMs i used before. Note that the video playback is good with this ROM, its just youtube videos on "high quality" with the youtube app play very slow and lagy.
I tried to re-install the app, not luck. Still videos play bad.
Any thoughts?
Guys anyone with the new generic UK ( or any R2A ROM) can atleast try youtube videos (on high quality please) and report?
would like to know if this is a problem with my phone or is it the ROM.
I reflashed generic UK ROM again (yes reflash, not hard reset) but still facing the same lag playing HD videos.
ive got the same lag while playin HQ videos with the new r2a swedish fw
rotsu said:
Guys anyone with the new generic UK ( or any R2A ROM) can atleast try youtube videos (on high quality please) and report?
would like to know if this is a problem with my phone or is it the ROM.
I reflashed generic UK ROM again (yes reflash, not hard reset) but still facing the same lag playing HD videos.
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Same here I'm using I'm rom new one
if you're with Vodafone UK, they say there's problems with gootube traffic currently and they're planning on changing something on their network to resolve it. if it's wifi/non-VF-UK, then i've no idea.
i'd try it myself, but mine's off for repair. using an N73 in the interim. grim.
It lags when using WiFi and High Quality Youtube here.
As long as the video loads, it lags very much and as soon as the file is fully loaded it runs smooth.
Are you guys/girls having problems with Internet access?
Opera Mobile/RSS hub has no problems connecting, but PIE remains forever on "Searching" (and never really pulls the website). The same is the case with Gmail using Pocket Outlook (IMAP/POP3). Thank goodness for Opera Mobile otherwise I would have gone back to R1A.
What I'm getting at, is maybe it's something to do with the DNS lookup/download routines? Is anyone else having the same problem?
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It lags when using WiFi and High Quality Youtube here.
As long as the video loads, it lags very much and as soon as the file is fully loaded it runs smooth.
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right. but with the old rom, the video plays smoothly even before its fully loaded. now hv to wait for it to load all the way before i get nice playback. sux...
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right. but with the old rom, the video plays smoothly even before its fully loaded. now hv to wait for it to load all the way before i get nice playback. sux...
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This I dunno, because I never tried youtube with the old ROM.
But it's very annoying. I would let it load completely before watching but it seems that the video won't completely load before you start watching it -maybe there is a buffer size that has been set too little?
Yesterday night, I wanted to show a few music video to my girlfriend (no, it's NOT the best thing I know to do in bed ) but first it won't load completely and after a few seconds it started lagging. Then I had to pause it to let it load a little more.
^^lol. watching desktop youtube vids on opera is smoother. video plays smooth even when its still loading.
I also have lag in the youtube app since the r2a Dutch Rom
Anyone has a solution?
I have lag with R2A generic UK too.
Plays fine once the whole video is loaded.
It's choppy here too. Generic UK R2AA.
I've been playing a lot with the registry settings but there does not seem to be any difference no matter what I do.
I did manage to find one useful setting though; Set 'DisplayThroughput' = 1 and you can see the kBytes/s transferred in the titlebar when playing a video.
so is everyone saying that the upgraded rom is not as efficient at playing youtube as the old rom? or is it about the same?
i really dont watch you tube on my xperia but just curious. i got an x1a with the original firmware and for what i use it for, ive had no problems with it (bluetooth, wifi, phone calls, connections, gps) and so upgrading would be like pointless for me or not worth taking a chance to upgrade and be disappointed.
^^yes. video playback on the youtube app is laggy when its not fully loaded. def not the same.
Nothing wrong with mine. NAM rom, YouTube from the manilla cab.
Got the same problem, thru WIFI-connection. A friend says his is good but he goes thru turbo3g. Could it be a wifi-error?
It's the same on HSDPA here, so it's not necessarily a wi-fi problem. I did try with 3G only, and it does play a lot better, but not 100 % smooth as when the video is fully downloaded. (Additionally, HQ over 3G is not usable.)
