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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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Note 4 (XDA users) non compressed 4K and photos samples.

Hi guys, since i searched all over the forum, i can't seem to find much or any full downloadable 4K samples, before i thought the YT ones looked good, but after downloading one in full ress non compressed ~ 50mbp/s instead of crappy 20 mbp/s youtube ones, i know understand that it does look ever better. Si i thought we can use this tread, in order to share personal footage, and full res/raw pictures if possible, thanks!
Since i don't own the phone yet, i will share my videos/pics later on, please do share i want to make a small collection, thanks!

dazed1 said:
Hi guys, since i searched all over the forum, i can't seem to find much or any full downloadable 4K samples, before i thought the YT ones looked good, but after downloading one in full ress non compressed ~ 50mbp/s instead of crappy 20 mbp/s youtube ones, i know understand that it does look ever better. Si i thought we can use this tread, in order to share personal footage, and full res/raw pictures if possible, thanks!
Since i don't own the phone yet, i will share my videos/pics later on, please do share i want to make a small collection, thanks!
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Not sure about compressed 4K, but I searched on YouTube for 4K video and I was BLOWN AWAY by the quality. Its amazing. On the contrary, 4K wallpapers don't seem to be as impressive. :/

MattMJB0188 said:
Not sure about compressed 4K, but I searched on YouTube for 4K video and I was BLOWN AWAY by the quality. Its amazing. On the contrary, 4K wallpapers don't seem to be as impressive. :/
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Oh you cant imagine how much more you will be blown away by non compressed 4K videos, wit 50mbp/s bit rate, YT ones are a joke at least during movement

I can't get 1080p to play on the YouTube app let alone 4k.

busab said:
I can't get 1080p to play on the YouTube app let alone 4k.
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This has to be a provisioning problem with Google's servers. I can get 1080 and 4K on all my devices except the Note 4.

busab said:
I can't get 1080p to play on the YouTube app let alone 4k.
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This files are not meant to be watched on youtube, they are meant to be viewed on pc, but taken on your Note 4
Uploaded to dropbox, or other free sharing service.

Ok so question.....the nexus 6 is out already. You think Google took off the feature on our note 4 just to bring it out on the nexus 6??? I wonder if nexus 6 owners can get 4K?

not likely; its a bandwidth issue, so I cant imagine any phone version of youtube getting any 4k videos any time soon
google doesnt want the bandwidth being sucked up by people who need to watch youtube videos in 4k on a 5 inch screen...

wase4711 said:
not likely; its a bandwidth issue, so I cant imagine any phone version of youtube getting any 4k videos any time soon
google doesnt want the bandwidth being sucked up by people who need to watch youtube videos in 4k on a 5 inch screen...
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No, its actually an APP bug, not a google/bandwidth issue, AFAIK. Also please guys, start sharing videos, lets not go offtopic, i have hard time finding videos in max quality and no one here helped yet as well

dazed1 said:
No, its actually an APP bug, not a google/bandwidth issue, AFAIK. Also please guys, start sharing videos, lets not go offtopic, i have hard time finding videos in max quality and no one here helped yet as well
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I would love to find more than 3 videos at full rez.

lol not a single video posted, really disappointed

So someone post 4K video? (non compressed)

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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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Youtube craps out in 1440p

Has anyone else noticed this? While watching a 1440p video on youtube, after a minute or two, it will start dropping frames like crazy. Sometimes the video will stop entirely (audio still plays). I've noticed this on MKBHD and Linus Tech Tips channels. If I set the quality to 1080p (or anything lower) manually, it plays just fine. It's not a buffering issue, because the audio still plays. It seems like the phone is trying to reduce the cpu and youtube isn't capable of playing 1440p video with the reduced cpu. It never happens at the beginning of a video. I didn't have this problem on my V10, ever.

Can you give links to exact videos? I just tested on this on
https://youtu.be/hddwAIXbKZo
Looked amazing. Ran in 1440 with zero issues.

This was happening to me as well. SD820 variant. On WiFi. A restart seems to have fixed the problem...for now...hopefully.

Exynos will breeze through this. SD fail.
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Okay I can see what you're talking about now. I just watch this video. Its default was like 720. I changed it to 1440 and it froze. Sound continues video stops. I minimize the video and closed it then reopened it it stayed 1440 and ran fine.
https://youtu.be/RCgPD2sfbAQ
Not sure what's causing it but I can definitely see the problem. I don't want to have to close and reopen a video to get it to play properly.

These are two of the ones I remember it happening on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oKIo0V0omg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgPD2sfbAQ

zathus said:
Can you give links to exact videos? I just tested on this on
https://youtu.be/hddwAIXbKZo
Looked amazing. Ran in 1440 with zero issues.
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That video may not be long enough... it happens after a minute or two on my phone, and that video is only 1:45 long.

This 1440p issue happens on my LG G4 as well. I'm getting my Exynos S7 Edge on Friday

dodgeboy said:
These are two of the ones I remember it happening on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oKIo0V0omg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgPD2sfbAQ
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Just watched both of those on 1440p, no glitches at all. YouTube 1440 vids have been smooth as butter since my restart.
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Brava27 said:
Exynos will breeze through this. SD fail.
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Maybe not.

dodgeboy said:
Has anyone else noticed this? While watching a 1440p video on youtube, after a minute or two, it will start dropping frames like crazy. Sometimes the video will stop entirely (audio still plays). I've noticed this on MKBHD and Linus Tech Tips channels. If I set the quality to 1080p (or anything lower) manually, it plays just fine. It's not a buffering issue, because the audio still plays. It seems like the phone is trying to reduce the cpu and youtube isn't capable of playing 1440p video with the reduced cpu. It never happens at the beginning of a video. I didn't have this problem on my V10, ever.
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Happens on my V10... there are multiple threads in the V10 forums about the issue.

