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
thomasvant said:
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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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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thomasvant said:
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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Megiddo2000 said:
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.
thomasvant said:
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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Hello, I just got my update and was excited because its meant to boost HD flash performance, however when I go to YouTube and choose 720p its still pritty choppy,
What's your opinion?
ive seen a coupoe of people mention that youtube in a browser isnt performing as well as the app. Have you tried the app?
edit: In fact ve just tried the same video in browser and the app, the in browser was barely watchable but the app was perfect
Yea the app is perfect. But its not just YouTube.com, if I go to engadget and click on a video in HD then its choppy.
After the 3.1 update for the xoom the 720p playback is smooth... should be here also?
with honeycomb 3.1,480p is my limit... when it hits 720p its not watchable, only audio plays well and it gets pretty laggy etc. Asus needs to fix these small bugs
Yes my YouTube app is fine but trying to play a 720p video from say daily mobile is very choppy
sent from my LEE Pad Transformer........I wish
Yea its strange seeing as the xoom plays 720p fine after 3.1 update
Is anyone else having problems watching certain vids on the App on 3.0.1 i got force closes trying to Watch Mortal Kombat Legacy, still the same with 3.1
I just tried my test video, and it is leaps and bounds better than it was yesterday. I'm happy enough
whats ya test video ? And how did it play before?
Its plays 720 p that's not the issue,its when there's a video on a website it struggles with it
Try this video see if it lags
http://dailymobile.se/2011/05/31/android-get-plants-vs-zombies-free-today-from-amazon-app-store/
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yea doesn't play on mine, but IV seen videos play on the xoom in 720p.. dnt get it
Maybe this is the reason that Apple refused to support Flash on their devices.
Lol not really, I love flash, had a go on a I pad day, couldn't even load the page I wanted, 720p flash works on the xoom, so it should here, its meant to be hardware accelerated
So, i'm not the only one who can't play 720p flash videos. Every video i tried there is stuttering. It's not smooth in the browser.
BTW: I have a a problem with my abos in the youtube. I'ts crashing every time i click on the section in the app. This is really annoying.
Yea for some reason its not as good as the xoom on 3.1.. that's gay
Anyone else getting Force closes playing certain videos as apposed to stuttered or degraded playing? Mortal Kombat Webisodes force closes the app and that's the only one so far. Anyone else getting the same?
Yea I got force close on mk
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Has the screen sensitivity improved?
2 things to try:
1. On the stock browser, set the plug-ins in the settings to "on demand". That way you don't have banner flash ads rolling while you try to launch the embedded flash video.
2. Try it on Opera mobile or Dolphin HD with the same "on demand" settings and see if that fixes the browser video flash issue.
Youtube app uses regular mp4, no flash
Best comparison would be to go to youtube.com and look at the the videos
Youtube App is way faster though, full screen has no lags, but i havnt tried it on the site yet
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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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.
I just got my Transformer on Christmas. It was a Black Friday model, and I updated to the latest OTA since, at the last I had read, the root method asked for "the latest firmware." Oops. No root for me. Anyway, I have loaded up multiple episodes of multiple series of 720p subtitled anime MKVs. They all run terribly, stuttering and stumbling along, not keeping up in the least. I've tried using both QQPlayer (my old standby) and every other MKV compatible player on the Market. My old single-core Droid Incredible could handle these will significantly fewer stutters, and my new Rezound dominates them. Heck, even my Android-rigged HP Touchpad didn't blink. So, what's the deal? Is this normal?
EDIT: I've tried this off internal memory and the dock's SD card (class 10). No discernable difference. Tried on a fresh boot too for maximum available memory. Still no difference.
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Video playback is disappointing for me too
I tried to view a video in tegra zone and couldn't even play that... Even tegra zone is making this tegra device look bad lol
Then I tried to find a game called Real Racing 2 HD and it's not compatible....
So much for one of the top Android tablets.. .
Give BSPlayer Lite a go. It has hardware decode for TF. It plays 720P mkv on my TF smoothly. It is free too.
Can you try to view the video preview for The Dark Meadow in the tegra zone game section with bsplayer and let us know how you go.
I couldn't watch it and it's an mp4 video
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Can you try to view the video preview for The Dark Meadow in the tegra zone game section with bsplayer and let us know how you go.
I couldn't watch it and it's an mp4 video
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Cannot find the preview video. Only found a few images in there.
Note: I am using the Revolver ROM that has the Tegra Game Zone removed, I went to the Market to re-install it. Don't know if it is the reason for not seeing the video.
Did the game you selected show a black icon?
Would be good if we can find a common 720p video we can all test to confirm if it just doesn't work on any Transformer regardless of ROM, h/w version, viewer, etc.
My TF is rooted and I tried with CPU at normal level then up to 1400 and it was the same
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Did the game you selected show a black icon?
Would be good if we can find a common 720p video we can all test to confirm if it just doesn't work on any Transformer regardless of ROM, h/w version, viewer, etc.
My TF is rooted and I tried with CPU at normal level then up to 1400 and it was the same
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Yeah. Black icon, coming 2012. Is it the one?
If you can upload the video to one of the file sharing service, like rapidshare or fileserve, I can download it and let you know the result.
Alternatively, you can just install BSPlayer and the ARM7 codec and try it yourself. It is free.
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Cannot find the preview video. Only found a few images in there.
Note: I am using the Revolver ROM that has the Tegra Game Zone removed, I went to the Market to re-install it. Don't know if it is the reason for not seeing the video.
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No such game exists on TZ.
Got aything else?
