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Core Player - cannot view YouTube

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Following a recommendation I saw yesterday in this video review of the TP2
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=4772
I just dug into my wallet again and installed Core Player. But I'm unable to play any of the YouTube clips, a major feature claimed for it. When I d-click one, the Core Player wheel spins a bit and that's it - no video playback. Am I missing something obvious here please?
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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Hi Terry, it's been a week, so you've probably figured this out. Core player has seperate 'network enabled' settings. Look for the little concentric quarter-circles in the top right. If it's greyed out, that's your problem.
Somehow, enabling the network in coreplayer seems to degrade playback performance (by about 15% in my estimate), so it's handy to have it so prominent on the interface. OTOH, you're probably going to need the stylus for this one!

I've just noticed that Youtube wasn't working on my Coreplayer (v1.3.2) then I found this over on their own support forum on 26/07/09
A few weeks ago YouTube has changed their http headers and we plan on releasing a 1.3.x version. Till then you can use another streaming/connection method. Both wifi and GPRS/3G/carrier/etc. will have different network capabilities. See which method work best for you by going into: 'Settings > Preferences > Channels > YouTube > Preferred format' and select another streaming/connection method. It may take several tries to see which format works best for your connection.
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I managed to get some of the low quality ones to work over 3G, but not tried them all yet.

Same here. I can not play any youtube videos with the core player. The network connection works fine, i can search for videos, browse the different categories. But when i want to start a video, i get back to the starting screen of the core player.
I also tried all different media formats. Nothing works.
Anybody else with the same problem?

I got i t working using the RTSP (low quality) setting, but, as you would expect, the quality is terrible.
I just use the You Tube app instead at the moment, until Corecodec fix the problem

mlaidlaw said:
I got i t working using the RTSP (low quality) setting, but, as you would expect, the quality is terrible.
I just use the You Tube app instead at the moment, until Corecodec fix the problem
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It is good to hear that i am not alone with this problem. Yeah, i use the YouTube App too, but i like to watch the movies in a better quality. There is only one solution "Wait and see!"

Just seen these replies and confirmatory posts on return from holiday, thanks.
Pleased to see the issue isn't just down to my inexperience with HTC TP2 and/or WM 6.1.
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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Just saw some more info from Corecodecs forum -
We are QA'ing CorePlayer 1.3.5 right now and expect a release shortly. Shortly = as soon as we are done with QA.... days, weeks, its to be determined.... but is closer now.
Also on what's in this release is mostly the YouTube fix as well as some more enhancements to the networking code base to make CP more dynamic to future YT HTTP changes (if they decide to change their http headers again).
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Looking for a decent video player!

As the title says, I am looking for a decent video player, I have tried most, if not all in the "Market", but none I have found, seem to offer what I had as standard on the iphone!
What I would like, is the following:
1. Thumbnail of each video, with it's title.
2. The ability to zoom correctly, with proper aspect ratio support.
3. Remember the exit point of each video.
Zimly, has the best interface, of the ones I have found, but it does not support aspect ratio zoom, neither does it remember the exit point! Otherwise, I think this app is definitely on the right track!
The standard app, is good, but it does not display the title, nor does it remember the exit point, and you have to go into "Photos" to get to it!
If anyone knows of such an app, I would be most greatful.
P.S. Would just like to add, that the screen on this is superb for watching videos, whites are properly white, and blacks are really black! Unlike the iphone, which is a washed out mess with absolutely no contrast! Woe betied anyone who complains to Apple about this, I was actually told by their customer services, that no one else has complained, and that "They are happy with it"!!!! Thanks a lot Mr Jobs!

Another problem with video playback is that you cant jump to middle of movie. You can only jump cca 7min into movie, it you try to jump more it resets movie, starts playback from begining.
Tryed default player and one free with full lenght movie.
Mp4 format, h264
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Meridian is the best I've used. Whilst it doesn't tick all your boxes (eg no preview), it does remember where you left off on each individual video. It also allows you to seek to particular point in the video far more effectively than the stock app.
Regards,
Dave

This is the best Video player you can possible have on a android phone. It has all what you seek plus more. http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.hyperaware.videoplayerfull
On the fly bringnes settings, aspect ratios and it does remember the exit point also. It tells you if a file is playable. Only thumbnails are missing.
The only bad thing is no divx support on this phones. So You have to convert every ****.

