Ok, some of you may already know about this but allow me please to make this thread for people who dont know and rely on youtube's app to watch their videos. I was constantly being annoyed of watching videos in the official youtube app which are supposed to be hd but they all would look like blurred and of low quality, although i had selected in settings the HQ (High Quality) option. The problem is that these videos are being played in standard 480p definition and there's nothing you can do about it. Here's how its done:
4.2 JB
1) Install Mozilla's Firefox Browser from playstore (unfortunately chrome does not support flash)
2) Download and install manually Adobe's Flash player from here http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html Scroll down where it says Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4.0 and download the latest version 11.1.115.81
3) Open Firefox, go to settings->display->plugins and select enabled
4) Still in Firefox go to tools->Add-ons->Browse all firefox add-ons, search for the add-on Phony and install it
5) Now under settings there is an option named Phony, press it and under Select User Agent chose Desktop Firefox. Finally restart the firefox
4.4 KitKat
1) Install Dolphin Browser and Dolphin Jetpack from the playstore
2) In doplhin's settings menu enable the flash player (always on), enable the dolphin jetpack and select for user agent desktop
3) Install the hacked flash player from here
Now you re set. Put the url of youtube, navigate to the video you want to watch and press the little gear in the bottom right corner of youtube's video, select 720p or 1080p if the video supports it and watch it in really high definition. Needless to say that i never used youtube's app anymore to watch my videos as i can manage my playlists, turn on or off the annotations, put captions etc. like i do in my desktop computer
*ALTERNATIVE APP* If you want to stay away from the trouble of installing flash player and you want to use an app for viewing youtube videos you should check the Viral Floating Youtube Popup app. It supports hd playback, a resizable player to run along with other apps, background playback and many other cool features. Check the developer's original thread here.
You do realize all that is unnecessary, right? All you have to do is install flash, run the native LG browser, and switch to desktop view. Youtube will then allow 1080p resolution via the gear icon.
Fantastic guide, being stuck on 480p was not very helpful as many of the videos for me came out blurry and not to the full definition. Now I am able to watch videos I have uploaded to the internet in full HD, thank you so much for the guide and for it to be in-depth, as I hate guides which are only a few sentences. The 1080p will work best depending on your internet, as I have fast internet in my house so it should not be a problem with lag etc.
Reckoning said:
You do realize all that is unnecessary, right? All you have to do is install flash, run the native LG browser, and switch to desktop view. Youtube will then allow 1080p resolution via the gear icon.
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Thank you, all I did was install flash and then it worked.
It's completely ridiculous that we have to do even that though, I can't believe that the youtube app's "HD" is still not even proper 720.
Try the app on my sig
ermacwins said:
Try the app on my sig
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I ve used your app but i can only change resolution to 720p and not to 1080p as well as it crashes quite often when i press to play in the background. I use pvstar+ now which runs perfectly but it doesnt support hd resolution. In my humble opinion the best way is to watch the videos from firefox
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I ve used your app but i can only change resolution to 720p and not to 1080p as well as it crashes quite often when i press to play in the background. I use pvstar+ now which runs perfectly but it doesnt support hd resolution. In my humble opinion the best way is to watch the videos from firefox
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480p and 1080p are now not available in any app since google split the streams in to. 720p should work fine. Can you grab a log of the crash?
You can try another way for background play, press the pop-up icon, then in the pop-up window, press minimise.
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480p and 1080p are now not available in any app since google split the streams in to. 720p should work fine. Can you grab a log of the crash?
You can try another way for background play, press the pop-up icon, then in the pop-up window, press minimise.
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I switched to your app as pvstar doesnt support hd. I have to admit that your app is the best of its kind, everything is nicely organised and the best feature by far is the background and resizable player, this app is definitely worthy 5 stars. I understand now the reason that you dont have 1080p, anyway there isnt any noticeable difference between 720p and 1080p in this tablet's display. When i had first installed it some weeks ago i noticed that it crashed 2 or 3 times after some long usage and displaying the same error every time, i dont remember it exactly though, something about "we re sorry but the application has crashed"?. I dont know how to take a log if that happens again, maybe you could tell me a way or i could get a screenshot and report it if it happens again. Keep up the good work mate.
