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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
infamous6622 said:
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.
Today at Sprint store I played the same YouTube video on the Hero and the Pre side by side. The Pre looked great, the Hero had a very low frame rate and poor resolution. I hope someone can tell me something was wrong with the Hero and it is not always like this.
I am seriously considering buying a Hero and have been spending a lot of time at my local Sprint story getting to know it. Today I was trying out flash video on many sites and they all looked bad like I described above. I just assumed the videos had a poor source until I tried a YouTube video on the Pre. It is hard to believe all the reviews I have been seeing of the Hero wouldn't have hammered it for this if it were a common problem.
maybe the reviews didn't hammer it since at the time the choice was 'average flash performance' vs 'no flash at all'... I always watch youtube vids in the You Tube app which plays them smooth as silk, even in HD (with the occasional flutter)
If the need for smooth Flash animations takes precedence over the 1001 other unbelievably high quality aspects of the HTC Hero, then you should probably just buy a Pre like all the other dorks...
The quality of the video on the actual YouTube app is way superior to that you will get going onto the main site via the browser and the HTC Flash player.
Regards,
Dave
I'm not sure if the YouTube app chooses the video quality for you or not based on your connection. But, if the video starts off on low quality, just hit the menu button, choose "more" on the pop-up menu, and then select High Quality. It's crystal clear after that.
Thanks for the replies. I will try to get back to the Sprint store today and try out the video quality options.
How do I know if the video is playing in the YouTube app or not? The video I tried played full screen. Must I navigate there from a separate app than the browser?
Erik
it is true, i did not know that. I usually watched videos through the site. Tried the youtube app on my hero and it is indeed crystal clear. Cool
erikcave said:
Thanks for the replies. I will try to get back to the Sprint store today and try out the video quality options.
How do I know if the video is playing in the YouTube app or not? The video I tried played full screen. Must I navigate there from a separate app than the browser?
Erik
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It is a physically separate app from which you can search/view Youtube videos. It came preloaded on my GSM Hero, so I assume it's still on the Sprint Hero.
If you go to Youtube via the browser, it launches the HTC Flash Player when you try to view a video, and this is quite poor! Thinking about it, I think on the G1 if you were on YouTube in a browser, it would launch any videos via the Youtube app (since it doesn't have a flash player).
Regards,
Dave
It seems the phone should be smart enough to know you are loading YouTube videos and load the YouTube player instead of the HTC Flash Player.
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It seems the phone should be smart enough to know you are loading YouTube videos and load the YouTube player instead of the HTC Flash Player.
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I think the "idea" is that if you have flash, you don't need the YouTube app. Sadly, it's a bad idea!
Regards,
Dave
bboydru said:
I'm not sure if the YouTube app chooses the video quality for you or not based on your connection. But, if the video starts off on low quality, just hit the menu button, choose "more" on the pop-up menu, and then select High Quality. It's crystal clear after that.
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exactly what I do and the quality is awesome, suck that the app wont allow you to choose HD for all videos.
Good advice in this thread and I would like too add I do not miss it Pre one bit. That device has some serious flaws not likely to be addressed for another year. Namely its weak SDK, lack of deep system / hardware access and lack of GPU support. The Pre can't use its own hardware properly much less the lack of options in all of the OS.
Vertig0 said:
exactly what I do and the quality is awesome, suck that the app wont allow you to choose HD for all videos.
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Wait, are you saying you have to do tell it to play high quality every time? That would suck indeed, and would be a serious oversight in functionality.
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erikcave said:
Wait, are you saying you have to do tell it to play high quality every time? That would suck indeed, and would be a serious oversight in functionality.
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Yes you do unless on WiFi. Then I think it automatically goes into high quality mode
Pre vs and youtube
I stoped by a Bell to try a Pre and compared it to my HTC touch on same Bell network, yes picture was great on Pre but it was slow, in fact I gave up waiting for it to load some video as my touch was playing them in half the time. Today at work we had my touch on bell a Touch 2 Pro on Telus and a iPhone on rogers, all playing the same video from You Tube and nothing compared to the touch pro 2 for quality video was HD looking and played without jumping, the IPhone 3gs crashed tohe sound quit working we had to restart it, and it then worked but picture of video was not full screen as the other two had. Big differance was the way they handled buffering the IPhone buffered all at first then played non-stop the other two would play a few seconds then buffer for up to 2 minutes play a few seconds then again buffer. I then played my IPod Touch same video but wifi, again video did not fit all the screen but no buffering and no digitaizing. So all in all a big disapointment with all three networks and their ability to play streaming HD video!