It looks kind of like video on a windows computer without a display driver installed (default VGA windows driver installed). Choppy and laggy as hell. This may be connected to the same issue in video playback, where the Xperia has problems playing videos that should play smoothly. It may be some sort of I/O problem - prioritizing or the like.
We have to remember that Youtube is made for HTC devices, not 100 % Xperia X1. There may be some hidden issues there. Let's hope SE comes up with their own YT panel or app.
I flashed back to the old ROM for now, until someone fix this problem. Youtube is kinda important for me
rotsu said:
I flashed back to the old ROM for now, until someone fix this problem. Youtube is kinda important for me
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Use coreplayer YouTube seems fine
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I received my Touch Pro 2 from Vodafone last week and aside from the garish theme colours for the TouchFLO, I've noticed that Vodafone haven't included the fantastic Youtube App.
Having tried the latest version of the app I could find, it worked but stopped Media Player from working in the process meaning I could no longer play MP4 or 3GP files from the HTC Album (comes up with 'source filter not found' when you try and play the video.) Only way I could sort this out was to do a hard reset as the app wouldn't uninstall itself.
So far I can only get Youtube to work from the web, the quality of which is shocking, or from CorePlayer which is equally as bad.
Does anyone know where I can get the Youtube CAB that's specifically written for the Touch Pro 2? Perhaps someone with the standard HTC TP2 ROM could extract it? The rest I can wait until a decent ROM is written then I'll unlock and flash the phone but Youtube I can't live without!
I have installed Kinoma on mine - seems to play youtube OK over wireless but over 3G it was pretty poor and kept stopping. Not sure if there's any way to get it to buffer more.
Steve.
That's just the problem Steve.
Whilst Youtube can be streamed even via the web through HTC Streaming Player or CorePlayer, the quality sucks and is barely watchable at times.
The HTC Youtube app is as good as dammit viewing on the desktop. Where HQ streams are available for instance, these are of superb quality and smooth too, even over 3G. Nothing else comes close but I can't find this app for love nor money, not the TP2 specific version of the app at least.
Noone got the Youtube app to hand or perhaps could extract the cab from the WWE ROM?
Not Vodafone
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I received my Touch Pro 2 from Vodafone last week and aside from the garish theme colours for the TouchFLO, I've noticed that Vodafone haven't included the fantastic Youtube App.!
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Just to let you know it's not just the vodafone version I have an Orange branded TP2 and the app is not installed on mine either?! If you are desperate to watch youtube try youtubeplay the interface isn't great but at least it works
well I know google made a youtube app for wm (strange that they are making apps for wm when they have android), and personally I like the htc one better, but the quality seems to be the same:
http://www.google.com/mobile/winmo/youtube.html
you have to enter your phone number and they will send you a download link to the app I dont know why they dont just let you download it off their website, but at least they made one lol
Steve,
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I have installed Kinoma on mine - seems to play youtube OK over wireless but over 3G it was pretty poor and kept stopping. Not sure if there's any way to get it to buffer more.
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Kinoma Play's YouTube playback quality will be as good or better than other YouTube clients under the same network conditions.
3G bitrates do vary constantly, so the quality of the data connection when you start playback affects the quality of the video/audio you'll see. You may get a higher-quality version the next time you play the video, or if you stop moving (if you were walking), or if you move 10 feet in any direction.
(Note that the latest Kinoma Play update includes a workaround for a YouTube bug, so results are not as good in Kinoma FreePlay as I write this. A Kinoma FreePlay update with that same workaround will be available soon.)
-- Charles Wiltgen
Thanks for the input guys, I see it's not just Vodafone who disable the app in their version of the ROM?
Whilst there are alternatives, I still think the HTC app is by far and away the best both in terms of usability and quality. So far the official HTC app is the only one I've seen that allows the HQ picture where available which makes a big difference to picture quality. Even standard videos look so much better through the official app, even at full screen.
