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
h0wz3r said:
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,
sjwk said:
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
arun1uk said:
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?
arun1uk said:
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...
redmanmark86 said:
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
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When I go to www.youtube.com in Pocket IE, it automatically re-directs to "m.youtube.com". So far so good - everything comes up including the thumbnails. Click on any thumb and you get the expected screen including "Watch Video". BUT ... clicking on that produces an error screen that says "Running a system command on this item might be unsafe. Do you wish to continue?"
Clicking YES only results is a "rtsp ... 3gp" file can NOT be opened.
So, how did this guy back on June 18, 2007 do it on the Touch as shown in this video ??
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3930
I thought that the Sprint Touch supports 3GPP streaming out-of-the-box ?
streaming media
You need a program called HTC streaming media. Just Google it.
Streaming YouTube on WM6 (Touch included I'd assume)
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When I go to www.youtube.com in Pocket IE, it automatically re-directs to "m.youtube.com". So far so good - everything comes up including the thumbnails. Click on any thumb and you get the expected screen including "Watch Video". BUT ... clicking on that produces an error screen that says "Running a system command on this item might be unsafe. Do you wish to continue?"
Clicking YES only results is a "rtsp ... 3gp" file can NOT be opened.
So, how did this guy back on June 18, 2007 do it on the Touch as shown in this video ??
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3930
I thought that the Sprint Touch supports 3GPP streaming out-of-the-box ?
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This would help
http://ytpocket.com
It's a 2-steps thing:
- Download the TCPMP
- Play Youtube content.
HTH....my 2 cents
second for VTAp. Has videos from all google videos, youtube, and a few other places. Its like connected so its updated the same rate the sites are updated as well. Its just overall great!
i think it s!
is any1 having trouble? i did the ytpocket and when visit youtube on PIE my phone pretty much freezes up...
vTap works great ... thanks for the input !!
vtap is the best that is what im using. works like a charm.
i tried vTap and its okay, but the thing that pisses me off are the load times and the ****ty quality. so i went with typocket.com, they have 2 easy installs that take less than a minute, with GREAT FULL SCREEN quality and super fast load times, almost seems like its streaming
so give ytpocket.com
I've got ytpocket and tcpmp installed. Some reason all videos are very choppy, sound is clean but video looks like its refreshing slowly (like if you don't have the proper video card drivers installed on your pc thats how it looks) Its not buffering or anything.
Are there any tweaks I have to apply to get better video frame rate?
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I've got ytpocket and tcpmp installed. Some reason all videos are very choppy, sound is clean but video looks like its refreshing slowly (like if you don't have the proper video card drivers installed on your pc thats how it looks) Its not buffering or anything.
Are there any tweaks I have to apply to get better video frame rate?
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Go into options and switch it from DirectDraw to raw and your videos should be smoother.
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is any1 having trouble? i did the ytpocket and when visit youtube on PIE my phone pretty much freezes up...
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You have to unintstall the macromedia flashplayer 7 in order for you to successfully view the regular youtube site.
cruise350 said:
Go into options and switch it from DirectDraw to raw and your videos should be smoother.
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thank you that did the trick
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thank you that did the trick
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Which options ?
Thank you
Another good option
I have used vTap and I though it was very good, although I had to put up with a lot of wait icons.
I have been experimenting with this option... http://www.avotmedia.com/ and it has been quite usable so far. Video is very smooth and I have not had one single wait icon while using this program.
Check it out. I originally heard about here or PPCG, one of the two.
I use this
http://wmexperts.com/articles/howto/full_youtube_on_windows_mobile.html
works good
Full Youtube is kinda fun and boredom saving
I own a Sprint Touch and just installed this cab and m.youtube.com now works with IE!! I did not have to do a regedit either...
Here is the link!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1323244&postcount=17
Kudos to rvbcrs ...
Arnold
I use www.tinytube.net works well also allows you to stream or download if you choose.
arguinto said:
I own a Sprint Touch and just installed this cab and m.youtube.com now works with IE!! I did not have to do a regedit either...
Here is the link!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1323244&postcount=17
Kudos to rvbcrs ...
Arnold
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What does the cab actually allow you to do? When to the link but really didn't have an explanation of what it does.
does this work with full youtube or just m.youtube.com (mobile youtube)??
Try using ORB
Has anyone managed to rip that off of the diamond to be used for the Titan?
I am not sure which one u are talking about but the one i currently use is absolutly awsome and has no lag. Dunno if you have tried it yet works well
http://www.smartdevicefreeware.com/youtubeplay-youtube-video-player/
Yeah I use that too, but I saw my wife's Diamond and it comes with a sick Youtube App, and was wondering if we can get our hands on it.
