[Q]how to force youtube app (on android ICS) to launch full-screen video immediately? - General Questions and Answers

i'm using hp touchpad with cm9/4.0.4 now, with the stock youtube app (latest version).
the annoying part is, everytime i click on one of the video links, it goes to the page with title/small video windows/comments etc. however, i want it to proceed straight to full screen video upon clicking the link.
is there anything i can do to achieve this? (other than tasker, please)
thanks!

help please! thanks!

anybody?

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Trick YouTube app to fullscreen playback
Hey, it seems a few of us found this design flaw in YouTube on a tablet. Anyway, since you're rooted, you can apply my fix that I wrote up here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52004796&postcount=4

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Youtube.com full screen don't work.

When I try to watch videos on the desktop version of Youtube my screen goes black and theres no audio. After that the browser stops loading pages but internet works on other apps. So to make the browser work again I need to reboot the tablet.
Anyone know how I can make desktop Youtube work in full screen? I am using stock browser and I have flash installed on my device.
Thanks
Lirkaren said:
When I try to watch videos on the desktop version of Youtube my screen goes black and theres no audio. After that the browser stops loading pages but internet works on other apps. So to make the browser work again I need to reboot the tablet.
Anyone know how I can make desktop Youtube work in full screen? I am using stock browser and I have flash installed on my device.
Thanks
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I have that problem whenever I try to go full screen on any flash video. You could try using the youtube app. Instead of rebooting your tablet, you could just go to settings->apps->running (or something like that) and force stop the browser. Doesn't fix your issue, but makes it faster to get the browser working again.
TXKSSnapper said:
I have that problem whenever I try to go full screen on any flash video. You could try using the youtube app. Instead of rebooting your tablet, you could just go to settings->apps->running (or something like that) and force stop the browser. Doesn't fix your issue, but makes it faster to get the browser working again.
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Can't use the youtube app. Some guy has put up all the math courses I need on Youtube and on the first video on each course there are links in the video to all part of the course that I need to click on and that don't work on the Youtube app.
Chrome works in full screen but it uses mobile youtube and theres no links on mobile youtube
Lirkaren said:
Can't use the youtube app. Some guy has put up all the math courses I need on Youtube and on the first video on each course there are links in the video to all part of the course that I need to click on and that don't work on the Youtube app.
Chrome works in full screen but it uses mobile youtube and theres no links on mobile youtube
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Couldn't you have chrome request the desktop version?
TXKSSnapper said:
Couldn't you have chrome request the desktop version?
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It still goes to mobile site when watching videos when i request desktop version.
Lirkaren said:
It still goes to mobile site when watching videos when i request desktop version.
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From what I'm reading in the reviews for Chrome Beta, it doesn't have flash support. That is why it goes straight to mobile youtube, even though you have it on desktop mode.
jgaf said:
From what I'm reading in the reviews for Chrome Beta, it doesn't have flash support. That is why it goes straight to mobile youtube, even though you have it on desktop mode.
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Okay. Hope they fix the stock browser so people can watch flash videos.
Where exactly are the links to the other videos? In the description? Because I can see links on video descriptions on youtube mobile, and I'm able to click on them.
jgaf said:
Where exactly are the links to the other videos? In the description? Because I can see links on video descriptions on youtube mobile, and I'm able to click on them.
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The liks are in the video, not the description. The links only shows on desktop version.
The best thing you could do, until they fix full screen, is use dolphin or Opera browsers and use the large player option in youtube also make sure the video is in the highest quality possible and just zoom in until you are comfortable with the screen.
Ok people I got it to work on Opera Mobile app. Someone posted in the transformerforums, that they unnistalled Flash Player and installed it again and it worked. So I tried this, and I got it working on Opera Mobile full screen. At first when I went into full screen the video image didn't show, so I just changed the video quality and booom the image showed

[Q] Modded alternative to official Youtube app?

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
JRJ442 said:
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.
dianlb50 said:
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.