I've seen several versions of the HTC youtube app on the web, the latest of which I tried but it messed up the media player and wouldn't play video files anymore. This had a knock-on effect in that you couldn't play videos anymore from the camera album. As mentioned I had to hard reset the phone to get rid of the youtube app and return things to normal, haven't touched it again since, perhaps it was the wrong version for this phone?
There must be the official HTC app for the TP2 floating around somewhere, esp given that some people have started 'dumping' their official ROMs for exploitation by the cookers.
Surely it wouldn't be too difficult to extract the app from the official HTC TP2 ROM for someone who is up to speed on these things?
I used to have a Xperia X1 and someone created a YouTube app for that, I've installed it on my TP2 and it works a treat. Quality is fantastic and it works well on 3G/HSDPA as well as WiFi:
http://norti.hu/xperia/youtube_x1.zip
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I used to have a Xperia X1 and someone created a YouTube app for that, I've installed it on my TP2 and it works a treat. Quality is fantastic and it works well on 3G/HSDPA as well as WiFi:
http://norti.hu/xperia/youtube_x1.zip
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That's great... have you tested that it doesn't mess with the media player though?
Try filming a short video with the camera and then try playing that video back through the HTC album and see if it works?
If it works then obviously the video will play, if not, you may get a message similar to what I did which is 'can't find streaming filter for this file type' or words to that effect.
Let me know how you get on and if all checks out ok I'll try that CAB file
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I used to have a Xperia X1 and someone created a YouTube app for that, I've installed it on my TP2 and it works a treat. Quality is fantastic and it works well on 3G/HSDPA as well as WiFi:
http://norti.hu/xperia/youtube_x1.zip
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How you getting on Arun? Have you had chance to test the media player etc yet for videos?
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I used to have a Xperia X1 and someone created a YouTube app for that, I've installed it on my TP2 and it works a treat. Quality is fantastic and it works well on 3G/HSDPA as well as WiFi:
http://norti.hu/xperia/youtube_x1.zip
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OMG, is there a QVGA version for my Treo Pro (320x320) screen?
Just for curiosity sake I installed it but can only see one-third of the app on my square screen.
the X1 version still breaks the video gallery which totally sucks as it was absoutely great looking so looks like us vodafone people are still waiting...
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the X1 version still breaks the video gallery which totally sucks as it was absoutely great looking so looks like us vodafone people are still waiting...
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Unfortunately this appears to be the case for now.
In the meantime I've downloaded and installed the Google YouTube app (see most recent thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4101425#post4101425 ) which appears to do the job to a certain extent. At least it doesn't mess with the HTC Album & video settings.
Obviously if anyone comes across the HTC version of the app that DOESN'T foul up the album & video then I'm sure there's quite a few of us, Vodafone users in particular, that would like to hear about it.
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Unfortunately this appears to be the case for now.
In the meantime I've downloaded and installed the Google YouTube app (see most recent thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4101425#post4101425 ) which appears to do the job to a certain extent. At least it doesn't mess with the HTC Album & video settings.
Obviously if anyone comes across the HTC version of the app that DOESN'T foul up the album & video then I'm sure there's quite a few of us, Vodafone users in particular, that would like to hear about it.
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for HD2 but may work:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TWGCL8GL
So I have a Hero... and at fist it had bad quality until I found out that the setting could be changed. Now, my problem is that I can only play 1 out of 10 videos I try and play, it sucks... is there anything I can do to fix it and is anyone else having this problem??
yea, alot of videos dont work from the youtube app, even more dont work from youtube via the web browser + going through the browser gives ****ty quality
lets hope htc fix this up in 2.0/2.1 when they release it with the sense ui!
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yea, alot of videos dont work from the youtube app, even more dont work from youtube via the web browser + going through the browser gives ****ty quality
lets hope htc fix this up in 2.0/2.1 when they release it with the sense ui!