Balos said:
The only bad thing is no divx support on this phones. So You have to convert every ****.
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You can play XviD/DviX movies with yxFlash player. Although it is be no means a perfect player, it is the only one(or at least was for a while) that can play these formats.

YxFlash is buggy as hell though... it doesn't even let me navigate to find files to play.
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I am using Act 1 video player. IMHO it us awesome. Fast, remembers the position where you have left a particular movie, tells you whether the file is playable, shows batt percentage, clock etc..
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th3 said:
YxFlash is buggy as hell though... it doesn't even let me navigate to find files to play.
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i agree yxflash is buggy as hell...
very bad quality when playback mp4 movie.

YxFlash is buggy as hell though... it doesn't even let me navigate to find files to play.
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i agree yxflash is buggy as hell...
very bad quality when playback mp4 movie.
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It's also been renamed to yxplayer now BTW.
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temka said:
I am using Act 1 video player. IMHO it us awesome. Fast, remembers the position where you have left a particular movie, tells you whether the file is playable, shows batt percentage, clock etc..
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+1 from me also

Still no decent video players?
They seem to lack codecs or just be horribly made. I tried XYplayer but it's out of sync.

How is Youtube support?

Is there an app? Or do you have to use the touch Youtube site?

from what i've read, the first time you visit a youtube clip, it will ask you to download an extension, and after this it will play it like would any other video. it's not a seperate application persay, but merely just an extension to IE to allow you to play the youtube clips.
I could be wrong on this, but I have seen videos of youtube playing, so it's definitely there.

The Gate Keeper said:
from what i've read, the first time you visit a youtube clip, it will ask you to download an extension, and after this it will play it like would any other video. it's not a seperate application persay, but merely just an extension to IE to allow you to play the youtube clips.
I could be wrong on this, but I have seen videos of youtube playing, so it's definitely there.
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I just read on Wikipedia it will run it in a sort of media player app, but they state that Adobe Flash 10.1 is on the way so this could be improved, or hell, there is the possibility updates will bring Youtube apps and better support.

There is built-in support for viewing the videos, but Google will need to develop a separate Youtube app if you want the off-browser experience.

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There is built-in support for viewing the videos, but Google will need to develop a separate Youtube app if you want the off-browser experience.
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Chances are that Google are already working on an application for YouTube.

App in Marketplace that plays Youtube over 3g is craptastic, horrible quality over 3g. Seriously over 3g the quality is worse than on a Blackberry. WTF MS?

Microsoft doesn't own YouTube, so I dunno why you're asking them.
And the quality is probably poor because it's playing 240 or 360p version of the videos instead of HQ.
That's why Google needs to release a YouTube App.
Microsoft has more important things to worry about, like, the actual operating system.

The youtube experience on WP7 is amazing.. its the first phone i ever used that didn't require a full fledged app. I sort of like it that m.youtube.com works out of the box and there isn't "an app for that" - with that being said, people are free to use the youtube api and make their own apps and google may do just that. However with m.youtube.com the quality for me is amazing. I don't watch it over 3g since AT&T rapes us with 3g bandwidth costs but over wifi the quality is beautiful. M.youtube.com also works with your login id so you can easily play your favorite and surf the website. It isn't a pretty package, but hell, sometimes its better that the web integration works this well rather than waiting for a required app

Apparently the youtube app adjusts the video settings if not on wifi. Which doesn't make sense since my 3g connection can more than handle youtube....
Maybe contact the developer and see if we can get settings adjustments.
edit: nevermind, it lists microsoft as the developer so I guess maybe an update will help?

Is it an android limitation that videos cant run in background?

i hate to bring up old windows mobile but i actually liked that i was able to have a video running in the background. i notice any video app whether its youtube, slingplayer, or the gallery and i go into another app or home the video stops.