Screen Mirroring to TV, Netflix video not working

I have a Samsung Smart TV series 6203.
My HTC One M8 is S-off, with ViperONE rom.
Screen mirroring from my HTC One M8 works fine, meaning audio and video are working, everything that appears on my phone is mirrored exactly on the TV screen, EXCEPT for Netflix videos. When I open the netflix app, everything still works, I can see the Netflix menu on the TV, but once I play a video, the video player shows no video (audio is OK), I can see the frame of the video player, I can see the time bar on the bottom, but just no video.
I searched and can't find anyone with similar problem, most people have problem making the mirroring work, but mine is fine just no Netflix video. Could it be because of copyright issues, that Netflix disabled it because of copyright?? but this user DUGLESSM did it successfully in his youtube video "2013 SAMSUNG SMART TV SCREEN MIRRORING A S4 WITH NO DONGLE SCREEN MIRROR" (sorry i'm not allowed to post outside link yet) at about 6:55 into video.
any help will be appreciated, thanks.
Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem with tmobile note 5 rooted with cfautoroot 6.0.1 it happens with hulu, netflix, Amazon video, hbonow.com. YouTube will work, but not the other video streaming services. Every other feature works fine with screenmirroring. The video just goes black on the TV but still plays on phone fine.
Google?
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reply2k2k said:
I have a Samsung Smart TV series 6203.
My HTC One M8 is S-off, with ViperONE rom.
Screen mirroring from my HTC One M8 works fine, meaning audio and video are working, everything that appears on my phone is mirrored exactly on the TV screen, EXCEPT for Netflix videos. When I open the netflix app, everything still works, I can see the Netflix menu on the TV, but once I play a video, the video player shows no video (audio is OK), I can see the frame of the video player, I can see the time bar on the bottom, but just no video.
I searched and can't find anyone with similar problem, most people have problem making the mirroring work, but mine is fine just no Netflix video. Could it be because of copyright issues, that Netflix disabled it because of copyright?? but this user DUGLESSM did it successfully in his youtube video "2013 SAMSUNG SMART TV SCREEN MIRRORING A S4 WITH NO DONGLE SCREEN MIRROR" (sorry i'm not allowed to post outside link yet) at about 6:55 into video.
any help will be appreciated, thanks.
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I have the same problem described HEREand have searxhed and searched and am searching right now and is how I came across your thread.. lets get this fixed. Btw i can get slingtv to work also i am beginning to thinkit is the app services themaelves. Lets jeep this thread going.
Found an answer HERE I had come across the fix of disabling hdcp in build.prop but didn't know own what it really meant. Basically hdcp is DRM or copyright protection and when you alter your stock software the apps that use hdcp will not function properly. There is no current or expected fix.
alwright1980 said:
Found an answer HERE I had come across the fix of disabling hdcp in build.prop but didn't know own what it really meant. Basically hdcp is DRM or copyright protection and when you alter your stock software the apps that use hdcp will not function properly. There is no current or expected fix.
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any solution to this problem?
Hi, Netflix newer versions are with hdcp protection, download version from may/16
Find this useful site for Netflix issues
Hi, there I am also facing same issue on Samsung smart Tv last week and while on a search I found this blog useful .
reply2k2k said:
I have a Samsung Smart TV series 6203.
My HTC One M8 is S-off, with ViperONE rom.
Screen mirroring from my HTC One M8 works fine, meaning audio and video are working, everything that appears on my phone is mirrored exactly on the TV screen, EXCEPT for Netflix videos. When I open the netflix app, everything still works, I can see the Netflix menu on the TV, but once I play a video, the video player shows no video (audio is OK), I can see the frame of the video player, I can see the time bar on the bottom, but just no video.
I searched and can't find anyone with similar problem, most people have problem making the mirroring work, but mine is fine just no Netflix video. Could it be because of copyright issues, that Netflix disabled it because of copyright?? but this user DUGLESSM did it successfully in his youtube video "2013 SAMSUNG SMART TV SCREEN MIRRORING A S4 WITH NO DONGLE SCREEN MIRROR" (sorry i'm not allowed to post outside link yet) at about 6:55 into video.
any help will be appreciated, thanks.
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Netflix connection error from a phone/tablet to TV
Has anyone found a fix yet for mirroring Netflix to a TV using a phone or tablet please?
As with everyone else I see my phone mirroring function works fine too but as soon as I hit play the TVs mirror function is cancelled. Someone suggested a rooting problem fix but my Samsung Galaxy S7 is not rooted so is there another fix please?
Netflix Mirror Black Screen.
The Black Screen issue is not due HDCP,content protection or everything else you may heard before.is more of a Bug.Here's the fix.
youtu . be B1kdFMQp5p0 /