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i heard in 2.0 most videos work cause of flash 10?
So I need 2.0?? How do I get it?
Also, is there maybe a differnt app or program that allows me to play youtube videos that isn't the one that comes with the phone? links if any plz.
are you on the stock rom? i'm using modaco's 3.0 and haven't got any problems, either on 3g or wifi.
there might be some media player apps that play streaming videos. on windows mobile, i used to use 'coreplayer' to stream youtube videos, worked well. there's gotta be one or two on android that do this??
btw, where is the setting to change the quality?
android really needs a coreplayer i miss the youtube on that works flawlessly
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maybe i spoke to soon
http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2885
nice!!! android needs this!
yes.. please.. what to do.. to fix this ??
I dont like.. that we have a youtube app.. that is 1/10 working!
any one.. have ideas ??
I think Youtube are using some Flash10 exclusive coding techniques that our beloved Hero can't handle due to the Hero actually don't have a full blown Flash10 support...
This would make sense, except that before I got the hero I had the mytouch and youtube app worked great with little to no problems (I've tried it on both a stock and rooted rom on both hero and mytouch). I'm having a hard time understanding why the hero has problems with it.
I do find that sometime if I go into a task manager and kill youtube and start it again it works for a bit. It seems also that changing the quality of the video causes it to quit working too.
I must be very lucky every single video i tryed to watch worked fine with stock ROM...
Maybe is connection related...or just pure luck
They should work as if I'm not mistake the youtube player links to the mp4 feed, he may need to update his rom to the latest version which plays smoothly.
I searched around, but it doesn't look like this has been directly addressed on xda.
Archos 101IT-16 2.2.1 .71
I have tried the flash you can download from the market and the droid x version and they bih sucked in their own wonderful ways.
Just for kicks i thought I would sideload the version I could download with my nexus and it works much better than the other two. 10.1. 105.7
No root on either, went to market on nexus, dl flash, i have app installed that auto moves to sd, used astro to back it up, renamed it from pkg.apk to flash... and emailed it to myself, installed directly from email.
I don't do much that uses flash so tested what I could find. Youtube was smooth and a game off the flash demo site worked.
If you have a good site to test it on, leave a link and I will let you know how it works.
Any chance of loading it on here so we can test it on our 101's ??
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Any chance of loading it on here so we can test it on our 101's ??
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You can test this site.
http://waterlife.nfb.ca/
That's a pretty intense site. it works, but much choppier than my computer which still had some trouble keeping up.
The biggest problem I saw is on the computer, the rotations tried to follow the mouse. on the tablet, it seemed to think there was a bunch of input where there was none. (flicking back and forth and all around). Probably doesn't work well on other touch screen devices either.
What's a common site that uses flash?
When you say smooth on youtube, is it immediately smooth? the flash I have on mine goes smooth if you give it about 5 seconds. I cant interact with flash videos though. "Sometimes" I manage to fastfoward. Of course full screen doesn't work, volume doesnt work,. Etc...
Mine is smooth right away, full screen works .. I just picked a random video (imagine no toilets) I expected a parody on imagine, but I was able to move the selector anywhere in the downloaded stream smoothly. when i went ahead too far, it glitched while it built a new buffer, but so does my laptop.
just tried another one and if the spool is not finished, it seems to restart the stream from my new point, but it's pretty quick. I am also using HQ mode. hmm that seems like an error with the spool bar as I can easily move back and forth between the known downloaded points.
For anyone who wants it, here you go!
I tried it out on my 101 and it works good for the lower quality videos. It still skips and freezes on the HQ stuff. (This is of course using the browser and not the youtube app)
I tried the apk from my N1 also (same version as OP) without success. I tried a youtube vid from archosfans and it was very jumpy. I then tried a video from NFL.com with worse results.
I got a video at MetaCafe to work which is a first. Break.com was a fail as was most every other site I used.
So, it appears this is a bit better as I could not get any to work using the droidx version. I hope Archos gives us a decent one soon...
