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Can Xoom play Youtube 1080p or 720p videos ?

Can the Xoom play Youtube 1080p or 720p videos ? I'm not interested in 1080p or 720p movie or video files playback. I want to know if the Honeycomb Youtube app has the option to play 1080p or 720p videos. The last time I checked a Xoom and its Youtube app in the store, it just had a HQ option, I couldn't find any option to select 720 or 1080p's. Please suggest. I spend lot of time on Youtube and I need this feature. It is one of the critical features, that helps be decide to go for the Xoom or not. Thanks.

I believe once the final version of Flash 10.2 is out the Xoom should be able to play 720p Smooth.

synplex said:
I believe once the final version of Flash 10.2 is out the Xoom should be able to play 720p Smooth.
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Thanks for the reply.But, is there an option in the Youtube app to play 720p or 1080p ? I know there is a HQ option in the Youtube app, and I have that in my Android phone too. What I'm looking for, is the option to play 720p or 1080p videos within the Youtube app.

go to youtube app search 1080p they run great.

Srikar_NBK said:
Thanks for the reply.But, is there an option in the Youtube app to play 720p or 1080p ? I know there is a HQ option in the Youtube app, and I have that in my Android phone too. What I'm looking for, is the option to play 720p or 1080p videos within the Youtube app.
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Well After you get Flash 10.2 you could always just go to Desktop web version of Youtube and Play a 720p video like that too see how performance is.

Ty the Jackass 3d 1080p trailer on the youtube app, really rocks.

Just an FYI hi def video doesnt work well over 3G. Use WiFi for best results

rjoudrey said:
Ty the Jackass 3d 1080p trailer on the youtube app, really rocks.
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Don't have a Xoom yet. I wanted to find out about this feature, before I decide to get one.

Srikar_NBK said:
Don't have a Xoom yet. I wanted to find out about this feature, before I decide to get one.
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To answer your question, yes & yes.

rjoudrey said:
go to youtube app search 1080p they run great.
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sorry but how do you know if its even playing in 1080p? its either HQ or not. just sayin..
i don't think its even necessary to run a 1080p clip on a 800p device.

aohus said:
sorry but how do you know if its even playing in 1080p? its either HQ or not. just sayin..
i don't think its even necessary to run a 1080p clip on a 800p device.
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It says its 1080p? Try this one:
http://www.tools4movies.com/2011/03/xoom-720p-1080p-high-quality-settings/

can I rest my case?

720p is more than adequate.

rjoudrey said:
It says its 1080p? Try this one:
http://www.tools4movies.com/2011/03/xoom-720p-1080p-high-quality-settings/
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did you really need to post 3x in a row? coulda been combined into one post.
anywho, we were discussing 1080p playback on Youtube, not a 1080p file being played natively on the xoom.
just because on the youtube title its marked as '1080p' doesn't necessarily mean its being played in 1080p. its most likely playing in 720p, can't confirm, but theres no point in playing a 1080p file on a 800p device. thats all im really trying to get at.

I'm pretty sure it can, set you browser agent to iPod, go to youtube website and search for 1080p, it will play any of those HTML5 streams in 1080p. Make sure you add
&fmt=37
At the end of the URL. That's youtube code for 1080p

rjoudrey said:
720p is more than adequate.
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If someone is connecting Xoom to a TV 1080p could be useful.

aohus said:
did you really need to post 3x in a row? coulda been combined into one post.
anywho, we were discussing 1080p playback on Youtube, not a 1080p file being played natively on the xoom.
just because on the youtube title its marked as '1080p' doesn't necessarily mean its being played in 1080p. its most likely playing in 720p, can't confirm, but theres no point in playing a 1080p file on a 800p device. thats all im really trying to get at.
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Just answering the OP jerk.

1080p runs great on mine

I can play 720p mp4 videos fine. I haven't test any 1080P.
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im ppretty sure the youtupe app dowsres's stuff to 480p just like when you go to the browser version and full screen a video it goes to 480p. Even though the title says 1080p
Edit: I stand corrected it looks like 720 in the app.

[Q] Full hd video playback

I justried to play full HD videos through my pendrive......the default video player says file cannot be played and when I try to play through mobo player the audio and video is out of sync....I thought this tab plays full HD videos.....guys some advice!!

AFAIK it doesn't. 3.1 should have Full HD support but 3.0.1 doesn't have it.
I could be wrong though.

3.1 as far as we know will not play 1080p videos only output them via HDMI.
Currently only 720p can be played.
I hope im wrong about the first thing.

But in the tabs config it was written that it plays full hd videos!
And even xoom plays full hd vids!
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did u try a player like Mobo?

FullHD 1080p wmv works and probably the same with some mkv's but audio will not ... it will just scale the video to 720p..
you can try mkv's with "Astro filemanager" -> Open As -> video
and the mkv will play, if not already loaded automatically..
this also works for other formats..