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Give BSPlayer Lite a go. It has hardware decode for TF. It plays 720P mkv on my TF smoothly. It is free too.
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Ive possibly posted this a squillion times .. and im suprised it doesnt offer a more obvious fix but as ^^ above says "BSPlayer" is THE ONLY player ive used that will play 99% of movie files without hitch ... Including mkv's
IMO the only player youll need... and it is indeed free .. however i'd recommend a nice donation
Yeah I tried BSPlayer, Mobo, MX & the stock player and none of them would play it.
I'll see if I can take a video with my phone and try downloading the video somehow.
I appreciate the response(s). I'll try BS Player soon. Note that we can again, I'll be rooting, ROMing, and overclocking soon. We'll see how that helps. I just wanna use my tablet mostly for anime, internet, and some gaming. Basically, a bigger screen than my Rezound lol
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As we know that appeared galaxy s3 files on the internet and i have tried to install galaxy s3 pop up play video on my note but it wasnt working. Today at the google play store i found analogic video player and it is working like a charm on my note. It is called "super video, floating&popup" it is free and without ads.
Application link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImdwYy5teXdlYi5oaW5ldC5uZXQuUG9wdXBWaWRlbyJd
Features
☆ Popup Video Player.
☆ Multi-Window Video Player.
☆ Full Subtitle Support for Video Playback.
☆ Friendly and Simply User Inferface with Grid, List and 3D Gallery.
☆ 100% NO AD, Made in Taiwan.
☆ Favorite URL (YouTube). (Paid Edition only)
The "Super Video, Floating!" supports from Android 1.5 ~ 4.0.4 with any screen size and resolution. It will integrate the build-in media Gallery for media source, you can input the video streaming URL or launch the "Super Video, Floating!" from others File Explorer.
here is video example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXtIwPqaHAk&feature=relmfu
Also you are able to watch youtube video on free version. Open youtube desktop version on your browser, choose any video you want and then select to open with super video.
I have tested on my galaxy note LPY 4.0.3 http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ 1080p sample and it was working without problems, smooth, bug-free.
WITH FREE VERSION YOU ARE ABLE ALSO WATCH YOUTUBE!
Thanks for the heads up, works really well. Does the description mean that if you download before end of May that the app is free?
Dear EdgaBimbam,
Thanks for the information... I was using " StickIt Player " for the same purpose but this super video play app is much more better and even it can play 1080p mkv files in popup window with full frame rate... Also subtitles are welcome...Thats just WOOOWWWW...
Kind regards...
Sent from iAmiga...
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Thanks for the heads up, works really well. Does the description mean that if you download before end of May that the app is free?
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Dear Hasc,
I understand that it will remain free but if we buy pro key then we have more feautures like multi window play etc....
Kind regards...
Sent from iAmiga...
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Thanks for the heads up, works really well. Does the description mean that if you download before end of May that the app is free?
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Hmmm if you want also to watch youtube you need profeasional version but for me it is enough without youtube. I was amazed that it can show full hd video without laggs even if i surf the net and etc. Tried also stickup but didnt like it, laggy, not free
Agreed, the app is just fine as it is. It works super smooth on Note as well as my Asus transformer tablet. Might buy the app if price is reasonable to support the developer, very professional quality app.
Thanks man, downloading now to give it a try.
its not playing simple .avi file
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its not playing simple .avi file
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Emmm for me it shows .avi, even .mkv maybe you dont have codecs or smt like that
how can i install codecs
i love you man, really thank you for this this has been one of the reasons why i wanted to buy SGS 3 as im real movie maniac, you saved me money dude + this is much better on SGN screen <3
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i love you man, really thank you for this this has been one of the reasons why i wanted to buy SGS 3 as im real movie maniac, you saved me money dude + this is much better on SGN screen <3
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Yeh lol, biggest thnx goes for amazing developer i was going also to buy s3 but now of all those software features will be ported to note, so then i prefer waiting for note 2
tried big bunny sample 1080p http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ and no laggs, smooth, amazing app
nice app. thanks for the heads up
question: just tried this with big bunny 1080p and am unable to change audio channel. the default on that file seems to be no audio. had the same issue when playing it with mxplayer, had to select audio channel manually but i cant find out to do that in this app?
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nice app. thanks for the heads up
question: just tried this with big bunny 1080p and am unable to change audio channel. the default on that file seems to be no audio. had the same issue when playing it with mxplayer, had to select audio channel manually but i cant find out to do that in this app?
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Hmmm strange, here no problems with super video or mx
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Hmmm strange, here no problems with super video or mx
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to be honest i think its the file im using im using big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264 and in both mx and super video it plays in silence, the only difference is i can change audio channel in mxplayer but i cant seem to super player?
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Yeh lol, biggest thnx goes for amazing developer i was going also to buy s3 but now of all those software features will be ported to note, so then i prefer waiting for note 2
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same thought here, very nice feature, but even got problems with *.avi and other codecs.
Thank you for sharing
So cool!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
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same thought here, very nice feature, but even got problems with *.avi and other codecs.
Thank you for sharing
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hmmm, seems that we need to wait for more available formats, as i can see this app not so long time ago apeared, so we need to wait
but i have tried .avi and for me it works. Maybe try to install mx video player and it will install codecs in your phone or you have custom rom, because im using lpy stock
ive had a good play with the free version and there are a couple of minor issues.
cant select multiple audio tracks 720p/1080p mkv
with subtitle checked still doesnt show subs 1080p mkv
crashes too
but apart from that this app is fecking awesome. i think it has single handedly restored my faith in android. i was browsing imdb while watching hd tv shows with no lag what so ever
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.....