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I hope Archos gives us a decent one soon...
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Adobe is the holdup; they have to provide a certified version. It seems like I've been waiting on Adobe to do stuff for about 25 years now.
I have gapps4archos v4 installed and i can't seem to find flash (even unoptimized flash) in the market.
Can anybody help?
Heres the flash i use for my 101 , it plays Youtube in full screen and on HQ no problem , web page flash is sometimes a bit jerky , but in general the best i have found . Cant remember the exact source , so credit to the person i received it from .
can you post a link of a HQ youtube video that plays smoothly?
For me nothing is played smooth except the mobile optimized pixelated videos, this is the same as with the market flash...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o
Using youtubeapp 2.1. 6
With high quality on mobile checked.
Tried it on browser with desktop agent and desktop youtube and it was harsh
m.youtube.com bites as it plays some junk rendition in video player.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o
Using youtubeapp 2.1. 6
With high quality on mobile checked.
Tried it on browser with desktop agent and desktop youtube and it was harsh
m.youtube.com bites as it plays some junk rendition in video player.
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Youtube app isn't flash. Only if you go to the desktop Youtube page will it be flash.
Doh,
i swear my youtube didn't work until i reinstalled flash
I'll remove it and see if yt still works
Tried on 101 with dolphin with desktop useragent. Doesn't work. Hangs on youtube will play some flash but very choppy.
So, the youtube app still works well with flash removed after reboot, but you can't use the www website to link to videos.
Hi!
I have a HTC Maple with one of those new fangled custom roms installed on it.
Now before I installed the new ROM, The youtube app ran videos perfectly on my extremely slow internet connection (128 kbps) with no Lag at all.
Now the new Rom, comes with a newer youtube app, and it dosent play the videos in low quality, meaning it'll take like 4 minutes to watch a 2 minute movie.
So anyways, can anyone give me the original youtube app that came on the phone?
Thanks!
Sigh.
Im still looking for the app.
Now the HTC streaming media refuses to load youtube videos.
Can anyone give me the original HTC youtube app that came with the phone?
Hi All,
My S2 isn't very good at playing back flash video. My old HTC Desire would play any video embedded on a web page that you threw at it, but on the S2 it pauses, stutters and generally looks crappy. Video recorded on the device is fine.
Anyone else seen this?
Mine plays every flash video perfectly, even Youtube 1080p flash video. Must be something your doing wrong or crap internet connection.
Sounds like a bad internet connection...is your flash updated to the latest?
I am sure you are trying to play them with latest Flash player installed and on Stock browser. Yes, I too can play the 1080p videos very well, and after updating the ROM to KI3 the Stock browser has gotten more smooth. I love it.
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I am sure you are trying to play them with latest Flash player installed and on Stock browser. Yes, I too can play the 1080p videos very well, and after updating the ROM to KI3 the Stock browser has gotten more smooth. I love it.
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Yep, i agree...works very smooth, no compaints at all....
If you are using Flash Player 11, just make sure you turn off "peer-assisted networking" from the flash settings app.
Mine is doing exactly the same... poor choppy playback acts as if it's buffering all the time. If I pause the video and let it buffer for a while then play the buffered part it STILL plays back choppy :-(
I'm in Canada on Telus, my network connection is excellent, showing 'H' in the notification bar... tried it on wireless network at home too (which has no issues on other phones or on the PC's). I had a Desire HD too and that worked fine on the same setup.
Any help would be appreciated!!
PS I tried deactivating 'Peer-Networking' but that made no difference. Have also tried different browsers (stock, dolphin, skyfire) and alos uninstalled and reinstalled flash.
Mine goes choppy as well on sd video on some sites. But I have had it play fine minutes before but different video link on same site. But this is on a site which the stock browser wont play, when forced to be detected as a desktop browser through useragent, and I had to use skyfire browser so maybe that is the reason