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[Q] Youtube and HD playback questions

Had a couple of questions on the Youtube HD playback issues.
1) There is a lag in playing Youtube HD videos in both the app and the browser using Flash. Flash 10.2 with HC 3.1 claims to fix the browser playback issue. Does the Youtube app also use Flash for playback ? Does HC 3.1 fix the app playback issue also ?
2) The YT app has an option called HQ, but doesn't specify if its 480 or 720p. Any idea what resolution it plays the video under HQ option ?

Any takers on this

I like better the mobile site version of YouTube and it plays videos a lot better than the full desktop site version.

Both have lagged for me (the app and the mobile site). I'm pretty sure the YouTube app works without flash installed, so not sure how a flash update will fix it.
I'm going to download the latest Flash when it's released (10.3) and try it out.

CoBrA2168 said:
Both have lagged for me (the app and the mobile site). I'm pretty sure the YouTube app works without flash installed, so not sure how a flash update will fix it.
I'm going to download the latest Flash when it's released (10.3) and try it out.
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Flash 10.3 appear as released for me, both on the Transformer and HTC EVO (already installed)

mine doesnt play
clicked a video, and it will change screen to load but jumped right back to the list of videos

CoBrA2168 said:
Both have lagged for me (the app and the mobile site). I'm pretty sure the YouTube app works without flash installed, so not sure how a flash update will fix it.
I'm going to download the latest Flash when it's released (10.3) and try it out.
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That's interesting to me at least. The CNN app plays videos in full screen without lag or chopping frames, while the native Youtube app does lag and they both don't use flash. This makes me skeptical, if 3.1 would fix the issue with the playback lag in the app.

dark_aura said:
Flash 10.3 appear as released for me, both on the Transformer and HTC EVO (already installed)
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How's 10.3? Any better?

Not really, performance wise. We need honeycomb 3.1 and flash with hardware acceleration!

fropirate said:
Not really, performance wise. We need honeycomb 3.1 and flash with hardware acceleration!
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That's right, the 10.3 can be installed on 3.0.1, but the hardware acceleration stuff is for 3.1+
The other things this update have are security fixes for 3.0+

The 10.3 update seems to pretty much fix my Youtube lag problems. And a lot of the update might be for 3.1, but the release notes indicate it enables hardware acceleration by default on 3.0+ devices. So it should have helped you guys.

Strangely, the choppy playback in the app seems to be a non-issue on the Xoom, even on 3.0.1. So, makes me think what the issue could be on the Transformer

after updating to 10.3 my web flash seems smoother... even at 720p its definately watchable and seems decent... the app seems to still be a bit choppy... maybe not as bad (hard to say)...

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet as a workaround for the youtube app stuttering but it worked for me.
Install Dolphin HD and set the user agent to iPad.
Then when you touch play on a youtube vid choose Dolphin HD again if you get the app menu. DON'T CHOOSE THE YOUTUBE APP.
Dolphin should then load the default media player app and play the mp4 stream off of youtube instead of using Flash. Most HD vids were a lot smoother for me.

Punchatron said:
Don't know if this has been mentioned yet as a workaround for the youtube app stuttering but it worked for me.
Install Dolphin HD and set the user agent to iPad.
Then when you touch play on a youtube vid choose Dolphin HD again if you get the app menu. DON'T CHOOSE THE YOUTUBE APP.
Dolphin should then load the default media player app and play the mp4 stream off of youtube instead of using Flash. Most HD vids were a lot smoother for me.
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Tried this and doesn't work for me. Problem still exists

I'm working on a review of the Transformer and I emailed my ASUS PR rep.. speaking of Youtube, I asked him about this and his response was:
As for 720P+ fullscreen playback in Flash, this will be fixed in 3.1 as it will allow Hardware Acceleration for Flash, so for once Adobe is waiting on the OS guys to implement something first.
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jyan_osu said:
I'm working on a review of the Transformer and I emailed my ASUS PR rep.. speaking of Youtube, I asked him about this and his response was:
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Yes, that would fix the flash playback issue. But, how about the playback lag in the Youtube app ? Does 3.1 fix it too ?