Anyone? It really is a nice app to rip..
guys use kinoma player, it beats iphone in UI plays almost anything including youtube
search for kinoma player. You can get a free version too
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I am not sure which one u are talking about but the one i currently use is absolutly awsome and has no lag. Dunno if you have tried it yet works well
http://www.smartdevicefreeware.com/youtubeplay-youtube-video-player/
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Hey this is great i like it no lag at all. very easy to use too. and very simple no editing anywhere watsoever thanks!!!
The youtubeplayer cab works great. It is very smooth...I did notice it is choppy at times then when I drove to a different area (new cell zone) the same files played smooth...
Curious to know what you all have to config settings as....?
My question is some people email me a link to see a youtube video but when I click on it Media Player opens and then errors out. Is there a way to associate these links for youtube to open in youtubeplayer?
YouTube app can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395338
There is a QVGA and a VGA version.
What improvements does this have over Coreplayer's Youtube option?
I dont even mind using m.youtube.com but my provider charges extra for that so I really need a dedicated application.
The Manila Youtube app doesnt work so I've been searching around a bit.
I found this; http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-youtubeplay.html
Its fine but its not made for WVGA so its a bit ****ed up. Geus I could try it with the WVGA fix app but I'd still prefer a proper youtube program if anyone knows one?
Usually I'd suggest coreplayer. Lately Youtube has done some changes so currently the quality using Coreplayer to watch youtube is quite bad. Once they sort that out, I think it'll be the ideal player for Youtube since it allows you to zoom the video so it fills the whole screen (kind of like how the iPhone does it).
So yea... that or the Youtube app from HTC's Touch HD. Up to you to try that though. Last time I tried it, my multimedia panel broke so I'm waiting for a working version before I mess around with it again. Right now I just use that app you posted, youtubeplay, even though it's a bit crude and buggy.
Just use the this youtube software from Manila HD in this thread by zenkinz. It works great!
dinan said:
Usually I'd suggest coreplayer. Lately Youtube has done some changes so currently the quality using Coreplayer to watch youtube is quite bad. Once they sort that out, I think it'll be the ideal player for Youtube since it allows you to zoom the video so it fills the whole screen (kind of like how the iPhone does it).
So yea... that or the Youtube app from HTC's Touch HD. Up to you to try that though. Last time I tried it, my multimedia panel broke so I'm waiting for a working version before I mess around with it again. Right now I just use that app you posted, youtubeplay, even though it's a bit crude and buggy.
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Coreplayer is not free... and I cant find where to get it for free either
wdq30 said:
Just use the this youtube software from Manila HD in this thread by zenkinz. It works great!
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As Ive said I tried that and it doesnt work
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?
skycamefalling said:
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
I've been using it on my x1, works alright, but video quality is quite poor and it doesnt play in full screen.
Installing this official youtube app replaces the htc youtube(assuming you have that installed), so it either one or the other, you cant have both apps.
Seems like theres still no way to have high quality youtube playback on the x1with the latest roms, the only way is to use htc youtube app on r1 rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495842
Yes, I've also installed this youtube app, but the quality is very bad in my eyes, and the vids start in fullscreen, but then they're resized and so it makes no fun, I didn't watch a single video...
infamous6622 said:
i've been using it on my x1, works alright, but video quality is quite poor and it doesnt play in full screen.
installing this official youtube app replaces the htc youtube(assuming you have that installed), so it ever either one or the other, you cant have both apps.
seems like theres still no way to have hi quality youtube playback on the x1, the only way is to use htc youtube app on r1 rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495842
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I also installed it,
and it replaced HTC app in Programs,
but apparently when I use Youtube panel,
it's the htc one..
For high quality youtube playback, you can use CorePlayer 1.3 It has configurable video quality - from very low to very high. It works very good.
I second that, the coreplay has the best video and buffering quality.
Does it still choke like the old youtube app?
infamous6622 said:
I've been using it on my x1, works alright, but video quality is quite poor and it doesnt play in full screen.
Seems like theres still no way to have high quality youtube playback on the x1with the latest roms, the only way is to use htc youtube app on r1 rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495842
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Poor or not quality I did not notice, but the playback is very choppy even when fully buffered. It was however perfectly smooth on my other Samsung WM phone.
There are however other means to get youtube. W.V.D. and Coreplayer are two that comes to my mind other than HTC's
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Installing this official youtube app replaces the htc youtube(assuming you have that installed), so it either one or the other, you cant have both apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495842
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No it doesn't. Before installing, go to File Explorer and Windows>Start Menu and rename the youtube you have as Youtube HTC or anyother so that the installation of this client won't override the HTC's Youtube shortcut.
If you forgot however and installed without any preparations, you can go to Windows folder(or somewhere else) in File Explorer and look for the HTC's Youtube shortcut which is 25B big.