Irieone said:
did u try a player like Mobo?
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Yes..I tried...audio video out of sync!
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Dexter_nlb said:
FullHD 1080p wmv works and probably the same with some mkv's but audio will not ... it will just scale the video to 720p..
you can try mkv's with "Astro filemanager" -> Open As -> video
and the mkv will play, if not already loaded automatically..
this also works for other formats..
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Why doesn't it work for mp4??
I am asking this becoz when I play a 720p video on my tv thru hdmi....it really sucks!
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i would expect 1080p MP4 recordings working too, if you got 720p working.
but it probably all depends on encoding..

Dexter_nlb said:
i would expect 1080p MP4 recordings working too, if you got 720p working.
but it probably all depends on encoding..
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I used mobo player..I used the soft decoding mode in it but the video was far far behind than the audio...any solutions?
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screen size 800
why want read 1080p...
don't take it bad, but, you should post a unique post "Vari9 Questions / FAQ"
and we stick it "D
so far Acer says 1080p video-out will be supported in a Q2 update
and unless it's hardware supported, I doubt the video will render smoothly....

sanaell said:
screen size 800
why want read 1080p...
don't take it bad, but, you should post a unique post "Vari9 Questions / FAQ"
and we stick it "D
so far Acer says 1080p video-out will be supported in a Q2 update
and unless it's hardware supported, I doubt the video will render smoothly....
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Hehe.....I wanted my tab to read 1080p coz I have my music videos and movies all in full hd....converting them all would be a pain in the neck......plus even mobile phones with a screen size of 4.0 inch can play full hd videos!
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it's kind of overload the works of your tablet...
tablet have to convert and downscale anyway to render the video... since 1080 > 800
you should convert, it's the best things and that will save in a way the battery....
I just say.

Rock player for tegra and a 1080p file plays fine and looks good hdmi out

sanaell said:
it's kind of overload the works of your tablet...
tablet have to convert and downscale anyway to render the video... since 1080 > 800
you should convert, it's the best things and that will save in a way the battery....
I just say.
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I think most people are actually talking about HDMI output, which at the moment is stuck at 720p.

Fluffbutt said:
I think most people are actually talking about HDMI output, which at the moment is stuck at 720p.
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its not stuck at 720p.. but if you think about it, your native tablet resolution is 1280x800 , which is natively projected/mirrored to your telly and if you want 1080p which is then going to happen with it?
its gonna scale it...
if your video of 1920x1080 should be played on a tv without mirror, it could work, but i doubt it got the videomemory to have 1 fullHD and one scaled at 1280x1080 . which is the problem right now..
but i know Atrix4G have something like that, as i uses 2 separate displays at the same time. so it might be we get that function..no video on tablet, but fullHD on telly.

anubis13 said:
Rock player for tegra and a 1080p file plays fine and looks good hdmi out
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I dont think so, because have a checked topic for this problem. And some files is played fine, except 1080 i though have some problem with the Tegra2 decode, not because of OS.
So confuse about this problem, if can not play smoothly 720 and 1080, so HDMI output for nothing.
Another thing is can we play flash game in facebook with 3.0?

vari9 said:
I justried to play full HD videos through my pendrive......the default video player says file cannot be played and when I try to play through mobo player the audio and video is out of sync....I thought this tab plays full HD videos.....guys some advice!!
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iconia tab can't play 1080p, the upcoming upgrade will support 1080p playback, now i just use a tool to deal with full hd videos

Elizabeth05 said:
iconia tab can't play 1080p, the upcoming upgrade will support 1080p playback, now i just use a tool to deal with full hd videos
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Wht tool??
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High resolution video on youtube

I've had the note 4 since november 2014, i was able to play 1080p video and 1440p video, now for some reason i can't play a youtube video above 720p that's the highest res option it will give me.

1980aksoy said:
I've had the note 4 since november 2014, i was able to play 1080p video and 1440p video, now for some reason i can't play a youtube video above 720p that's the highest res option it will give me.
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Have you tried updating? Maybe the video isn't available at resolution above 720p

I have lates version and videos mostly 1080p /1440p on desktop computer I can watch same videos on nexus 7 1440p but not on note 4

Yep, Google has again done something to stop us viewing 1080P and 1440p videos.
I read in another thread on here that its something to do with Lollypop and Google are only enabling 1080p and 1440p on Lollypop

[Help] youtube plays max. 720p [SOLVED]

I have a strange problem.
I can't play youtube videos bigger then 720p. I tried everything. Changed rom, Gapps, Player, but everytime the same.
I have a feeling Google is playing with us.

Nexus 4 is 720 as well. So all pixels are in use. Right?

Whats the point of having 1080p if your maximum screen output is 768? I think 720 is pretty fine.