Srikar_NBK said:
Yes, that would fix the flash playback issue. But, how about the playback lag in the Youtube app ? Does 3.1 fix it too ?
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Yes that will be fixed with 3.1. I emailed him for clarification on the YouTube app being fixed and he said yes
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jyan_osu said:
Yes that will be fixed with 3.1. I emailed him for clarification on the YouTube app being fixed and he said yes
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Thanks. That really clarifies it. Will wait for 3.1

OK I returned my TF at PC Richards today and got a replacement. The speaker volume out of sync is gone in the new piece. The Youtube app playback is also much better in full screen, although it still lags for some videos. Also updated to the firmware .9 and things seem to be smoother. The audio fidelity also seems to have improved surely in this new piece. I'm more happy now

just got my nexus need a little help please

hi everyone is there any browser that can download videos like a galaxy s4 does tried a few download apps but they are not very good and you cant use them in landscape mode

Why don't you test different browsers yourself
Sent from my Nexus 5

dicecuber said:
Why don't you test different browsers yourself
Sent from my Nexus 5
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because thought this was a site to get help was just asking question if anybody new of one thats all

It helps with Dev stuff not personal problems that can be figured out yourself
Sent from my Nexus 5

I believe opera (regular version) let's you download videos.
but by whatever method you user to download i reccomend 'MX player' from the market to play them with, enable h/w+ codec in the settings for best playback

meangreenie said:
I believe opera (regular version) let's you download videos.
but by whatever method you user to download i reccomend 'MX player' from the market to play them with, enable h/w+ codec in the settings for best playback
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thank you so much worked a treat with opera superfast downloads MX player plays it perfect

dolphin browser is pretty cool it
it even has flash player for kit kat support

you can download vid or anything else with the aosp browser.

simms22 said:
you can download vid or anything else with the aosp browser.
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best browser ever but how do you download vids with it if you could please help

Dolphin browser is best so far....
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dicecuber said:
It helps with Dev stuff not personal problems that can be figured out yourself
Sent from my Nexus 5
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i see no harm asking for help,,,even it is personal or simple or whatsoever...

[Completed] HELP! Black screen on Youtube app

Hi guys.
I need some help with my tablet. It cannot play videos on offical Youtube app (on Google Play). There's only sound, no video.
I tried reinstall Adove Flash and update it to the latest version but it isn't work.
I guess that's the app error, if i use chrome or the default browser youtube plays fine.
Please help me if you could, i am using Vido N90 FHD with 4.1.1 stock rom from Yuandao.
Thanks.
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YT app
d.f16.photo.zdn.vn/upload/original/2014/06/01/12/28/3022170627_180508397_574_574. jpg
Browser
d.f16.photo.zdn.vn/upload/original/2014/06/01/12/29/3022170957_807815874_574_574. jpg
p/s remove the space between . and jpg

mybabysexy said:
Hi guys.
I need some help with my tablet. It cannot play videos on offical Youtube app (on Google Play). There's only sound, no video.
I tried reinstall Adove Flash and update it to the latest version but it isn't work.
I guess that's the app error, if i use chrome or the default browser youtube plays fine.
Please help me if you could, i am using Vido N90 FHD with 4.1.1 stock rom from Yuandao.
Thanks.
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YT app
d.f16.photo.zdn.vn/upload/original/2014/06/01/12/28/3022170627_180508397_574_574. jpg
Browser
d.f16.photo.zdn.vn/upload/original/2014/06/01/12/29/3022170957_807815874_574_574. jpg
p/s remove the space between . and jpg
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Let's see if this helps - go into Settings -> Applications ->All tab
Scroll down to YouTube - tap it. If running, Force Stop - then Clear data - then Clear cache.
Next - relaunch YouTube - and report back if this fixed anything or not.
Cheers..

dagger said:
Let's see if this helps - go into Settings -> Applications ->All tab
Scroll down to YouTube - tap it. If running, Force Stop - then Clear data - then Clear cache.
Next - relaunch YouTube - and report back if this fixed anything or not.
Cheers..
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so bad, it's still showing black screen.
It's weird that it still play audio from that video.
If I watch Youtube from the default Browser the video played fine.
Thanks for the advice anyway. Any more advice?

mybabysexy said:
so bad, it's still showing black screen.
It's weird that it still play audio from that video.
If I watch Youtube from the default Browser the video played fine.
Thanks for the advice anyway. Any more advice?
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Try to unninstall Youtube app and install an older version. What version do you have now?