Are you guy's by any chance using T-Mobile? I know with their Binge On feature, they try to reduce and limit overall quality of any video feed not set up with the Binge On program. YouTube is not set up with it.

I get extremely choppy and dropped frames on 1440p. Also no 60fps option at all something is definitely wrong. My s6 edge was able to play 1440p 60fps with no issues at all.

jrwingate6 said:
Are you guy's by any chance using T-Mobile? I know with their Binge On feature, they try to reduce and limit overall quality of any video feed not set up with the Binge On program. YouTube is not set up with it.
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I'm on T-Mobile, but in my case, it is not related to BingeOn. I have BingeOn disabled, and this was on WiFi. As I said in the original post, it isn't a buffering issue because the audio keeps going. Also, as others have noticed, if you minimize it and come back, the video will go for a little bit and then stop again.

https://youtu.be/iNJdPyoqt8U
Tested this ^^ and worked fine for me..I don't have any 60fps option though but it seems it plays the 60fps on the highest setting any way, just don't mention it .

Anyone try uninstalling YouTube updates and going back to the version that shipped with the phone? Since it's happening with other phones it could just be an app bug introduced with the latest update.

All videos play perfectly on my Exynos gs7 edge at 1440p
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Definitely a Youtube issue as it's happening on too many different devices. I noticed it on my wife s6 edge + but not yet on my s7 edge.

All 1440p fine on exynos

useless reply, but I followed the link for the "2K" video sample (couple minutes long) and that played without issue via the YouTube app.
After that there was a link for a 4K Video Beauty of Nature video (about 31 minutes long) and THAT locked up after a few minutes of playback. (addendum: I'm a sucker for good Nature, but holy crap is that a pretty video.)
AT&T GS7E, all current updates, playing over mobile data. SpeedTest.net reports > 50Mb/s downstream at my location so bandwidth is probably not a factor.
Firefox plays the video without issue it seems, 13 minutes in without issue. Of course I can't be sure it's playing a 1440p stream, but it looks the same to my old eyes. :^(

I've played all Youtube videos linked and have no issues. Tried many thers via the Youtube app a7 1080p and 1440p and found no issues on my Exynos S7E

Youtube Videos seem to LAG badly

It seems the S7 Edge can't handle playing YouTube videos in HD. Anything 1080p and higher it lags and stalls playing the video but you hear the sound. Does anyone else have this issue or tried it? My Note 5 works like a champ. And this is a fresh install.

Okay, so I uninstalled the youtube updates and using the one that came on the phone and it works fine. Any ideas why that would work?

It seems to be a bug affecting various Qualcomm chips, as people with the Moto X Pure and LG V10 are having the same issue, so it might just be a bug in the YouTube app or maybe a Qualcomm driver or something. We should probably report it on Google product forums if no one else has already. I turned off Smart Stay and initially I thought that fixed it for me, but then the issue started happening again so I guess it was just coincidence.

OK I just tried you tube and is updated and all 1080 streams played fine with no lag or stalling.
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markwebb said:
OK I just tried you tube and is updated and all 1080 streams played fine with no lag or stalling.
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As soon as the phone updates that app, it breaks it again. Ugh. I find it hard to believe it works for some.....As many are noticing it.

nizmoz15 said:
As soon as the phone updates that app, it breaks it again. Ugh. I find it hard to believe it works for some.....As many are noticing it.
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1080p works fine for me. It's 1440p that causes the pausing on mine, although occasionally it will play a 1440p video just fine.

gtg465x said:
1080p works fine for me. It's 1440p that causes the pausing on mine, although occasionally it will play a 1440p video just fine.
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I agree. 1080p seems to work most of the time. I had it do it twice on that....but 1440p definitely won't work.

Same problem here. I'll try uninstalling updates. Thanks
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Hi, just tried, works fine for me. Im using exynos s7 edge.

jadaress1 said:
Hi, just tried, works fine for me. Im using exynos s7 edge.
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Yeah, the bug seems to only affect Snapdragon chips. I did witness a Note 5 with Exynos reboot when trying to play a YouTube video yesterday though.

tmobild s7 edge here and definitely have the same issue 1440p youtube videos are choppy as heck and also are you guys noticing that there isnt a 60fps option as well?
what the heck with my s6 edge i could watch 1440p 60fps youtube vids with no issue at all!

Is there a Youtube app alternative thats good? Similar to how Twitter has Phoenix

Tradio said:
tmobild s7 edge here and definitely have the same issue 1440p youtube videos are choppy as heck and also are you guys noticing that there isnt a 60fps option as well?
what the heck with my s6 edge i could watch 1440p 60fps youtube vids with no issue at all!
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It's definitely a bug. The Snapdragon 820 is easily powerful enough to play 1440p videos smoothly. Hopefully it gets fixed sooner rather than later.

Those of you with unlimited data on Tmobile need to call CS and cancel the Binge On setting. If you keep this enabled on your account then the video quality is reduced big time.
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I made a video of my lag.
I kind of found a work around tho for mine.
Right when I open the app and choose a 1440p video I have to go in to the little gear option thingy and change it to 1440p. From here the video gets choppy and lags but if i go to another video and YouTube saves my 1440p selection and it automatically starts the video at 1440p where I don't have to go in and change it the video has no lag.
Someone let me know if it is the same for you.

YT was updated yesterday now with full 60FPS..no problems ever with my S7 edge