Why does the YouTube app suck so bad?

BigMosley · Feb 16, 2013

As a big YouTube watcher I am so tired of this crap. I mean jeez I'm on pretty fast LTE and all I get is constant buffering. I can't watch an HD view for more then 30 seconds without it buffering for 5-10 seconds. And if I turn the HD off the picture looks so horrible I can barely make out what I'm watching. Anything that can be done to improve this?

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AarSyl · Feb 16, 2013

I was beginning to thunk that it was my internet. Even when I use TubeMate to download the videos before I watch them (which I usually do), I've noticed that the downloads run a LOT slower. I'm talking from 5MBps to 200KBps.

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bennyboy78 · Feb 16, 2013

Yea I think the YouTube app is having problems. Or YouTube itself is having issues.

I was on a fast wifi connection and could not even get normal non hd videos to play without ridiculous amounts of waiting and buffering. Forget hd, those just kept buffering and buffering on WiFi.

Probably youtubes servers

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BigMosley · Feb 16, 2013

Well I guess the bright side is I'm not the only one experiencing this problem...

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AarSyl · Feb 17, 2013

bennyboy78 said:
Yea I think the YouTube app is having problems. Or YouTube itself is having issues.

I was on a fast wifi connection and could not even get normal non hd videos to play without ridiculous amounts of waiting and buffering. Forget hd, those just kept buffering and buffering on WiFi.

Probably youtubes servers

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Has anyone tried using YouTube from a desktop computer to see exactly how prevalent these problems are?

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bennyboy78 · Feb 17, 2013

aarsyl said:
Has anyone tried using YouTube from a desktop computer to see exactly how prevalent these problems are?

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I would try, but I only got a netbook

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BigMosley · Feb 17, 2013

I only have an Asus laptop as well.

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mito8485 · Feb 17, 2013

xbmoyx said:
As a big YouTube watcher I am so tired of this crap. I mean jeez I'm on pretty fast LTE and all I get is constant buffering. I can't watch an HD view for more then 30 seconds without it buffering for 5-10 seconds. And if I turn the HD off the picture looks so horrible I can barely make out what I'm watching. Anything that can be done to improve this?

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Yeah the app is crap. I have the same issues on my nexus 7. What i do now is put the browser as default for playing videos. So now when i click on a link it opens up youtube from the browser and works flawless.

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As of today Youtube isn't running so hott on my desktop either just keeps skipping using chrome. I don't know if it has to do with my uverse or youtube servers. The funny thing is I just used the app on my phone and it played fine finally lol.

om4 · Feb 17, 2013

I think youtube was having problems a few days ago, I know I read something about server issues around that time.

midmadn · Feb 18, 2013

Ga

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AarSyl · Feb 19, 2013

I didn't literally means a desktop computer. I only meant a PC. However, I tried for myself, and my laptop buffered during an 8 second clip. That's YouTube servers, not our devices or our Internet providers.

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waterbound · Feb 19, 2013

Youtube (Google) buffers the streaming a lot in the past few years and getting worse. They are known to be prioritizing traffic lately which will result in buffering on YouTube Android, Windows, Linux, Ipod, Ipad etc etc etc.. Nothing to do with your connection, at least what you are referring to and nothing Sprint can do to help unfortunately.

luigi311 · Feb 19, 2013

On the YouTube video u have 1 bar of wifi and on the speedtest ur on 4g (lucky btw). Armrest ur YouTube works mines been busted it just stops buffering completely at 50 secs but during those 50 sec it doesn't buffer.

Edit just tried YouTube and it seems like the problem fixed its self it doesn't stop at 50 and I don't get any buffering at all

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BigMosley · Feb 19, 2013

luigi311 said:
On the YouTube video u have 1 bar of wifi and on the speedtest ur on 4g (lucky btw). Armrest ur YouTube works mines been busted it just stops buffering completely at 50 secs but during those 50 sec it doesn't buffer

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Its a screenshot of a YouTube video playing, that's not my phone. I stopped using my house WiFi all together since my area obtained 4G as a matter of fact I don't have it even setup yet since my last flash.

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JoshuaFCB · Feb 20, 2013

i have the same problem..(even on wifi) . so i stopped using app and instead access it from my phones stock browser. a lot better. im my opinion... its the youtube app.

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Rocklee99 · Feb 20, 2013

I thought it was my internet...at least I know its not just me

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luigi311 · Feb 20, 2013

Try the YouTube app from milestone 2 that's the only YouTube app that works right for me

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