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youtube video quality *poor*

So I was trying to view videos on youtube from my Vibrant and the quality was so poor I had to give it up.
I tried about 15 different videos with the same result in quality
Is there a way to fix this issue ?

Try hitting menu and then there should be an option to watch in high quality.
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apple_g said:
Try hitting menu and then there should be an option to watch in high quality.
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What he said. Over 3g I'd defaults to low quality YouTube. That issue is fixed in 2.2 where you could always force HQ over 3g. But as is, hit menu, then watch in high quality.
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try this, it's the newer version of youtube than the vibrants. theres an option where you can have HQ as a default.

Thanks man!
Thanks for the link, Aeson! It is nice to have everything looking much better when watching YouTube vids. Appreciate it!

dharmaboy1 said:
Thanks for the link, Aeson! It is nice to have everything looking much better when watching YouTube vids. Appreciate it!
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no problem!

Thanks guys really helped out....
One other problem I have is when searching for youtube videos over the net, I choose a video and lets say its a youtube video it will not play.
I receive a error message and video screen closes and reverts me back to web page.
Any ideas ?

leechdweler said:
Thanks guys really helped out....
One other problem I have is when searching for youtube videos over the net, I choose a video and lets say its a youtube video it will not play.
I receive a error message and video screen closes and reverts me back to web page.
Any ideas ?
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What does the error message say?

I have a big problem with the youtube app, and I tried the updated APK it didn't change anything.
When ever try to sign in to my account it freezes.
Anyone else have this problem?

gsvnet said:
What does the error message say?
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wtf. its working now ??? I have no idea what happened but it seems to play now. will keep trying to see if i get the error message again.

aeson said:
try this, it's the newer version of youtube than the vibrants. theres an option where you can have HQ as a default.
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After install the sign in screen just kept popping up over and over again. Is there a different youtube.apk to try?

yall complain about bad quality videos but be happy you don't have to deal with iphone users issues because they can't even choose to watch videos in high quality unless they have wifi or jail-broken their phone. ATT is terrible with trying to decrease data usage smh

Youtube app misleading!!

The other day I was going at it with a friend of mine who ones an iPhone 4 (I got Evo 2.2). Youtube app let me down.
When you pause a video the downloading bar also pauses. It makes you think it also paused the download of the video to cache. His iPhone 4 showed the video pause but still downloading. He scored a victory .
After further review I noticed that video does continue downloading to cache while paused but the bar stops displaying the download. After you click the play button again one can see where the download is actually gone to in the bar.
I was wondering if this is only on my Evo of is it a bug of the app. Anyone else has this issue???

weehooherod said:
We all have this, its just the application. I personally think the YouTube application is trash. If you ever try to rewind then the app throws away all the cache of the video and makes you redownload it and the subscriptions feature is confusing and doesn't just show new unwatched videos like it should.
Using YouTube's mobile site is actually better, I hope some work will go into the YouTube app though.
Edit: I'm using CM6 8/24 nightly with the latest 8/17 gApps package.
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Yeah the New Youtube app is junk.. I hate not being able to see certain channels by default, the TP2 youtube app was soo much better.
When My friend shows me his IPhone 4 youtube app, I say to him.. is your Optimized for HD? he was like ... umm.. should be..... The picture turned out amazing on my evo.. he was still trying to do HD...

Videos don't look as good thru the browser. Blame it on flash. The app displays the hq videos much better.

energizer1389 said:
Videos don't look as good thru the browser. Blame it on flash. The app displays the hq videos much better.
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Mine never goes through flash when I go to the site. I hit the HQ button and it uses some streaming video player to actually play the video, not sure exactly what app, but its really bare bones. I get decent quality.

Yeah the YouTube player sucks. Wonder why there isnt a better YouTube player or more to choose from.
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How to force high res youtube on 3G

I wanted to see if anyone has been able to have by default high res youtube playback on 3g connection. I know that the youtube app will play higher resolution over wifi but on my old htc devices I was able to stream high definition over 3g.

I'm also intersted in this.

siralex241 said:
I wanted to see if anyone has been able to have by default high res youtube playback on 3g connection. I know that the youtube app will play higher resolution over wifi but on my old htc devices I was able to stream high definition over 3g.
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any other word on this. Will there have to be ann app for it. It sux having to watch the awful quality.

this reminds me of the my old iPhone3g,,,, it sucks having to watch youtube in that kind of resolution,,, and with the phone not supporting flash yet... there is no other option

Bump again for this topic. I'm surprised it's not talked about more.
I just came from a Samsung Captivate and it has an option to run video in HD. It took a little longer to load the film, but was well worth it!

LS1Jabroni said:
Bump again for this topic. I'm surprised it's not talked about more.
I just came from a Samsung Captivate and it has an option to run video in HD. It took a little longer to load the film, but was well worth it!
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Yes, just people with HTC devices are able to watch HQ videos...

That sucks! I would have just gotten the HTC Surround if it didn't look so cheap and have such bad reviews.
We can only hope that either MS or a developer can come up with some software to fix this... as I wouldn't see this as being a hardware issue.

Buy a "RealTube" app, works fine on any handset.

[Q] Latest YouTube app 5.0.21 stuck on 720p?

