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Youtube Update Version 2.4.4: HD playback now available on capable phones.

Latest youtube app can now play HD on our phones, no more need to use Dolphin for HD on youtube.
Videos play smoothly, though I have had a problem with HD needing to buffer a lot even when I am getting 20 Mbps down.
On the bright side HD content looks amazing on the Nitro's screen.

I was Beginning to think it was just my phone acting up on YouTube. The audio was always fine, but the video never was. I hope this update fixes that.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA App

Well I updated YouTube and rebooted the phone. Still glitchy video. Been that way the whole time I've owned the phone. Wtf
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What do you mean by glitchy?

KindaWack said:
What do you mean by glitchy?
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Downloaded the latest one (fresh install), and I agree with both you Kindawack as well as allstar. Yes, the HD videos look magnificent (just saw the avengers trailer n by God it's gorgeous n super sharp), and yes, youtube can run HD videos BETTER now. The reason I say better and that I agree with allstar is because I still see random stuttering in video play. That is wat allstar meant by glitchy. What happens is that the video framerates fall behind the audio playback and eventually 'jumps/speeds up' to catch up to the audio.
Now with the latest youtube app, the glitch is actually at a minimum and happens randomly. Throughout the trailer, it only glitched on me around 4-5 times and I almost barely noticed them. So I agree this version addresses the glitches. Now the rest of the stuttering falls on the phone itself and properly allocating resources to youtube.
EDIT: Nope, forget it, glitch is still there, in full affect. Just saw another HD video, the new Gorillaz video, DoYaThing, and you can tell from 2D's movement that it's there. He will slightly slow down as he moves, and then sprints back to frame.

Oh he meant dropped frames,not that surprising I got them on 480P as well.

And on top of none-smooth playback it rebuffers even on wifi 40mbps connection...I think Google optimizes it's software only for it's flagship phones (Nexus), until it gets HD display we shall not see any improvements on Nitro....My theory

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And on top of none-smooth playback it rebuffers even on wifi 40mbps connection...I think Google optimizes it's software only for it's flagship phones (Nexus), until it gets HD display we shall not see any improvements on Nitro....My theory
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The Galaxy Nexus does have an HD screen.

Hmmm...then I guess it's due to no optimization from LG side? Perhaps the lag we experiencing in the UI is related?

why don't you guys just use opera and flash 11? I use it all the time and get no lag and it works great and fast. Also opera or maxathon are the smoothest browsers for non ics phones right now. There is virtually no lag while scrolling with these 2 browsers.

raytraceme said:
why don't you guys just use opera and flash 11? I use it all the time and get no lag and it works great and fast. Also opera or maxathon are the smoothest browsers for non ics phones right now. There is virtually no lag while scrolling with these 2 browsers.
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Because using a browser for youtube is very unwieldy and awkward.

[email protected] said:
And on top of none-smooth playback it rebuffers even on wifi 40mbps connection...I think Google optimizes it's software only for it's flagship phones (Nexus), until it gets HD display we shall not see any improvements on Nitro....My theory
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i dont get any rebuffering issues though. runs smoothly on both wifi or 4G/LTE. Other than drop frames, everything else seems fine.

Tab S 10.5 YouTube Video Stuttering

Hi guys, I recently bought a galaxy tab s 10.5 and I'm having issues with video playback in the native YouTube app. Basically every 5-10 seconds, I would get a micro stutter, as if the video is slightly jittery. It's definetely not buffering as the video has loaded well ahead already too.
I am using the samsung stock OS so 4.4.2 and I have installed all the latest official updates for both the OS and the Youtube app.
I have also tried a factory reset of the machine, clearing the cache and updates for the Youtube app and reinstalling. I've also tried forced GPU rendering and turning off hardware overlays in developer mode
Does this indicate there's an issue with my hardware ? It does not happen when i stream videos from my PC over wifi or any locally downloaded videos. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hmmm, never had this problem with mine when it was on stock. I usually had this problem when I underclocked my cpus and all that or when I am using to many appps.
The only thing I can suggest is use another app (viral popup https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Mata.YTplayer ) or take it back to be safe.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Hmmm, never had this problem with mine when it was on stock. I usually had this problem when I underclocked my cpus and all that or when I am using to many appps.
The only thing I can suggest is use another app (viral popup ] ) or take it back to be safe.
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Thanks, yep the youtube videos would stutter even when i freshly restarted the tablet so nothing else really is running in the background. I have tried the viral popup app except it seems to play at a really low quality setting, ,ie 1080p is not available ?
Is there anything I can test to see if its a possible hardware issue ? I ran the Antutu benchmark and got 37k which seems in line for what's expect from this tablet. Does this help rule anything out ? Thanks.

