YouTube app and wifi

[danielcj]

I noticed after the most recent update videos will stop and buffer every few seconds making it impossible to watch while on WiFi. If I switch to hspa it works just fine. Both connections are 20mbps or higher so I don't think its a speed issue. Anybody else seeing this on their N4?

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[Tabs85]

I noticed after the most recent update videos will stop and buffer every few seconds making it impossible to watch while on WiFi. If I switch to hspa it works just fine. Both connections are 20mbps or higher so I don't think its a speed issue. Anybody else seeing this on their N4?

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No, its works fine for me, but I do notice that the every once in a while the youtube app itself can be a bit iffy on this phone for me. Like sometimes it just says connection error and I have to hit "retry" 4-5 times before it loads the youtube page :-/

 

[danielcj]

This is so strange. This morning the exact same video will play fine on WiFi. Did a speed test and it is almost identical to the results I got last night. I have not rebooted my phone either...

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[strider2]

I watch a lot of youtube videos on wifi. Never had the buffering issue. Also played once or twice on HSPA. Never had problems there also.

 

[anon62607]

I noticed after the most recent update videos will stop and buffer every few seconds making it impossible to watch while on WiFi. If I switch to hspa it works just fine. Both connections are 20mbps or higher so I don't think its a speed issue. Anybody else seeing this on their N4?

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Not on an N4 but I have been having problems with buffering in general on YouTube HD on what I suspect are high activity nights (weekend evenings for example). It used to be just wifi via cable modem bit lately has been impacting even via Verizon LTE.

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[Ravynmagi]

Do you have YouTube problems with other computers on your wifi network?

Funny thing is I can play YouTube HD videos flawlessly on my Nexus 4 with a 3Mbps T-Mobile HSPA connection but at the very same time YouTube will buffer heavily with the same video on my 40Mbps DSL connection on either the Nexus 4, my iPad or any computer on my local network. My ISP really chokes hard when it comes to playing HD videos on YouTube at certain times of the day.

 

[WOP_Drive]

Yeah, this is a nagging issue with YouTube on Android.

Check out this thread from the Nexus 7 forum: http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=232238.

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[Small_law]

I see this issue across the N4 and other devices, especially during high traffic periods. It seems to come and go. Some weeks it's horrible to use WiFi for YouTube, other times it's absolutely fine. Who knows. It could be a server thing on Google's end.