It looks like the HQ mode in youtube app is actually 480p.
Anybody knows of a way to coerce youtube app to play 720p in HQ mode?
Before trolls start yelling that 720p on 800x480 will not look different than 480p, let me tell you - IT DOES, BIG TIME. Huge difference. Easiest way to watch youtube in 720p right now is to use "jetvd" app, but it's not as well designed as youtube. Hence the question.
DarkDvr said:
It looks like the HQ mode in youtube app is actually 480p.
Anybody knows of a way to coerce youtube app to play 720p in HQ mode?
Before trolls start yelling that 720p on 800x480 will not look different than 480p, let me tell you - IT DOES, BIG TIME. Huge difference. Easiest way to watch youtube in 720p right now is to use "jetvd" app, but it's not as well designed as youtube. Hence the question.
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''Sorry...currently no option to play HD by default and there never has been. The "playback settings" in your account settings currently only pertain to either 360p or 480p videos.''
There is a whole thread about it here.
Yep, but that thread didn't go anywhere.
I'm just wondering since jetvd is able to pull videos in 720p, perhaps there's a way to hack youtube app to pull in that quality as well.
Although jetvd uses the stock video player app to play them.. maybe youtube app doesn't have capability for anything above 480p..
ohh nice. i never used that app. just played some youtube videos over the mhl adapter.. very nice! i dont see anything wrong with the jetvd myself.
Why can't I see the jetvd pro version? They took it out off the market? ?
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rjan22 said:
Why can't I see the jetvd pro version? They took it out off the market? ?
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Go to www.jetvd.com on your phone. Click the Download button at the bottom of the screen. Then click the red Download button at the bottom of that screen to download JetVD Plus! The dev is giving it away free now, apparently.
Yes is a huge diference between youtube quality and jetdv 720p
Thanks im download from your link
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Go to www.jetvd.com on your phone. Click the Download button at the bottom of the screen. Then click the red Download button at the bottom of that screen to download JetVD Plus! The dev is giving it away free now, apparently.
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Thanks I like the app really, may be I'm not gonna use YouTube app now, it is really HD on jetvd,
Nice find
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jetVD is awesome, but it's not perfect.
In youtube app you can see your subscriptions, your channel, the design is nicer.. you can watch video and see comments at the same time, plus post them.
JetVD is only for watching in HD really. And search isn't as nice - there are no "related" videos, etc.
In a perfect world, there would be a hack for youtube app to play 720p. That'd be an end-all solution.
works good for now thanks for the tip!!!
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well you can use the stock web browser and type about:useragent into the adress bar setting the user agent to desktop and then access the full site. and i just downloaded jet vd and it has related videos. i dont care much for that other stuff though.
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Jealous of those Vibrant owners with their Avatar movie app? Say no more! This is a simple app that allows you to play Avatar on your phone and show it off just like the stock Vibrant app.
You must have an Avatar mp4 on your sdcard or internal storage to use this. Either download or rip Avatar to an mp4 format. (Technically you don't HAVE to have Avatar.. you could make the app play a different video. But it will still have an Avatar icon )
What to do:
1. Install app.
2. Open app and select your Avatar video file from the video list.
3. Pick video player and set as default when prompted.
4. That's it! After picking the video for the first time the app will automatically play the movie when the app is opened.
Enjoy
How is this any different than just playing the video in the video player?
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Clienterror said:
How is this any different than just playing the video in the video player?
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The icon dude, the icon...
LGSilva said:
The icon dude, the icon...
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Dang I fail, I gotta remember to keep it real.
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I just ripped Avatar from my dvd using free dvd decoder, then used handbrake to convert it. Probably looks better than the vibrant version anyway.
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I just ripped Avatar from my dvd using free dvd decoder, then used handbrake to convert it. Probably looks better than the vibrant version anyway.
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Yeah i ripped a bluray to 720p mp4 and it looks a lot better than the stock video
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What are the Handbrake settings you used?