Check processes, there's probably something in the background.

lagstream said:
Thanks, yep the youtube videos would stutter even when i freshly restarted the tablet so nothing else really is running in the background. I have tried the viral popup app except it seems to play at a really low quality setting, ,ie 1080p is not available ?
Is there anything I can test to see if its a possible hardware issue ? I ran the Antutu benchmark and got 37k which seems in line for what's expect from this tablet. Does this help rule anything out ? Thanks.
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I dont think so. When you play games does it lag too? Ex real racing 3 etc? Because if it cant play youtube without the micro lag, that may affect other apps. I dont get any lag while I was on stock.
If any other apps lag while playing (not on loading screens) then it may be an issue. I never had any micro lag on mine so it may vary on how you see it. Of course we have custom roms that are way smoother (CM12) but I am unsure if your issue is hardware related or the way you see it. Hope this helps!

I got youtube stuttering too for months on my TabS ST800, I tried every tricks in dev options, nothing ever changed .
But one day i tried the CARDBOARD view in the YouTube app options and then return to normal 2D view.... motion became butter smooth up to 1440p60, for any video! If closing youtube app and restarting it, it is stuttering again, until opening again the cardboard view.
Here is a test video I used to validate stutter-free playback :
youtu.be/0BS5V2mSxDs
Good luck.

Marco.hd said:
I got youtube stuttering too for months on my TabS ST800, I tried every tricks in dev options, nothing ever changed .
But one day i tried the CARDBOARD view in the YouTube app options and then return to normal 2D view.... motion became butter smooth up to 1440p60, for any video! If closing youtube app and restarting it, it is stuttering again, until opening again the cardboard view.
Here is a test video I used to validate stutter-free playback :
youtu.be/0BS5V2mSxDs
Good luck.
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You, sir, are awesome!!! I had this problem for the last couple of months on my Tab Pro 10.1, tried everything to eliminate it. Going back to Stock or GraveD rom was slightly better but not really smooth either. I was beginning to lose my sanity switching back and forth between CM11, CM12.1 and stock-rom, trying different developer-options but was not completely satisfied in the end. This cardboard-step is a temporary fix i can definitely live with. But I'm surprised that not many people seem to be effected by this stuttering or they simply don't mind at all. Hope that google is going to fix this shortcoming in the near future but meanwhile...Thanks a ton mister :good:!

.... This cardboard-step is a temporary fix i can definitely live with. But I'm surprised that not many people seem to be effected by this stuttering or they simply don't mind at all. Hope that google is going to fix this shortcoming in the near future but meanwhile...Thanks a ton mister :good:![/QUOTE said:
I was so happy too I spent a night watching again many videos I love ! I'm glad I could share that little joy !
To answer your question, it is a shame that people are suffering from the belief that "online" videos on computer, tablets or phone *must* somewhat stutter. Well ... even trans-galactic communications in Star Wars/Trek and other sci-fi movies are depicted with stutter and even analog (!) video sync and lines issues (in 2150!!). Stutter and other digital disorders have been imprinted in the modern culture because not much effort was given to understand (and implement) that we human are analog creatures requiring a natural constant flow of sound and light, not a "best effort" variable low frame sample rate due to "unavoidable" system interrupts between storage, cpu, gpu and screen. Remarkably, Apple hardware/software was always close to perfection due to their close collaboration with the computer graphics industry for tv and movies..
It is indeed so much enjoyable when colors, contrast, motion of a clean picture hit the brain which then do not have to interpolate, filter dynamically and overcome an unpleasant stressfull and therefore tiring "motion picture"
So far only Sony with its X1 graphical processor in TVs is IMO able to achieve a minimum of digital artefacts while interpolating and displaying moving pictures. HD was a attempt to increase resolution (but we lost many qualities that the oldest of us enjoyed with CRT tubes). UHD must bring "better pixels" back with constant higher frame rate, higher pixel resolution and higher color resolution and dynamic range.
I hope to say bye bye soon to "flicks" = flickering judderish stuttering color-ish moving pictures.
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Laggy homescreen and gaming