I have a GPE and can't get flash to work in Firefox, Dolphin, or the AOSP browser. Works on my GNex. Puzzling.
I can't see the sig, but have you tried og youtube from XDA?
There you should be able to select the qualitiy you want.
Additional, it has a download button
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windfrenzy said:
I have a GPE and can't get flash to work in Firefox, Dolphin, or the AOSP browser. Works on my GNex. Puzzling.
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On GPE You need a hacked flash player for KitKat. There's download link in OP point 2, here:
[Guide][Flash]How to play flash video on Android 4.4 Kitkat
Install latest Dolphin browser from play store, enable jetpack in settings and flash. I personally set flash in Dolphin 'on demand' just not to see all this flash adverts on web pages.
Works good on my nexus 5.
Ah, that's it. I have 4.3 on the GNex. Thanks for the link to the hacked flash--it's working. The app in the sig, is "viral". It looks cool, but I haven't tried it yet.
windfrenzy said:
Ah, that's it. I have 4.3 on the GNex. Thanks for the link to the hacked flash--it's working. The app in the sig, is "viral". It looks cool, but I haven't tried it yet.
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Which app and in whose signature do you mean is viral? Did you scan it with antivirus and it dejected some virus on it?
LMT from my signature was the reason I rooted my first phone. It's outstanding with customizations. It works even on not rooted devices (except of back and menu buttons), you can still make shortcuts to lot of apps to start them from pie.
You need root for full functionality.
Meisterqn said ermacwins sig wasn't visible, so I was saying that the app being referred in that post is named "viral".
Meisterqn said:
I can't see the sig, but have you tried og youtube from XDA?
There you should be able to select the qualitiy you want.
Additional, it has a download button
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
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Heres the app that is on the sig https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Mata.YTplayer
ermacwins said:
Heres the app that is on the sig https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Mata.YTplayer
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I've got this app and the quality looks miles better than youtube app, which looks grainy and pixelated.
Only thing is, all video's are set to 720p with no option to go into 1080p.
Is that normal, or this something with youtube? Also im using Mahdi Rom.
Pman1342 said:
I've got this app and the quality looks miles better than youtube app, which looks grainy and pixelated.
Only thing is, all video's are set to 720p with no option to go into 1080p.
Is that normal, or this something with youtube? Also im using Mahdi Rom.
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google removed 480p and 1080p support as they are separate streams so normal and no other apps has 1080p...
ermacwins said:
google removed 480p and 1080p support as they are separate streams so normal and no other apps has 1080p...
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Oh that's nice too know. Strange google don't support 1080p on devices,
Thanks for the app mention, Viral has soooo many options that I can play around with, im all in for customisation
Pman1342 said:
Oh that's nice too know. Strange google don't support 1080p on devices,
Thanks for the app mention, Viral has soooo many options that I can play around with, im all in for customisation
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just check out the theme section in settings...
Hey,
I've got rooted galaxy s5 with OmegaRom installed on it(latest versio) and I have an issue!
Whenever I try to watch a video from the gallery it says cannot run this video.
Now,its a video that I have recorded from the camera app so there was not sppoused to be any problem...
Now I think I figured it out...
After cleaning cache of all related apps which didnt help,I downloaded BS Player.
Now as an app which replaces an other app,I expected the phone to ask me which app to use - gallery one or BS Player...Suprisingly it didnt!
There is any chance i just dont have the ability to run video's on the phone because I dont have the app?
If so,someone can send me a link to download it?
Thanks! :good: :laugh:
Kiddooo said:
Hey,
I've got rooted galaxy s5 with OmegaRom installed on it(latest versio) and I have an issue!
Whenever I try to watch a video from the gallery it says cannot run this video.
Now,its a video that I have recorded from the camera app so there was not sppoused to be any problem...