Picture in picture

Has anyone been able to get PIP to work on this device? According to Sony (https://support.sonymobile.com/sg/xperiaxa2ultra/kb/8019307455ff6184015e92f63324005926/#gref) it should work out of box but it doesn't. At least not on mine.
najoor said:
Has anyone been able to get PIP to work on this device? According to Sony (https://support.sonymobile.com/sg/xperiaxa2ultra/kb/8019307455ff6184015e92f63324005926/#gref) it should work out of box but it doesn't. At least not on mine.
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It only works on apps like youtube or if you video call someone, you can use chrome while maintaining the video call. Same with youtube, you can watch a video while doing something else.
From my understanding, this feature is specific to Android Oreo 8.0 and higher, which means it should work on any device that has Android 8.0+
li0nh3art3d said:
It only works on apps like youtube or if you video call someone, you can use chrome while maintaining the video call. Same with youtube, you can watch a video while doing something else.
From my understanding, this feature is specific to Android Oreo 8.0 and higher, which means it should work on any device that has Android 8.0+
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I wonder if you have tried it yourself because, as I said in the original post, it does not work. For example when I play a video in chrome and make it full screen and then hit the home button (these are Sony's instructions) the picture in picture doesn't happen. In case of YouTube it isn't supposed to happen anyway because it requires a premium subscription.
najoor said:
I wonder if you have tried it yourself because, as I said in the original post, it does not work. For example when I play a video in chrome and make it full screen and then hit the home button (these are Sony's instructions) the picture in picture doesn't happen. In case of YouTube it isn't supposed to happen anyway because it requires a premium subscription.
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Yes I have tried it. It's especially useful during video calls, but it also works with youtube Vanced (which is basically hacked youtube.
It does indeed work I use it almost everyday in fact.
Also, if you have GPS navigation going, it'll keep a small window open while you do other things

Why do photos and videos......

....open in editor mode? The wife’s is the same and the only way open videos so that you have the usual controls is to click the three dots on the bottom right and chose open in video player.
I’m sure it only happened since the last update. If i need to use the editor I will switch to it but that is rear. Can it be forced to open in player at the start?
Best regards,
Considering there are no replies at all, I may not have explained the problem properly.
When I click to open a video, it opens as the first picture. I then have to click the 3 dots on the bottom right to open it in video player (picture 2), that takes me to picture 3. I never before had to go through these steps before, it always used to open in the video player first. Am I the only one with this problem?
Hope someone can help.
Regards,
g0tch said:
Considering there are no replies at all, I may not have explained the problem properly.
When I click to open a video, it opens as the first picture. I then have to click the 3 dots on the bottom right to open it in video player (picture 2), that takes me to picture 3. I never before had to go through these steps before, it always used to open in the video player first. Am I the only one with this problem?
Hope someone can help.
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I'm trying to understand, why you opening videos via Gallery app.
(i presume it's via Gallery app)
Have you got the Samsung Video Library app also installed.
You have to, to view videos directly.!
Link...
Samsung Video Library - Apps on Google Play
You can browse and play video content.
play.google.com
All you do is, open video directly from this app. Even hover S pen over video to get preview video.
See screenshots
Good luck.
willcor said:
I'm trying to understand, why you opening videos via Gallery app.
(i presume it's via Gallery app)
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The reason for that is because I always opened it from galley and it had, till recently, opened in video player, which is Samsung Video Library. Also, if you have any videos in the secure folder, you have no choice of opening it in video player unless you go through the extra clicks. That is the reason for looking somehow to force videos to open in Samsung Video Library from gallery as it used to do. Hope that makes sense.
Thank you to taking time to answer.
Regards,
g0tch said:
The reason for that is because I always opened it from galley and it had, till recently, opened in video player, which is Samsung Video Library. Also, if you have any videos in the secure folder, you have no choice of opening it in video player unless you go through the extra clicks. That is the reason for looking somehow to force videos to open in Samsung Video Library from gallery as it used to do. Hope that makes sense.
Thank you to taking time to answer.
Regards,
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Thanks for explaining. I understand.
For me the Samsung Gallery app (video)
is now intended (actually been, quite some time now) if you either want to edit a video or set a video as Lockscreen wall.
Bottom line,
as i see it Samsung does not actually see Gallery app, as video player, as such....anymore.!
Only linking it (hiding) access in Gallery app settings.
So your choice is,
either use the Samsung Video library or bear the extra taps.!
Good luck.
willcor said:
Bottom line,
as i see it Samsung does not actually see Gallery app, as video player, as such....anymore.!
Only linking it (hiding) access in Gallery app settings.
So your choice is,
either use the Samsung Video library or bear the extra taps.!
Good luck.
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Once again, many thanks!
Looks like the extra steps for now.
Kind regards,

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