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Can you make the icon and movie anything you want? I formatted Star Wars to the screens resolution and play that to show it off.
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Can you make the icon and movie anything you want? I formatted Star Wars to the screens resolution and play that to show it off.
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If you want I can post the source and you can change the icon to whatever you want. Or you can open the apk and change the icon. Up to you. It will work with any video though
Where can I find app?
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Could you email the source to me I want to make different icons for my movies,..Thanks
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aodoman said:
Could you email the source to me I want to make different icons for my movies,..Thanks
[email protected]
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Just extract the APK at the beginning of this post with any file extractor, go into the Res folder and there you will find the icons. Modify them , save and re-compress all the folders. Then use SignAPK to resign it. Install the app and follow the instructions at the beginning of the post to point it to your movie.
http://rs654.rapidshare.com/files/389657927/SignApk.rar
I find it astonishing that an icon can get such a thread response. We are such nerds...
Oh well, relish in it
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I find it astonishing that an icon can get such a thread response. We are such nerds...
Oh well, relish in it
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LOL
Sorry, I am new to digging into the Android Dev.
app for what?
I have the movie and I have the Icon.
How can I link the movie to the icon?
I read this thread but did not understand how to do it.
Thanks...
I really liked JetVD but it was freezing up my Evo 3D while downloading any YouTube files (the notification bar specifically) and I'm currently using TubeMate.
Are there any others I'm missing?
https://market.android.com/details?id=d.evian.tbe.mte&feature=search_result
Best youtube downloader ever.
Shay D. Life said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=d.evian.tbe.mte&feature=search_result
Best youtube downloader ever.
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Yea, that's what I'm using right now.
TubeMate works perfectly for me, but if you insist, there are many other downloading out there in the Market.
But take a look at this, its a modified youtube with download capabilities. Someone add the download button in share video. (I do not own this app, credit goes to the dev I don't know who) uploaded.to/file/7yz54fcy
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this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069911
it's a mod of the default youtube app
after the video downloaded i use
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.MediaConverter
to covert the video to a real mp3 file
Today, I got my Nexus 5 in the mail. So far I'm in love with the screen! However, every day I watch about 2 hours of YouTube vids on my phone and I can't seem to get 1080p video's. I've also tried the Viral Youtube app, but it only alows me to watch 720p. Every video I tried to watch in 1080p were 720p on my phone, but 1080p on my computer. Any tips?
The new Nexus 7 II also has the same problem. The only way to watch 1080p videos at the moment is to spend a few bucks for the paid version of the Viral player
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Today, I got my Nexus 5 in the mail. So far I'm in love with the screen! However, every day I watch about 2 hours of YouTube vids on my phone and I can't seem to get 1080p video's. I've also tried the Viral Youtube app, but it only alows me to watch 720p. Every video I tried to watch in 1080p were 720p on my phone, but 1080p on my computer. Any tips?
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The new Nexus 7 II also has the same problem. The only way to watch 1080p videos at the moment is to spend a few bucks for the paid version of the Viral player
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Thanks for your answer! Not really happy with Google for not having updated the app yet. However, Google had to perfectionize the phone so I don't blame them.
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The new Nexus 7 II also has the same problem. The only way to watch 1080p videos at the moment is to spend a few bucks for the paid version of the Viral player
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OGYoutube by OSAMA *(I forgot his other name) is also another way.
It is an older version of YouTube nodded but has advanced settings such as custom resolutions and downloading.
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Use viral app it lets you and it's better
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Please correct me if I'm wrong but the native Youtube app doesn't allow 1080p playback on phones, does it?
In settings there is an option for HD on phones.
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In settings there is an option for HD on phones.
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it limits quality to 720p..
personally i find this enough often android seems to have issues buffering videos even on strong wifi connections.
Don't forget that it will only allow HQ on mobile data connections (unless I'm mistaken) it reserves HD for WiFi connections.
The Viral app lets u play in 1080 p
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Or you could install flash player and just directly go to the youtube website. I do this quite often.