Now I think I figured it out...
After cleaning cache of all related apps which didnt help,I downloaded BS Player.
Now as an app which replaces an other app,I expected the phone to ask me which app to use - gallery one or BS Player...Suprisingly it didnt!
There is any chance i just dont have the ability to run video's on the phone because I dont have the app?
If so,someone can send me a link to download it?
Thanks! :good: :laugh:
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If you record a video with the stock camera it's supposed to be watchable in the gallery app. Maybe it's an Omega related bug. Try VLC player, try resetting defaults in the gallery app's info in settings.
lingowistico said:
If you record a video with the stock camera it's supposed to be watchable in the gallery app. Maybe it's an Omega related bug. Try VLC player, try resetting defaults in the gallery app's info in settings.
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As I said,I can watch it with the BS Player,and tried resetting the defaults in the gallery app and deleted cache and nothing helped...
BUMP
BUMP...Anyone?
is there anyway to save/share the slow motion video with some regular speed & only part slow motion? when ever i try to share from Google Photos to another app it make the entire video slow.
From what I read there is no way to export it with the edits. If there is I would love to know how I have searched myself and everyone said it's not possible
I've only seen this work correctly when shared to Google+ It doesn't seem to preserve the slow/normal sections when uploading to YouTube or other services.
You edit the recording of the slow motion with a screen recorder app. Exports fine. If you want an example i can messages you.
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I've only seen this work correctly when shared to Google+ It doesn't seem to preserve the slow/normal sections when uploading to YouTube or other services.
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so i was able up upload the video to Google+ and it preserved slow/fast motion, but now it doesnt have sound have you seen any with sound?
I'm having this same issue, have you figured it out yet?
So far I've tried sharing to YouTube, marking a video as shared with a Google link, and all I get is a complete video of slow motion, even when i denote the video to be entirely normal speed with the little slider arrows.
Does anyone know a video editor app that can speed up recorded slomo video to normal speed. I only found apps that can slow down videos.
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Does anyone know a video editor app that can speed up recorded slomo video to normal speed. I only found apps that can slow down videos.
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Have you tried Adobe Utility?
in the google photos app, you can adjust where the slow mo starts and stops
GKti22 said:
Have you tried Adobe Utility?
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no speed up just slow down
steveo17 said:
in the google photos app, you can adjust where the slow mo starts and stops
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It's a only a viewer. You cannot save the videos with edited speed.
edit: it's an issue https://code.google.com/p/android/i...on&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
I found an app called "video speed" which can speed up parts of the video, but without any time transition. So it looks not very good.
Dis some slow motion recording earlier but when I posted to Instagram it came out normal speed.
Does anyone know how I can get my S8 slow motion vids showing on Instagram?
Thanks
choccy31 said:
Dis some slow motion recording earlier but when I posted to Instagram it came out normal speed.
Does anyone know how I can get my S8 slow motion vids showing on Instagram?
Thanks
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In gallery, after selecting the parts of the video which you want in slow motion, tap 'save' on the top right to export the video. This exported video can now be uploaded anywhere and will maintain the slow motioned playback.
veddandekar said:
In gallery, after selecting the parts of the video which you want in slow motion, tap 'save' on the top right to export the video. This exported video can now be uploaded anywhere and will maintain the slow motioned playback.
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Hi
Which Gallery?
I've checked in my Quickpic and Gallery apps no option for saving?
choccy31 said:
Hi
Which Gallery?
I've checked in my Quickpic and Gallery apps no option for saving?
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Only the stock video player has this option, so i suppose you have to use the stock gallery to accesss it, refer attachment.
Hi guys.
Just found it and tested all ok now on Insta.
Thanks for the help!
choccy31 said:
Hi guys.
Just found it and tested all ok now on Insta.
Thanks for the help!
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Hey. Im having the same issue now.
Did you post as a normal post or in a Insta Story ?
Because i just cant get it to work in Stories
Nevermind, just got it to work. Just as i post this haha
Sorry