The homescreen is quite noticeably not a smooth 60fps, it stutters and with the overlay enabled in developer settings, can see the framerate drops alot. Especially in freestyle layout mode. Also a lot of games stutter and don't run at a smooth framerate - for example monument valley. Does anyone else get this? Im on stock rom latest update

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The homescreen is quite noticeably not a smooth 60fps, it stutters and with the overlay enabled in developer settings, can see the framerate drops alot. Especially in freestyle layout mode. Also a lot of games stutter and don't run at a smooth framerate - for example monument valley. Does anyone else get this? Im on stock rom latest update
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This is completely dependent on your OS, applications, widgets on screen, running apps, cpu state and the speed you're using your device.. If its really congested and you're running a tonne of apps then you'll perhaps have some slow downs, if you're using a custom kernel and you've lowered the up cpu threshold then that will too have an impact, honestly I'd leave it on stock and minimise the amount of widgets (especially lives ones) you have on your desktops, anything with transparency will have an impact too.
Gaming wise, I have to say this phone is rock solid.
The only game that it couldn't run is dolphin which is a gamecube emulator, running zelda the windwaker.
But I think that's down to optimization rather that anything else.
What set up do you have? Custom rom? Stock? Kernel? Lots or not a lot of apps?

my runs smooth on games, emulators, home screens, videos, taking and recording pictures and video, everything. ive been very happy with its performance, completely stock and running custom roms on my Verizon Variant, viper is my favorite now after last few updates.

I'm also satisfied with my HTC 10 performance, runs smooth (everything stock), but I notice that some games are a bit laggy (like Realracing 3, even if I lower the resolution to FullHD in the Boost+ app).
I wonder if I would get better framerates with the CleanSlate kernel that has Adrenoboost feature, but I'm not to keen on rooting my device because then you can't install OTA updates anymore.

Im running on the stock rom straight from the box, no custom rom or everything
, every game I have tried so far runs awful, massive framerate drops with or without boost. I have compared my framerate in asphalt 8 to this video, with an fps counter, and I get much worse framerates, usually around low 20s, dropping to teens. I don't have powersaving enabled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nks2pE_U_PY

andy010101 said:
Im running on the stock rom straight from the box, no custom rom or everything
, every game I have tried so far runs awful, massive framerate drops with or without boost. I have compared my framerate in asphalt 8 to this video, with an fps counter, and I get much worse framerates, usually around low 20s, dropping to teens. I don't have powersaving enabled
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Anything in HTC's ROM seems to cripple Adrenoboost of the GPU. While on other devices it works perfectly and is reaching up to 60 fps, it doesn't on the HTC 10. It doesn't bother me, as I'm not a heavy gamer, but if you're in need to change it, you could use a custom kernel, as e.g. CleanSlate by @tbalden.
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5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Anything in HTC's ROM seems to cripple Adrenoboost of the GPU. While on other devices it works perfectly and is reaching up to 60 fps, it doesn't on the HTC 10. It doesn't bother me, as I'm not a heavy gamer, but if you're in need to change it, you could use a custom kernel, as e.g. CleanSlate by @tbalden.
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I hope HTC fixes that with some OTA.
Anyway, would the High performance mode in the developer options help the framerate?

