[Q] GT-19505 - YouTube Choppy Playback - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Was wondering if anyone has noticed HD Playback on YouTube can get choppy at times.
MDE Firmware
Updated YouTube App
HD PLAYBACK ONLY
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Amrut223 said:
Hi,
Was wondering if anyone has noticed HD Playback on YouTube can get choppy at times.
S4 - 1905
Stock Firmware
Cheers.
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Could someone please test this for me. Make sure the video is playing in HD and look for every so slight choppy playback in the video. You will need something action packed.
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mine is ok it depends on the speed of your connection.
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metzine said:
mine is ok it depends on the speed of your connection.
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I am on a 16Mbps connection with no issues on an iPhone or iPad. S3 also works fine.

give us a link to a video you're experiencing this choppiness on and I'll see
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beaver2233 said:
give us a link to a video you're experiencing this choppiness on and I'll see
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5E8PGowDtM

looks fine to me.
I'm on Omega v3.0 (based on me2 firmware)
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beaver2233 said:
looks fine to me.
I'm on Omega v3.0 (based on me2 firmware)
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Yeah I'm on MDE stock firmware!

Video playback framerate is not as high as I would like, but definitely not choppy
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inolvidable said:
Video playback framerate is not as high as I would like, but definitely not choppy
¡¡So say we all!! from my GT-I9500
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Maybe I see it more then you do? Try using SmartTube from the app store. Plays a lot smoother and 1080p . It also allows you to set the video quality from 240p to 1080p and everything in between. Sorted out all my youtube playback issues.

Haven't encountered any problems.
The linked video also works fine (after waiting for it to load, slow internet connection).
Is it choppy for the entire video?
I.e. do you get this just for some videos, but then it's for the entire video, or does it happen just for part of the video?

Gnarfoz said:
Haven't encountered any problems.
The linked video also works fine (after waiting for it to load, slow internet connection).
Is it choppy for the entire video?
I.e. do you get this just for some videos, but then it's for the entire video, or does it happen just for part of the video?
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Yeah all videos but heres the kicker. Using an app called Smart Tube I have no issues at 1080p playback. Perfectly smooth! Using the stock youtube app is choppy for me.

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Choppy video playback

Does anyone get choppy video playback on some videos? I have noticed it when streaming some videos from youtube and other websites.
No cant say i have, on the contrary video playback has been excellent
Are you using the stock browser or something else?
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What rom are you using? I had this problem but its because the rom set the read ahead speed too large. Use sd booster from market if you're rooted and check what read speed is. It should be 128kb.
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I'm using Villain rom 2.1 but I have noticed the problem standard firmware to. It does it on stock browser and tried a few other browsers to.
Read speed is 128kb.
Any particular videos?
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wfi, 3g or both? does it get better if you reduce the size to 360p or are you view through the youtube app, if so try viewing though the desktop version to see if there is any difference, like other say it could be your ROM so search on the ROM thread for known issues.
I've seen it happen too on some flash video's site. I think it's all about the same site here . Nasty
videos up til 720p work fine, 1080p doesn't work at all for me
hax1 said:
videos up til 720p work fine, 1080p doesn't work at all for me
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What rom you using ? and is your SGS2 with exynos and not tegra ?
I noticed it on this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIagVxNqQ4c
Watch with the youtube app on HIGH QUALITY its a bit choppy like its struggling to buffer. You notice it more when you skip through a few mins.

Choppy video playback

I didn't see any other threads relating to this - any else have video playback that pauses every few seconds? Seems to happen to me for just about any online video, youtube, etc.
Same here, no surprise another problem with the phone.
Same problem here. Seems to be more pronounced while the video is being downloaded. Once it is, the playback seems to be smoother.
I think it's an internet issue as downloaded videos play perfectly.
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dilzo said:
I think it's an internet issue as downloaded videos play perfectly.
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I'll disagree. There's a progress bar on most video/YouTube streams. I pause to let my crappy DVP buffer said videos and even when a video is half-loaded the thing will still stutter along until the download is COMPLETELY finished.
Personally I think it's related to WiFi as downloading over cellular data doesn't always result in the stutter.
My coworkers HD7 doesn't have the same issues while streaming videos over WiFi.