R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Try to unninstall Youtube app and install an older version. What version do you have now?
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I am using 5.6.36 from Play Store

mybabysexy said:
I am using 5.6.36 from Play Store
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Have you installed the twitter app?
Because after a bit of reserch, i came across few websites where people were having the same problem as you.(only audio)
It turned out that uninstalling the twitter app solved their problem..

dagger said:
Have you installed the twitter app?
Because after a bit of reserch, i came across few websites where people were having the same problem as you.(only audio)
It turned out that uninstalling the twitter app solved their problem..
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Yes, I have Twitter app. I'll uninstall it and report asap

dagger said:
Have you installed the twitter app?
Because after a bit of reserch, i came across few websites where people were having the same problem as you.(only audio)
It turned out that uninstalling the twitter app solved their problem..
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Nope, still not working.
Tried uninstall and reinstall old ver and new ver but same result.

mybabysexy said:
Nope, still not working.
Tried uninstall and reinstall old ver and new ver but same result.
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Did you turned to run HQ videos? Try to turn off and see what happened.

R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Did you turned to run HQ videos? Try to turn off and see what happened.
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i tried turn on and off HD and HQ for some vids but nothing happened.
I've downloaded Youtube like app and it's worked fine.
But I still prefer using the official one.
Thanks

The best way to play youtube in the background?

Hi, sorry if I created this thread not in the right place.
So, what's the best way to play youtube in the background? Already tried the trick with Lucky Patcher, right now I'm using Xposed module but after some listening youtube just crashes...

Lucky patcher custom patch works pretty good. I can't use Xposed since I have Nougat.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-youtube-music-sound-stream-youtubes-t3399722

OGYoutube (Mod of YouTube with background playback and downloading)
There are also other mods such as YouTube adaway with background playback
YMusic (streams only audio)
FlyTube (or any other floating YouTube player)
Using YouTube site in Firefox browser

nthacks said:
OGYoutube (Mod of YouTube with background playback and downloading)
There are also other mods such as YouTube adaway with background playback
YMusic (streams only audio)
FlyTube (or any other floating YouTube player)
Using YouTube site in Firefox browser
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I think he wants to use the official YouTube app no fuss no muss or modded apks

seanwlk said:
I think he wants to use the official YouTube app no fuss no muss or modded apks
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Then YouTube red subscription (if it's even available in his country)

seanwlk said:
Lucky patcher custom patch works pretty good. I can't use Xposed since I have Nougat.
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But it doesn't work good for me.

righN said:
But it doesn't work good for me.
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Make sure to update both lucky patcher and the custom patches. It works very good for me.

seanwlk said:
Make sure to update both lucky patcher and the custom patches. It works very good for me.
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They're updated to the latest version.

nthacks said:
OGYoutube (Mod of YouTube with background playback and downloading)
There are also other mods such as YouTube adaway with background playback
YMusic (streams only audio)
FlyTube (or any other floating YouTube player)
Using YouTube site in Firefox browser
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OGYoutube isn't supported anymore.
Youtube AdAway doesn't have background playback or did you mean Youtube Background Playback mod, if yes than I already tried that.
YMusic doesn't support playlists right now.
FlyTube I only need audio, so...
Method with Firefox like for me is slow and uncomfortable.

righN said:
They're updated to the latest version.
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What's the problem with it then? Are you patching the correct version?

seanwlk said:
What's the problem with it then? Are you patching the correct version?
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Yes, I'm patching the correct version. The thing is, I just start playing a random music playlist and I listen to it while I do other stuff and like after some time, puff and it crashes. I think it might be something with RAM managment actually, on my OPO I have 3GB and still, like Facebook sometimes randomly crashes too, RR3 sometimes says it isn't enough memory to play it.

righN said:
Yes, I'm patching the correct version. The thing is, I just start playing a random music playlist and I listen to it while I do other stuff and like after some time, puff and it crashes. I think it might be something with RAM managment actually, on my OPO I have 3GB and still, like Facebook sometimes randomly crashes too, RR3 sometimes says it isn't enough memory to play it.
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Let Facebook alone, it crashes to everyone they screwed up pretty bad. Try having a clean install of the ROM , it may help for randomly crashing apps.

seanwlk said:
Let Facebook alone, it crashes to everyone they screwed up pretty bad. Try having a clean install of the ROM , it may help for randomly crashing apps.
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I already tried few ROMs and right now I have Paranoid Android and all of them had same problem.

righN said:
I already tried few ROMs and right now I have Paranoid Android and all of them had same problem.
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Have you ever tried LineageOS? I run it with no issues.