I don't understand why you would need a video playing in the background when you're not actively on that app unless you want it to buffer in the background. Which is a good idea and kind of disappointed that Android hasn't implemented this in yet.

i am about to post and say that it's technically possible, an app developer would just have to correctly code the onPause and onStop function to continue the video when the app loses foreground focus. but i dont know for sure if some type of video api is limited within the OS. i doubt that, and i bet it's possible. just nobody coded their apps in such a manner.
it is useful, lets say you are watching a video and you need to switch away for a few minutes but you want to keep listening to the audio while you write an email etc.

I'd say about 3/4 of the time I have a video/TV show on I'm not really watching but enjoy having it in the background. This would be great.

Is this a phone or a PC with a 23 inch monitor? We can't window apps, so audio aside I don't see the allure.

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i am about to post and say that it's technically possible, an app developer would just have to correctly code the onPause and onStop function to continue the video when the app loses foreground focus. but i dont know for sure if some type of video api is limited within the OS. i doubt that, and i bet it's possible. just nobody coded their apps in such a manner.
it is useful, lets say you are watching a video and you need to switch away for a few minutes but you want to keep listening to the audio while you write an email etc.
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I agree. It's PROBABLY technically possible but it just hasn't been done.

I'm not seeing the allure of it either.
This is my phone after all. I would hate for video sound to be playing in the background when I get a phonecall.

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I'm not seeing the allure of it either.
This is my phone after all. I would hate for video sound to be playing in the background when I get a phonecall.
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That happened to me once. I was watching a....questionable flash video and an important call came in. It kept playing during the call and the caller could hear it.
Awkward....

Bahaha, that's hilarious. And yeah, I meant only audio. When I'm working at home I would rather have a TV show on in the background then music, regardless of whether or not I can see it. Hearing Hank Hill call someone a jackass helps me work more than music. I just wish we were actually allowed to bring phone's with camera's into work, and this would be doubly useful.

ok thanks for the info guys. for those who dont like it simply stop the video before u hit home. i used to do it all the time on wimo and it worked great. sometimes im watching a game and a text comes in and i dont want to wait till commercials to answer it.

The act 1 video player allows this , though you have to say 'play in background' every time you want it to happen. It's also not the greatest video player ever

This would be very useful for youtube. A lot of times I "listen" to youtube videos only for the music.

Awesome app for having video running along other apps.
Stick it!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.stickit

B1ny said:
Awesome app for having video running along other apps.
Stick it!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.stickit
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I confirm it's now possible with Stick it!, works with YouTube too
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Stick it is awesome.. I've had it for a few weeks.

[Q] Youtube App HD Setting

Hey guys,
So I have a Galaxy Nexus running stock 4.0.2. I love watching videos on it, however my problem is that where I live, the fastest internet I can get is 1.5mbps. Therefore watching youtube videos at anything higher than 480p just simply isn't possible without letting it sit paused for a while to buffer.
When using the Youtube app on the Galaxy Nexus, a video in "HD" just can't load fast enough for me to watch. It seems as though the video might be loading at 720p, therefore with my internet it keeps stopping. And without HD enabled, the video quality is so horrendous it just isn't watchable.
So my question, is there any way to edit a file that will force the Youtube app to use 360p or 480p with the HD option? The app itself does not have any setting to specifically pick which quality.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

I only know of the "use high quality" option in settings. It allows you to pick to only stream HD quality videos. Maybe you could turn that off on your phone if it is on. If not I have not heard of anything like what you are looking for. It would be good to have a feature like that though.

Yea I know of that setting but its not what I am looking for. I just need a way to be able to pick a specific quality or for "HD" to default to 480p.
Does anyone know how this could be done?

Update. After research seems I got it confused with another app
There's a 3rd party youtube app which might help I think it called freetube or something not sure what settings it has
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I couldn't find any Youtube app that lets me specify a certain quality.
Is there any way to get the Youtube app to specifically stream in 360p?

Anyone got an idea?