Hey guys I'm not sure if you've noticed but with the latest YouTube app update with the new ui, it seems the video quality is streaming in HD but at 720p. I can definitely tell just by watching a video, it's quite jaggy then reversing to the older app it's back to how it should be.
Does anyone else have this problem? I really like the new ui and it's features especially how you are scrolling around, click a video and when you finish and go back it's exactly where you were scrolling to. Unlike the old version where when you finish and go back it's suddenly way up on the list and you've lost where you're up to!

Koguchi9 said:
Hey guys I'm not sure if you've noticed but with the latest YouTube app update with the new ui, it seems the video quality is streaming in HD but at 720p. I can definitely tell just by watching a video, it's quite jaggy then reversing to the older app it's back to how it should be.
Does anyone else have this problem? I really like the new ui and it's features especially how you are scrolling around, click a video and when you finish and go back it's exactly where you were scrolling to. Unlike the old version where when you finish and go back it's suddenly way up on the list and you've lost where you're up to!
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Well, you're not the only one. I love the new YouTube app in that you're able to search for new videos while the current video is playing, but the video (even fullscreen) looks like ****e!!..particularly on the Nexus 10 with such an awesome display resolution.
I don't know what the deal is, but you're not alone.

nalf38 said:
Well, you're not the only one. I love the new YouTube app in that you're able to search for new videos while the current video is playing, but the video (even fullscreen) looks like ****e!!..particularly on the Nexus 10 with such an awesome display resolution.
I don't know what the deal is, but you're not alone.
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Considering we have 4K video on YouTube, this is a disgrace. We should be able to stream EVERY quality, not only standard, 720P or 1080P.

youtube update

1440p is now available as a quality setting. Looks like they updated it on their side. 1440p videos look crazy on this screen.

Youtube buffers like a madman for me on Verizon. Sprint 3g users right beside me clowning my "superior" service because they have no issues. Wtf is up with that

finally. damn!
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Aww yiss

Does it select this quality by default or do I need to pick it somehow?

Rippley05 said:
Youtube buffers like a madman for me on Verizon. Sprint 3g users right beside me clowning my "superior" service because they have no issues. Wtf is up with that
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I second that mine buffers like crazy too even with excellent coverage.

Mine doesn't seem to buffer. On YouTube it doesn't show high res. I'm only seeing like 440p. When it does YouTube Vevo I get 1080p however on most videos. I can't seem to find anything in 1440p though. I'm not even sure I'm setting YouTube correctly.

Rippley05 said:
Youtube buffers like a madman for me on Verizon. Sprint 3g users right beside me clowning my "superior" service because they have no issues. Wtf is up with that
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gcforreal said:
I second that mine buffers like crazy too even with excellent coverage.
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Mine does that during certain hours in the late evening. Almost like they are conserving power to their towers. But most of the time I'm at 30+ mb/sec

gcforreal said:
I second that mine buffers like crazy too even with excellent coverage.
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And here I thought it was only me. It's just the app though cause if you click on a YouTube link and select Chrome instead of YouTube app it plays flawlessly. But if I hit the link and choose YouTube app it's impossible to watch. So there for it has to be an app problem.
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sfld said:
1440p is now available as a quality setting. Looks like they updated it on their side. 1440p videos look crazy on this screen.
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Sorry if I'm a little slow but is this the highest quality setting per my attached screenshot putting me at 1440p as it says 144p?

search for 1440p in youtube

sfld said:
search for 1440p in youtube
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I have no idea where or what you are referring to if that is your answer to my post w/ screenshot of my only available settings in latest you tube. Or am I missing something to look for elsewhere?
Under Quality within Youtube app:
Auto O
144p X
240p O
360p O

lazer9 said:
I have no idea where or what you are referring to if that is your answer to my post w/ screenshot of my only available settings in latest you tube. Or am I missing something to look for elsewhere?
Under Quality within Youtube app:
Auto O
144p X
240p O
360p O
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You have to search for a video that was uploaded to YouTube in 1440p. Not all are. In fact, most aren't. He was suggesting that you enter "1440p" into the search box in the YouTube app so that it will bring up videos that are available in that resolution.

jayochs said:
finally. damn!
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Hey buddy! I remember u from the Rezound days!

TRANSFORMERS 4 Trailer 2 [Official - 1440p - HD]: http://youtu.be/p56_y43UuEk

hacksaw999 said:
You have to search for a video that was uploaded to YouTube in 1440p. Not all are. In fact, most aren't. He was suggesting that you enter "1440p" into the search box in the YouTube app so that it will bring up videos that are available in that resolution.
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Thanks, I was over thinking it as usual. Will look. Understood now. :victory:

lazer9 said:
Thanks, I was over thinking it as usual. Will look. Understood now. :victory:
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You're welcome. Happy to help.

Search for "4K Demo UHD 1440P"
I went to settings in the app and there is no option for 1440P so I choose auto, and believe me that's more then 720P which is the highest listed.
app still needs work and an option to choose 1440P but this video looks amazing on the Note 4!

I have the 1440p option but doesnt matter because this last piece of $&% update broke the app, now it only plays like 10 seconds then the video freezes but audio continues to play.

I am on YouTube version 6.0.13 and I have the 4k option. The option only pops up when you have a 4k video on tap. Very impressive.
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