I was at the Sprint store again today and tried to enable high quality, but could never find the setting. I pressed the menu button over and over again while the video was playing, but it never did anything. Also, I intentionally loaded a video via the YouTube App and the quality was still bad. Furthermore I rebooted the device to be sure it wasn't just loaded down with running programs.
Weird
With the video on you press menu > more > watch high quality.
That's what I did. I pushed the menu button next to the trackball and nothing happened. No menu appeared. I also pushed every other button and the touched the screen.
I've looked around the site and seen some instructions for converting videos like .avi for playback on the htc hero, but I was just wondering what was the best, most recent way for playback, quality, sound etc etc.
I used to use Total Video Converter to just convert them for me, but I'd like a better way.. if there is one.
Thanks guys.
Use an app called handbrake. You should be fine to use the ipod settings. Give it a try, its free.
follow this guide! great video playback and quality
http://www.smor.tv/blog/android-htc-hero-eris-x264-h-264-video-encoding-with-handbrake/
the settings pages may look different but theyre all there, you may have to look as the newest version is slightly differnent layout
Hello! I installed the new firmware and I noticed that the video recording in HD is obscene.
First, the registration window is smaller than that which appears with a normal recording, and secondly, the recording is very jerky and, finally, the video does not play fluid.
It 's normal? It 's a problem of the new firmware? It also happens to others?
Thanks!
Working with the same FW as you, tested 720p High quality and works great.
Any issues?
No problem? Do not have a registration screen smaller? Yet it is smaller than the one you have with normal recording.
Not known of the shots when you move the phone?
Just tried it (n new firmware also) recording does seem a little stuttery - and the screen is smaller than when recording VGA - however - I never checked it on 720p before update so I don't know if it is different?!
fabbro76 said:
Hello! I installed the new firmware and I noticed that the video recording in HD is obscene.
First, the registration window is smaller than that which appears with a normal recording, and secondly, the recording is very jerky and, finally, the video does not play fluid.
It 's normal? It 's a problem of the new firmware? It also happens to others?
Thanks!
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The registration window is also smaller in the previous firmware... It's because of the video resolution... And I don't notice any slowing in the video... Cheers
I tested 720p High quality and works great too
Sorry to resurrect this thread but i've just had the same thing happen to me. The funny thing is - I updated and the video was working fine until today. I took some HD videos the other week and they were perfect.... now... same as was described here.
Did anyone find a fix for this?
Also - I'm on JJ6 firmware
Forgive me if this has been posted, but I've searched and could not locate an applicable solution. Anytime I record video footage, usually at a concert or show and I try to view or play the recording, it sounds horrible. It sounds like someone is banging on a metal garbage can. I'm running the stock MF9 Rom, with a cpl mods (hotspot, volume warning, etc), Beats apk, nothing major. I use PowerAmp music player to play my music! Anyone experience this issue?
Below are two videos taken in two different settings, using two different Roms and it sounds hideous.
http://db.tt/hwKkzQa4
http://db.tt/EflDsXm3
njspank said:
Forgive me if this has been posted, but I've searched and could not locate an applicable solution. Anytime I record video footage, usually at a concert or show and I try to view or play the recording, it sounds horrible. It sounds like someone is banging on a metal garbage can. I'm running the stock MF9 Rom, with a cpl mods (hotspot, volume warning, etc), Beats apk, nothing major. I use PowerAmp music player to play my music! Anyone experience this issue?
Below are two videos taken in two different settings, using two different Roms and it sounds hideous.
http://db.tt/hwKkzQa4
http://db.tt/EflDsXm3
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when taking a video in a loud setting (like a concert) cover your mic with your finger. the playback will for 95% of the time come out perfect.
xxaddictedxx said:
when taking a video in a loud setting (like a concert) cover your mic with your finger. the playback will for 95% of the time come out perfect.
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Thanks a trillion. Were u having the same issue? Now I have to find another concert/show to attend as to confirm this solution I really appreciate the feedback fam!