I guess this is why when I share a video from youtube to XBMC via Yatse that it plays in 720p. Google really needs to fix this. I dont really care about 1080p on the device itself, even though it would be cool, but I use my phone to send youtube content to XBMC all the time and it sucks that its sending 720p instead of 1080p.
I'm trying the free version of viral from the play store, but it's only doing 720p.
Got the Viral Pro app, which had te 1080p button indeed. However, once pressed, the video keeps loading and loading. The app does show what the length of the video is, but it doesn't seem to load.
Just to be clear, the video I watched could be streamed in 1080p on my computer.
Hope someone can help me out with this one!
Edit: Found out that also 480p doesn't work.
How do you see the resolution? I only see an HD.
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Got the Viral Pro app, which had te 1080p button indeed. However, once pressed, the video keeps loading and loading. The app does show what the length of the video is, but it doesn't seem to load.
Just to be clear, the video I watched could be streamed in 1080p on my computer.
Hope someone can help me out with this one!
Edit: Found out that also 480p doesn't work.
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Same thing, if I choose 1080p it never loads the video. Another one I play for my kid won't play at 480p, but will at 360, not sure why. Need to test on my One when I can.
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Or you could install flash player and just directly go to the youtube website. I do this quite often.
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No, Flash player do not work with Android 4.4.
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No, Flash player do not work with Android 4.4.
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Are you sure about that?
Install the Flashplayer.apk and use a flash enabled browser.
Seems to work fine for me.
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Are you sure about that?
Install the Flashplayer.apk and use a flash enabled browser.
Seems to work fine for me.
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Are you on KitKat and what browser and Flash version are you using? I'm using the version 11.1.115.81 for Android 4.0, it doesn't work on KitKat.
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Today, I got my Nexus 5 in the mail. So far I'm in love with the screen! However, every day I watch about 2 hours of YouTube vids on my phone and I can't seem to get 1080p video's. I've also tried the Viral Youtube app, but it only alows me to watch 720p. Every video I tried to watch in 1080p were 720p on my phone, but 1080p on my computer. Any tips?
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I'm going to chime in here because ever since the new 5.xx YouTube app came out, 1080p playback has been disabled. I've been using a rooted and CM10.1 installed ROM on my Nook HD+ for a few months now and when the update from 4.5 to 5.x came out, the videos on the 1080p display were very pixelated and worse than the 720p video I would see using IMDB.com app in watching trailers.
I ended-up finding a 4.5.x YouTube app, uninstalling the 5.xx from the Nook, install the 4.5.x and disabling all updates on the YouTube app. Well, that has worked nicely and on my Nexus 4 the new 5.xx looked fine on the 720p so I left it alone. Now I have the Nexus 5 and we are back again with the pixelation. I tried uninstalling the 5.xx YouTube app... not possible. I tried to install the old 4.5.x and that didn't work, so I'm pretty much stuck unless I can find another YouTube app that will properly stream 1080p youtube video.
What's also troubling is that the videos on my Nexus 5 appear to be choppy even with 720p playback. Mind you, I'm watching dash-cam videos that are not very popular, and I have to admit that at times non-popular videos seem to load SO MUCH LONGER than all the popular ones. Seems like Google gives priority to the popular videos and makes you wait for all others.
Anyways, I'm very disappointed and hope someone can find an alternative or get Google to address this issue.
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http://youtu.be/WU95IjhVDV0
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Added some screenshot samples, for the following YouTube videos, which I would recommend clicking on to see them at 100% resolution:
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By the way... the above screen shots look the same on my 1280x768 screen, so as mentioned above I recommend downloading the originals.
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I've downloaded VIRAL for my Nexus 5 and played back the video in 720p. The 720p made the YouTube HD playlook look that much worse. As if the YouTube is not even 720p.
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What's up,
So I've had my Tablet Z for just about a month and the only real complaint I have is the YouTube app video quality is pretty bad! What little setting adjustments there are don't do anything to help. It looks like my player is playing lo-res 480p video on an HD screen even when HD is highlighted as the play option.