seanwlk said:
Have you ever tried LineageOS? I run it with no issues.
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Yes, I tried that too.

righN said:
Yes, I tried that too.
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No clue, I tried my best

seanwlk said:
No clue, I tried my best
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Thanks for trying to help anyways

Cannot fast forward since 1.10.17

Hi,
I just updated to version 1.10.17 and since this I cannot fast forward my mpeg-ts videos anymore (streamed from my VU+ box). This worked just fine the second before the update.
Sent from my phone

I also ran into the same problem, or worse as I'm forced to watch the entire video in one sitting because if paused, the player restarts from the beginning of the video instead of resuming. Everything was running great yesterday before the update to the new version.

I've the same problem with TS files too. After the recent update, once I touch the scrollbar, it jumps to the beginning of the movie. MPEG2 VOB files also have similar problem, but instead of jumping to the beginning, it seams to jump to random position.
There is also another problem with TS. I can see multiple subtitles in subtitle menu, but the selected subtitle doesn't display. This problem also appears after the recent update.

dabrain42 said:
Hi,
I just updated to version 1.10.17 and since this I cannot fast forward my mpeg-ts videos anymore (streamed from my VU+ box). This worked just fine the second before the update.
Sent from my phone
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gtvu said:
I also ran into the same problem, or worse as I'm forced to watch the entire video in one sitting because if paused, the player restarts from the beginning of the video instead of resuming. Everything was running great yesterday before the update to the new version.
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CharlesLaw said:
I've the same problem with TS files too. After the recent update, once I touch the scrollbar, it jumps to the beginning of the movie. MPEG2 VOB files also have similar problem, but instead of jumping to the beginning, it seams to jump to random position.
There is also another problem with TS. I can see multiple subtitles in subtitle menu, but the selected subtitle doesn't display. This problem also appears after the recent update.
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We regret the inconveniences caused. We are already working on it. It will be fixed on the next update.

MXPlayer said:
We regret the inconveniences caused. We are already working on it. It will be fixed on the next update.
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Thx, locking forward for the update!
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dabrain42 said:
Thx, locking forward for the update!
Sent from my phone
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I just updated to 1.10.20, but I still experience the same(error) behavior.
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MXPlayer said:
We regret the inconveniences caused. We are already working on it. It will be fixed on the next update.
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I just updated to version 1.10.23. The previous problems seems OK now. Thanks for the fix.:good:

for me it still doesn't work with .m2ts files .
Tv records can't go forward.
When i go forward the record return to the begin
Please could you solve this issue ?

CharlesLaw said:
I just updated to version 1.10.23. The previous problems seems OK now. Thanks for the fix.:good:
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Where did you find this version? In the play-store I can only find 1.10.20
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dabrain42 said:
Where did you find this version? In the play-store I can only find 1.10.20
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It was updated via auto update.
It can be found in Google Play as well. The release date is 2018-11-13.

i found the 1.10.23 on uptodown site
The problem is solved with this version!
Thanks

manuelribeirofr said:
i found the 1.10.23 on uptodown site
The problem is solved with this version!
Thanks
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We are rolling out the 1.10.23 in phases. So, it may take a while to reach everyone. Meanwhile, if you would like to install the app manually, we suggest to always download the app from the official website (http://mx.j2inter.com/translation/test-build).

MXPlayer said:
We are rolling out the 1.10.23 in phases. So, it may take a while to reach everyone. Meanwhile, if you would like to install the app manually, we suggest to always download the app from the official website (http://mx.j2inter.com/translation/test-build).
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Ok, I just got the update via Play Store. The fast forward is now working again.
Thx!
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MXPlayer said:
We are rolling out the 1.10.23 in phases. So, it may take a while to reach everyone. Meanwhile, if you would like to install the app manually, we suggest to always download the app from the official website (http://mx.j2inter.com/translation/test-build).
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Hi,
I am using LG V30+, on beta stream of MX player, i am not able to forward or resume the .MKV files in my mobile. but the same version of MX player working fine with Redmi K20.
Is there any particular update or fix need to be done from MX player end ? to fix the issue.

I am having the same problem
I can no longer FF or skip forward it just snaps back to the original spot. I am now using other players but I used to like MX and would like to be able to use it again.

Same problem with mkv. Always from start, any seeking disabled. I use maximum speed to seek to where I want and use slowest speed instead of pausin. Please, fix.