Csacsifiu said:
I have a strange problem.
I can't play youtube videos bigger then 720p. I tried everything. Changed rom, Gapps, Player, but everytime the same.
I have a feeling Google is playing with us.
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N4 is 720p
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YouTube many videos limited to 720p S8

For some odd reason many of my videos on YouTube only show as a 720p option, when there are 1080p, 1440p options available on my sub 720p iPhone 7 for the same video.
An example is the following video
https://youtu.be/Ge1j7MBSQiE
Yet others play just fine at 1440p. I have tried updating to the latest YouTube app, wiping cache and settings and downloaded the latest APK from a mirror without any luck.
Is anyone seeing a similar problem or can offer any solutions?

boxrick said:
For some odd reason many of my videos on YouTube only show as a 720p option, when there are 1080p, 1440p options available on my sub 720p iPhone 7 for the same video.
An example is the following video
https://youtu.be/Ge1j7MBSQiE
Yet others play just fine at 1440p. I have tried updating to the latest YouTube app, wiping cache and settings and downloaded the latest APK from a mirror without any luck.
Is anyone seeing a similar problem or can offer any solutions?
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Change resolution on phone to highest then reboot... Make sure video is 1440p too as not all videos are ..

boxrick said:
For some odd reason many of my videos on YouTube only show as a 720p option, when there are 1080p, 1440p options available on my sub 720p iPhone 7 for the same video.
An example is the following video
Yet others play just fine at 1440p. I have tried updating to the latest YouTube app, wiping cache and settings and downloaded the latest APK from a mirror without any luck.
Is anyone seeing a similar problem or can offer any solutions?
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I think your Video is just available in 720p.
I tried and could only choose 720p as highest resolution.
Try this video:
Here you can choose higher resolutions.

Here you can see it

It always defaults to 720, but videos can be adjusted if available. I wish there was a way to default it to 1440
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What has been stated is incorrect, the above video is available in up to 4k. Simply try from a desktop PC or a different phone.
A large amount of high resolution videos are not showing higher than 720p, yet randomly other ones are (but not that many) That one above was just an example. All of the ones I have uploaded do not appear to be available any higher, even the ones in the past day(s).
Selecting higher resolutions from the performance menu and selecting that makes no difference since I only run my phone in that mode anyway!
Don't get me wrong, a few select videos have options for 1080/1440p such as a few demo videos. But in the large majority of cases content I always watch and know is available at higher resolutions is not going beyond 720p

https://youtu.be/QAHlOJlQhsU
Is another example it goes to 1080p/60 on my Iphone yet nothing beyond 720p on my Samsung S8

boxrick said:
What has been stated is incorrect, the above video is available in up to 4k. Simply try from a desktop PC or a different phone.
A large amount of high resolution videos are not showing higher than 720p, yet randomly other ones are (but not that many) That one above was just an example. All of the ones I have uploaded do not appear to be available any higher, even the ones in the past day(s).
Selecting higher resolutions from the performance menu and selecting that makes no difference since I only run my phone in that mode anyway!
Don't get me wrong, a few select videos have options for 1080/1440p such as a few demo videos. But in the large majority of cases content I always watch and know is available at higher resolutions is not going beyond 720p
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That KBHD video is one ripped from his channel. That one is 720P max.
Yes I see that 720 for a lot of vids is 720, and there are some that offer higher than 720. For some reason it defaults to 720 even if there is higher resolution available is what I noticed.

Same problem on Nexus 6P running latest 7.1.2. Started happening recently. 720p/60fps is maximum. 1080p not available at all.

i have noticed this too but i think it only affects videos recorded at 60fps? might be worth doing some tests, i tried a couple of videos by searching for 1080p60 and playing them but the highest resolution available would be 720p60.

Seems fixed for me or something.
https://youtu.be/1La4QzGeaaQ
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strange that, could i ask what variant of the s8 are you using? exynos or snapdragon?

I am using the Snapdragon version.
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thanks, i'm using exynos, not sure wether that would make a difference but worth looking into

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thanks, i'm using exynos, not sure wether that would make a difference but worth looking into
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I had the same problem you did. I did get a YouTube update and checked and it went away.
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There are several chrome plug-ins that will force youtube resolution to whatever you want.

Still have this problem on my Galaxy Tab A 2016 and several other people too (look at the AppStore YouTube reviews)
What was the last version without that problem?

1080p60fps issue
I have the same problem... Actually, problem is related to 1080p60fps YouTube videos. I cannot see option to use it, maximum is 720p60fps.
If it is not 60fps, there is no problem to set video on 1080p or 1440p...

I think it's server side or the app itself and not the devices. As shown above there has been no trouble for me switching out higher than 720 even with 60fps. I had that problem initially and had an update from YouTube which fixed my problem.
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I think the solution is to chose video's with high quality on WiFi only in the settings of YouTube. it works for me