[Q] Youtube videos in HD - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I was wondering is there a way or an app to watch youtube videos in 720p, not just HQ? Thanks.

herra puh said:
Hi
I was wondering is there a way or an app to watch youtube videos in 720p, not just HQ? Thanks.
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I think it also has something to do with the quality of the video. If the quality is low, the video wont have a HD option.
Hope this helps.

erljayp said:
I think it also has something to do with the quality of the video. If the quality is low, the video wont have a HD option.
Hope this helps.
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It's not the video, I think. I have ogYoutube and official Youtube apps. Same thing with both of them. I have H+ connection btw.
I saw a tweak in custom rom to make youtube videos play in hd. Is there a way to do this with mobile data connection too?

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Just got galaxy nexus, a few questions

Hey,
Just got this phone and have a few questions.
- Youtube app does not have HD option? Why?
- I have 4.0.1 how to upgrade to latest official firmware?
Thanks.
Yes it does
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
awaisuk said:
Hey,
Just got this phone and have a few questions.
- Youtube app does not have HD option? Why?
- I have 4.0.1 how to upgrade to latest official firmware?
Thanks.
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Youtube HAS got a HQ option, it is already in HD
Settings -> About Phone -> System Update
But, I wouldn't really use stock, without rooting ^^ You NEED these Xtra options ^^
Oh so youtube HQ is 720p HD? I did not know that....
awaisuk said:
Oh so youtube HQ is 720p HD? I did not know that....
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In a way... But, what I ment was; That the phone itself, is running in a HD resolution, (720*1135) and Youtube is basically forced, to provide HD...
Or better, it chooses, which is best, for your current bandwidth
familyguy59 said:
In a way... But, what I ment was; That the phone itself, is running in a HD resolution, (720*1135) and Youtube is basically forced, to provide HD...
Or better, it chooses, which is best, for your current bandwidth
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Not to jack his thread, but does that mean that you can't see 480p and lower videos or am I just misinterpreting what you are saying?
myrdog said:
Not to jack his thread, but does that mean that you can't see 480p and lower videos or am I just misinterpreting what you are saying?
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You can, but you won't notice, because of the HD screen... It basically runs in HD, all the time...
To explain it better:
You have (as an example) a Windows-PC. You open Youtube. Click on a video, let's say, that your reolution is aboout 1440 by 720...
You put the video full-screen. It runs in HD, because of your screen resolution, even if the file is running at a lower resolution. When you click HD, it just multiplies the amount of logical pixels, in a physical pixel, causing the effect of sharper corners, brighter pictures, etc...
And the app, basically just renders the video, to do the same thing, as on a PC... It only renders the picture, at a doubled rate. And when the bandwidth is high (1000kb/s or higher) it doesn't need to render, because Youtube automatically sends the video in HD...
The HD option appears on wifi. When on cellular data this changes to HQ quality, not quite as good. HD on wifi is the best quality by far.
anyway to make it HD on data as well? I have seen other phones where they have modified youtube app that lets them watch HD on data 3g
awaisuk said:
anyway to make it HD on data as well? I have seen other phones where they have modified youtube app that lets them watch HD on data 3g
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I think maybe on a custom rom, but I haven't searched specifically. It definitely would be painful over cellular unless you have Verizon lte. The HD versions really are high quality and huge data.
familyguy59 said:
You can, but you won't notice, because of the HD screen... It basically runs in HD, all the time...
To explain it better:
You have (as an example) a Windows-PC. You open Youtube. Click on a video, let's say, that your reolution is aboout 1440 by 720...
You put the video full-screen. It runs in HD, because of your screen resolution, even if the file is running at a lower resolution. When you click HD, it just multiplies the amount of logical pixels, in a physical pixel, causing the effect of sharper corners, brighter pictures, etc...
And the app, basically just renders the video, to do the same thing, as on a PC... It only renders the picture, at a doubled rate. And when the bandwidth is high (1000kb/s or higher) it doesn't need to render, because Youtube automatically sends the video in HD...
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You have to enable HD in the settings of the app...it doesn't play HD by default...and it will play in HD no matter what data you have 2g, 3g, 4g or wifi...but obviously if you are watching a video in HD on 2g its gonna take forever to load
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Just found this out today while watching Youtube videos on Data connection.
- If you open HD video in landscape mode on the GNex, it will go into HQ mode
- If you open HD video in portrait mode to start, then when the video is loading in portrait mode, change the orientation to landscape, it will go into HD mode (and quality is much much better than HQ mode, I would say real HD quality)
I tested this on 4.0.4 GNex GSM with the same youtube video on data connection. After this test, I realized HQ is no where close to HD quality.
Hope this helps =)

HD youtube app

Hi,
I've been looking (for a while) why we can't update to the new youtube.apk with the HD feature. Since the youtube HQ is really a ****ty quality on phones, I tried to get some kind of "real'' 720 p videos.
On my googling, I finally found this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
It's really better now.
Hope it helped.
How's the playback on our G2?
captainreynolds said:
How's the playback on our G2?
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It's perfect.
But I really dont know what is the real resolution and the bitrate from youtube.
The image's fluid and it seems to use the complete 800x480 res
oVeRdOsE. said:
It's perfect.
But I really dont know what is the real resolution and the bitrate from youtube.
The image's fluid and it seems to use the complete 800x480 res
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Agreed. Thanks for the reference here mate!
You should also check out his skype app as well. So much better than the actual one.
Awesome but kinda takes longer to load anything that can help??
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA

[Q] Youtube performance

Greetings,
I noticed that in Youtube app the tablet behaving bad on HD videos. I noticed first that its not so clear the video as on my Note2, or Surface taablet, also the video its not running so smooth , i have the latest app from the store.
Anyone else noticed the same?
PS: i am not stock LG rom.
Cheers
Vatis
vatis24 said:
Greetings,
I noticed that in Youtube app the tablet behaving bad on HD videos. I noticed first that its not so clear the video as on my Note2, or Surface taablet, also the video its not running so smooth , i have the latest app from the store.
Anyone else noticed the same?
PS: i am not stock LG rom.
Cheers
Vatis
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This is caused because the official youtube app plays at 480p resolution and you cant change it to hd quality. Either watch your videos from a browser that can play flash videos ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579795) or use an alternative youtube app like this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
katsika said:
This is caused because the official youtube app plays at 480p resolution and you cant change it to hd quality. Either watch your videos from a browser that can play flash videos ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579795) or use an alternative youtube app like this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
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I am pretty sure I watched a video today on the stock YouTube app and I had it in he and was able to change it to sd or add.close captioning
Sent from my LG-V500 using Tapatalk 4
I experienced the same issue in KitKat but its lagging in every quality. I heard that some people got für same problem in für G2. Maybe its caused by a too low CPU frequency vor something like this. Using cm solves the Problem on the g2 so I'm thinking about switching to cm, has anyone with these issues tested how it works on cm?
Thanks in advance

[Q] Youtube low resolution

Good day,
I just noticed that the youtube videos in app only go up to 360p. This is horrible. Is anyone else have the same problem? Is it just version related?
Thanks
Nemo1984 said:
Good day,
I just noticed that the youtube videos in app only go up to 360p. This is horrible. Is anyone else have the same problem? Is it just version related?
Thanks
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That how the default YouTube app for Android. If you want higher, you need to root the phone and use a modded version of youtube.
Nemo1984 said:
Good day,
I just noticed that the youtube videos in app only go up to 360p. This is horrible. Is anyone else have the same problem? Is it just version related?
Thanks
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Yeah, same **** here in the new youtube app.
(in Sweden, i9195, JB 4.2.2, stock)
TNCS said:
That how the default YouTube app for Android. If you want higher, you need to root the phone and use a modded version of youtube.
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I used to have a better resolution, actually 720p.
Nemo1984 said:
I used to have a better resolution, actually 720p.
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In that case I would say that a Google problem? In any case, there are modded youtube app on XDA that allows 720/1080p.
It sx, I might take a look to modded apps or mod this one myself, if I find how.
Nemo1984 said:
Good day,
I just noticed that the youtube videos in app only go up to 360p. This is horrible. Is anyone else have the same problem? Is it just version related?
Thanks
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I upgraded to KitKat and its now 480p its atlist ok.. its definitely goodle dude.
use tubemate from out of the playstore same as youtube download n play i tried 1080p
Nemo1984 said:
Good day,
I just noticed that the youtube videos in app only go up to 360p. This is horrible. Is anyone else have the same problem? Is it just version related?
Thanks
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use tubemate from out of the playstore same as youtube download n play i tried 1080p
If you're rooted change your android version in build.prop to 4.4.2 or 4.4.4. Then reboot and 480p will appear. 720p or higher are useless on a qHD screen.
If you want to have 720p, install app settings and then edit screen option for youtube to 600x1024, it will appear 720p option
(for better result use dpi 220 and font scale 90 too)
On xda you can find a modded Youtube version that supports 720p & 1080p. It also supports "play while screen off" = the best feature ever! Works great on my S4 Mini!

htc 10 fake qhd??

Hi guys.
I have the htc 10 unlocked smartphone and you know what i cannlt get more resolution than 1080p on youtube. I really dont know whyy..... I use 4g and limit mobile data usage is turned off in youtube settings.........i am thinking if its a fake qhd or not. If not how can i fix these issues..
Please help me guysss...
alijaved154 said:
Hi guys.
I have the htc 10 unlocked smartphone and you know what i cannlt get more resolution than 1080p on youtube. I really dont know whyy..... I use 4g and limit mobile data usage is turned off in youtube settings.........i am thinking if its a fake qhd or not. If not how can i fix these issues..
Please help me guysss...
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The video has to be uploaded to a higher quality, most videos on YouTube are not higher than 1080p.
I have no issue seeing the 2K resolution when on a video that was uploaded in 2K. See attached photo.
Try the same video I did.
Ariac Konrel said:
The video has to be uploaded to a higher quality, most videos on YouTube are not higher than 1080p.
I have no issue seeing the 2K resolution when on a video that was uploaded in 2K. See:
Try the same video I did.
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Okay i will try right away
alijaved154 said:
Okay i will try right away
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See the same video you showed having 2k resolution is 1080p on my phone...... See
alijaved154 said:
See the same video you showed having 2k resolution is 1080p on my phone...... See
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Have you updated your YouTube app?
If so, then the blame falls on Google. I know they have some lists for specific devices and being able to do such capabilities like VP9 playback.
If you are rooted, check this thread out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-patched-youtube-vp9-60fps-playback-t3418216
It's the one I am using, I had no idea it had an effect on 2K resolution too.
I am not rooted stock and waiting for nougar update....okay i will try contacting google fkr a possible sollution
Solveddddd.......i just uninstalled the installed updates to the youtube app
In other words uninstalling youtube from playstore and then trying playing a 2k video give me 2k resolution.. Updated to latest version again....and working

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