Video Playback Issues

Videos played by my nexus have an odd choppy feel. Every five seconds or so, the player pauses for a very noticeable moment, then continues. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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No problems regarding smoothness.
The only problem I have is that nothing seems to have audio (using mxPlayer)
theoneofgod said:
No problems regarding smoothness.
The only problem I have is that nothing seems to have audio (using mxPlayer)
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Its not bad enough to want to return it, but it's irritating.
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Now I seem to have problems with games. Is this a hardware issue or OS related?
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No. My nexus runs very well. Are you on 4.1.1
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theoneofgod said:
No. My nexus runs very well. Are you on 4.1.1
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Yes.
Is it a background app causing it? I read about a few phones having this issue in the past.
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upstandingcitizen said:
Videos played by my nexus have an odd choppy feel. Every five seconds or so, the player pauses for a very noticeable moment, then continues. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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I'm on 4.1.1, not rooted and I've noticed the same problem. When playing a video or certain games every 5 seconds or so there is a slight pause. I've tried different video players and still the same issue.
GreenBasturd said:
I'm on 4.1.1, not rooted and I've noticed the same problem. When playing a video or certain games every 5 seconds or so there is a slight pause. I've tried different video players and still the same issue.
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Having the same issues but it seems to happen more with games especially tegra 3 games like a riptide. the funny thing is is I swear I remember playing riptide and It had no lag. I can't remember whether it was prior to the 4.11 update.
Same here! I tried watching the Transformer movie we got for free and it kept freezing up! This is irritating, I'm going to try a factory reset. I'm exchanging this thing any way cause the headphone jack is defective.
From my long awaited and totally worth it EVO LTE!
Same issue here after upgrading to 4.1.1. Anyone here having this issue on a custom ROM? If not then I'm flashing a ROM ASAP.
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Nobody else?
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Try other video players (MX Player, BSPlayer)
Was this apparent before 4.1.1? I just got my 7 yesterday and updated right away and do notice the stutter w/ my high profile 720p vids. On my Prime stuttering was fixed with over clocking and running an interactive governer.
Edit: this is for 720p high profile movies stored on the device, happening w/ dice player and MX player. Don't use stock since it doesn't support ac3 audio.
stock n7 with latest ota updates, unlocked and rooted. No problem playing any game and video, either stream from play store (transformer movie) or stream my my home network.
songmeesay said:
Was this apparent before 4.1.1? I just got my 7 yesterday and updated right away and do notice the stutter w/ my high profile 720p vids. On my Prime stuttering was fixed with over clocking and running an interactive governer.
Edit: this is for 720p high profile movies stored on the device, happening w/ dice player and MX player. Don't use stock since it doesn't support ac3 audio.
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It doesn't matter if it's on the device or not, it happens when I stream the transformer movie and/or any YouTube video. I'm about to return this back to Google if I don't find a solution soon. Going to try a data factory reset and see if that helps.
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Yeah looks like its happening for me on YouTube as well.
I just put a video on my device from my PC and it played fine. But if I stream anything it plays like crap
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Did some more testing. Tried the stock player and no stutter but no sound due to no ac3 support. I have another 7 coming in on Monday and will test that one leaving it as is (before 4.1.1 update)
I just got off the phone with Google and they said it's probably a issue with my router streaming media on the device. I'm going to test another WiFi connection sometime soon and see if the issue persist or not.
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I'm having problems with this, I can't watch a single video on this device without the lag. I've tried the youtube app, Netflix, dice player and a few other video apps and everyone of those lag.
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Youtube videos in HD stutter

I am on Task650's ICS, now with yoda 3.1.10 Kernel.
Even with overclocking to 1,2 GHz my youtube videos still stutter heavily when played in HD (720p). In SD they play fine. Is the tab really to weak to play HD youtube videos? Or does anyone have a hint what I could still try?
using the YouTube app the HD video plays smoothly, are you doing it via the browser?
novak84 said:
using the YouTube app the HD video plays smoothly, are you doing it via the browser?
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No, I am using the youtube app 4.0.23, but I currently think it might also be an issue with the video itself that I am watching...
Mickey
Do a you tube HD applications or applications automatically pass you tube clip is the best ?
pigeldi said:
I am on Task650's ICS, now with yoda 3.1.10 Kernel.
Even with overclocking to 1,2 GHz my youtube videos still stutter heavily when played in HD (720p). In SD they play fine. Is the tab really to weak to play HD youtube videos? Or does anyone have a hint what I could still try?
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I have the same problem ;(
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HD vids used to play fine on Honeycomb, it's ever since ICS came along the issues started.
I have yet to find a solution to completely quell the stutter. It only appears a little bit, but it's still annoying.
Swyped from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note.
stock ital ics with A1 1.7 kernel. no probs in watching hd vids so far
btw no oc

Youtube video quality...

I have the settings to high quality on mobile but for some reason none of the videos I play are crisp. I tried the app the browser tried searching hd videos but everything seems to be pixelated to some extent? Anyone else having the same issues?
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TheHonkey said:
I have the settings to high quality on mobile but for some reason none of the videos I play are crisp. I tried the app the browser tried searching hd videos but everything seems to be pixelated to some extent? Anyone else having the same issues?
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I thought i had that issue at first too. But i switched to Wifi and it came in clear. I dont know why, but 3g never gets videos clear for me. I had this issue on the SIII as well.
Videos play on "High Quality" over 3G. When on WiFi and I belive 4G also, video play in "HD". That is why it looks better over WiFi. There is a YouTube app floating around that has a setting that will allow you to watch videos in HD over 3G. However, 3G doesnt tend to have good enough speeds for solid playback in HD.
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You try the mod YouTube app?

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