CroCop18 said:
I hope HTC fixes that with some OTA.
Anyway, would the High performance mode in the developer options help the framerate?
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As I'm on Viper10, Stock, pnp thermal tweak, or Viper 10 and CleanSlate Kernel. So I can't tell if it would work. The CleanSlate kernel fixes the problem quite well, so I'll use it until HTC maybe fixed the issue as long as I'm gaming and the other config I'll use as my daily driver.
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Can anyone that has no custom rom test the framerate on the first map of asphalt 8 and report back?

afuller42 said:
my runs smooth on games, emulators, home screens, videos, taking and recording pictures and video, everything. ive been very happy with its performance, completely stock and running custom roms on my Verizon Variant, viper is my favorite now after last few updates.
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Try to running windwaker on dolphin. Would love to play thar

dladz said:
Try to running windwaker on dolphin. Would love to play thar
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I use mupenfs haven't tried it on 10 yet

andy010101 said:
The homescreen is quite noticeably not a smooth 60fps, it stutters and with the overlay enabled in developer settings, can see the framerate drops alot. Especially in freestyle layout mode. Also a lot of games stutter and don't run at a smooth framerate - for example monument valley. Does anyone else get this? Im on stock rom latest update
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Do u use sd card
If yes which class, coz i noticed that it can slow the device

I hope htc support team improve the performance and fix the lag issues by updates.
This is an awful bug .May htc solve this in the android 7 update .

Slow SD card like someone else said.
Try it without one.
Maybe your hardware is faulty in some way.
Also try to set all clocks to a constant maximum. So you see if you have the power or not.
Maybe a fake device?

Pubg mobile-lagging with sd 821?!!

Mi5s has sd 821 which can take any android games on high settings smoothly..
But my mi5s is lagging while pubg is on high graphics settings where mi5 running it on high setting smoothly
i am on miui 9.2.1.0 global
anyone else facing that problem?!

Some tips from miui forum:
1. Change your model to OPPO (maybe R11s or others), in build.prop or with xposed module. It was said to work in games from tencent
2. Flash an LOS/aosp rom
3. Remove the temperature control file: http://en.miui.com/thread-635457-1-1.html
Either of these was said to be working, but I never played big games like pubg

BoneManXXI said:
Mi5s has sd 821 which can take any android games on high settings smoothly..
But my mi5s is lagging while pubg is on high graphics settings where mi5 running it on high setting smoothly
i am on miui 9.2.1.0 global
anyone else facing that problem?!
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Same problem here.. it's like playing a YouTube video at 0.5x speed.But I'm using Los 15.1. I use kernel adiutor for good performance but pubg still lagging. Any solution?

shantorock said:
Same problem here.. it's like playing a YouTube video at 0.5x speed.But I'm using Los 15.1. I use kernel adiutor for good performance but pubg still lagging. Any solution?
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i am now using viper os nougat latest build and running pubg with highest graphics at 60fps
looks like this game isnt optimized well for all devices out there....even note 8 laggs...as it is beta version next update will solve this lagging issue for all devices..hopefully

BoneManXXI said:
i am now using viper os nougat latest build and running pubg with highest graphics at 60fps
looks like this game isnt optimized well for all devices out there....even note 8 laggs...as it is beta version next update will solve this lagging issue for all devices..hopefully
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I hope so

BoneManXXI said:
i am now using viper os nougat latest build and running pubg with highest graphics at 60fps
looks like this game isnt optimized well for all devices out there....even note 8 laggs...as it is beta version next update will solve this lagging issue for all devices..hopefully
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I'm playing on my note 8 (highest settings) and i haven't experienced ANY lag at all, so i don't know what you are talking about...

TonyGzl92 said:
I'm playing on my note 8 (highest settings) and i haven't experienced ANY lag at all, so i don't know what you are talking about...
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So you are comparing phone that has SD835 or Samsung Exynos processor with our phone, are you stupid or what

I did 3rd solution and it worked. Works like a charm

usmcsas said:
I did 3rd solution and it worked. Works like a charm
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Do you have any overheating while playing or charging phone? If you are on MIUI

predragiPredrag said:
So you are comparing phone that has SD835 or Samsung Exynos processor with our phone, are you stupid or what
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No, you piece of ****, YOU said that "even note 8 laggs" and i quoted that, all i said i that my note 8 doesn't lag. Can you even read?
OMG

TonyGzl92 said:
No, you piece of ****, YOU said that "even note 8 laggs" and i quoted that, all i said i that my note 8 doesn't lag. Can you even read?
OMG
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You have just proved me right you are missing context and you are giving info that is not relevant in thread regarding mi5s.