Netflix, Sony Video player and inline/embedded videos all look great so I know it's specific to the YouTube player.
Hoping that the update that's due out this week will alleviate the problem, part of the update addresses the YouTube app. I didn't know that manufacturer's had their own versions of the Google core apps, learn something new everyday.
Anybody else?
Thanks.
They don't have their own version of the apps. They can't. Youtube, like many other apps, is closed source. The fix includes something in the file system related to YT, but not the app itself. I guess the update is related to videos most of the times stop working in the middle of it for no reason. Embed with a browser, and other apps, work just fine.
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They don't have their own version of the apps. They can't. Youtube, like many other apps, is closed source. The fix includes something in the file system related to YT, but not the app itself. I guess the update is related to videos most of the times stop working in the middle of it for no reason. Embed with a browser, and other apps, work just fine.
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Thanks for the info.
How's the pic quality of your YouTube app?
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Thanks for the info.
How's the pic quality of your YouTube app?
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Check out the app called viral it solves the problem plus you can use it in floating mode or minimize it to play while screen is off when I started using viral it could go to 1080p which looks gorgeous on this device but for some reason I can only choose up to 720p but it's not tacky like it is on the official app
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Thanks for the info.
How's the pic quality of your YouTube app?
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I think it runs at least 720p on supported videos... I think there is a hack to force use 1080p, not sure...
So I uninstalled the most recent update and the video quality dramatically improves! I'll stay with 4.5.17 until they have another major updates.I'll miss some of the cooler navigation features of the new version, but is rather have the picture quality back.
I'm surprised I'm there's only one this affected.
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So I uninstalled the most recent update and the video quality dramatically improves! I'll stay with 4.5.17 until they have another major updates.I'll miss some of the cooler navigation features of the new version, but is rather have the picture quality back.
I'm surprised I'm there's only one this affected.
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You're not the only one.... Same issues here, as well as on my dad's XTZ and my Nexus 5.... Seems like the new version of the app doesn't upscale from 720p to 1080p very nicely at all.....
Hello,
I wanted to ask if anyone here is using an alternate youtube app or a modded one? There were a couple I did try from xda but they dont work properly so I'm guessing not compatible with KitKat.
I was looking specifically for the feature to download the videos in HD (Trailers/Lectures) and obviously full HD playback.
Anyone?
EDIT: Oh and Tubemate does not work :/ parsing error...
Did you try og you tube?
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I found this a while back on here, can't seem to find it now though. https://www.dropbox.com/s/80ek7unab8mt02s/dentex.youtube.downloader_v3.0_BETA-3.apk It piggybacks on the official YouTube and works through the share option. When you find a video you want to download, hit the three dot overflow button under the video. Share options come up, scroll to the bottom til you see YouTube donwloader. I've used this for a while and its worked through multiple app updates.
SuperTube
Check out SuperTube .... nice theme, you can choose the resolution, screen off playback & floating video window
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I found this a while back on here, can't seem to find it now though. https://www.dropbox.com/s/80ek7unab8mt02s/dentex.youtube.downloader_v3.0_BETA-3.apk It piggybacks on the official YouTube and works through the share option. When you find a video you want to download, hit the three dot overflow button under the video. Share options come up, scroll to the bottom til you see YouTube donwloader. I've used this for a while and its worked through multiple app updates.
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Always the latest apk is available at: http://dentex.github.io/files/apk/latest/dentex.youtube.downloader.apk
Blog link, stable and beta version's XDA thread in signature.
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Check out SuperTube .... nice theme, you can choose the resolution, screen off playback & floating video window
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This used to be a great app, but it doesn't download the videos as the OP asked for, it's no longer in the Play Store, and some videos won't work with it (not just for me either, check the XDA thread). I'd advise against this app. Viral is a good alternative for a player that doesn't download, albeit not as good as SuperTube was.