I read some reports of Google Pixel users, who have the same problem. They also run Snapdragon 821.

I can't apply hd settings. Any solution? I'm currently using pixel experience

forgivemypoorEN said:
Some tips from miui forum:
1. Change your model to OPPO (maybe R11s or others), in build.prop or with xposed module. It was said to work in games from tencent
2. Flash an LOS/aosp rom
3. Remove the temperature control file: http://en.miui.com/thread-635457-1-1.html
Either of these was said to be working, but I never played big games like pubg
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I can't find the mentioned file in the 3rd option any solution?

shantorock said:
I can't find the mentioned file in the 3rd option any solution?
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if you follow the link:
" To delete the thermal-engine-8996.conf file you must be rooted your device and use X-plore file manager to go to /system/etc and find thermal-engine-8996.conf and delete it . REboot your phone to feel the beat"
It could be risky

I've experiemced the same problem here! Im using LineageOS, but previously using latest MIUI global stable rom. Unfortunately, using miui, playing pubg is really laggy most of the times. I tried to flash Lineageos 15.1, sadly the lag in pubg still exists and even worse! Roatating the character flickers. I haven't experience that much lag with some other games using my mi 5s. Hope this is only a game/software issue though

TonyGzl92 said:
I'm playing on my note 8 (highest settings) and i haven't experienced ANY lag at all, so i don't know what you are talking about...
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exynos laggs....on SD 835 it works fluently

Based on my experience with the game on a high-end PC, I think the game is simply badly optimized. It also runs quite bad on fast PCs.

predragiPredrag said:
Do you have any overheating while playing or charging phone? If you are on MIUI
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Not so much. I am using the latest MIUI Global rom.

It runs ultra smooth on the Oneplus 5T, but on the Mi5s sometimes it lags, I was thinking on flashing LOS to the Mi5S but seems that it doesn't matter it still lags its really annoying

Most stable 7.1.2 ROM for tab s 8.4 LTE (T705)?

I'm looking for a stable rom for my tab s 8.4 LTE. Could anyone recommend me a rom where the camera, sim card/LTE, and phone calls work properly? I'd be really grateful. Also, where can I find a stock Samsung ROM just in case I wanted to go back?

I don't have your SM-T705, but I recently did get a used SM-T700 and immediately installed LineageOS 7.1.2 on it with no regrets.
The only place I could find the OEM ROM was SamMobile. Unless you have unlimited patience, I suggest buying the membership (@ $10) long enough to do a premium download.

I'm on 705 and installed 7.1 LOS the only thing I'm missing is Netflix / Prime Video in HD

bustr85 said:
I'm on 705 and installed 7.1 LOS the only thing I'm missing is Netflix / Prime Video in HD
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Is that because of the LineageOS or because of the Netflix apk? I think I can understand Prime. Amazon doesn't like us Android people. Even though they are one.

wellersl said:
Is that because of the LineageOS or because of the Netflix apk? I think I can understand Prime. Amazon doesn't like us Android people. Even though they are one.
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It's because it was a challenge to install Netflix (device not supported) once you have your device rooted you also loose the HD capability in Netflix. I haven't found a way to make it work so in the Netflix app the maximum playback quality is sd

bustr85 said:
It's because it was a challenge to install Netflix (device not supported) once you have your device rooted you also loose the HD capability in Netflix. I haven't found a way to make it work so in the Netflix app the maximum playback quality is sd
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Could you link to that ROM? What about LTE, camera, and phone calls? Does it offer voltage control too? I'd like to to optimize the cpu for better performance and less heat.

Verdinex said:
Could you link to that ROM? What about LTE, camera, and phone calls? Does it offer voltage control too? I'd like to to optimize the cpu for better performance and less heat.
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The LTE works, I've tried it briefly, and I've made a phone call too, that is fine. I haven't tried the camera or looked into anything with changing CPU frequency. I suspect you could do so via via Magisk or similar. The Rom is LOS 14.1 from this forum you can find it in the android development section.