YouTube app, video lag. Is it just me an my Nexus7?

[Bears]

I don't think it's a linksys issue at all. I have one at home and it works just fine. As for the HD vid problem, I've only seen issues with early builds of custom roms. Have you tried on other networks?

 

[Ryano89]

I don't think it's a linksys issue at all. I have one at home and it works just fine. As for the HD vid problem, I've only seen issues with early builds of custom roms. Have you tried on other networks?

I've had this problem from the beginning on several different networks. Turning off HQ seems to be the only thing that fixes it. I am stock not rooted. I can stream netflix, hulu, Google play, etc etc.. With no problem, it is only YouTube that gives me this trouble.

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[Soundtrack to Chaos]

Use freedi yt player for YouTube

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[Soundtrack to Chaos]

I've had this problem from the beginning on several different networks. Turning off HQ seems to be the only thing that fixes it. I am stock not rooted. I can stream netflix, hulu, Google play, etc etc.. With no problem, it is only YouTube that gives me this trouble.

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I got issues HD or not

Switched to freedi yt player, problem solved

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[Ryano89]

I got issues HD or not

Switched to freedi yt player, problem solved

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Thanks free di seems to work, but none of my subscriptions show up, also my watch later list isn't there. Am I doing something wrong?

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[Jeffxs7]

I don't know, it's an irritating problem that seems like it shouldn't exist, although others seem fine. I do knkw I've had this issue since I got my nexus 7 new. I forgot that there is a kindle fire in my house that aslo doesn't have a problem streaming HQ. For what it's worth, netflix does stream fine, I may try freedi yt, but it just doesn't seem like it should be nescessary.

Not an apple fanboy, but i like my iphone, i messed around with a friend's android tablet and I really liked it, so I bought the nexus 7, but I think next time I'll stick with apple. This is such an irritating and unexpected problem since the main reason I bought a tablet was so I could stop watching vids on my iphone while in bed. Hey, I don't watch TV at all, so it's an even trade.

 

[WOP_Drive]

Yeah this has been driving me nuts.

I narrowed the issue to my router which is a good one (Linksys E4200v2). A few months ago, I disabled IPv6 and that solved my issues.
At that time, I also limited my 2.4GHz signal to 20MHz (to deconflict with the plethora of wifi signals in my neighborhood). All seemed well until about a week ago. YouTube video started lagging significantly again. After some troubleshooting, I found that switching the 2.4GHz signal back to Auto resolved my issues.

My network provider is Comcast.

We'll see how long this lasts

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[Ry]

I'm seeing this problem with YouTube on my Nexus 7 at home. My DROID Bionic on the same WiFi network doesn't have it. Neither of our laptops do either.

Netflix works fine on my Nexus 7.

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[Soundtrack to Chaos]

Thanks free di seems to work, but none of my subscriptions show up, also my watch later list isn't there. Am I doing something wrong?

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Nope, the app is limited, but atleast it doesn't buffer ever 5 seconds, lol

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[bigtroutz]

you can also give PVStar+ a try - it also can play YouTube playlists/tracks in the background when minimized, something not possible with other YouTube players.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...MsImpwLmNvLmFzYml0LnB2c3RhciJd&token=e57sq5Vx

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

you can also give PVStar+ a try - it also can play YouTube playlists/tracks in the background when minimized, something not possible with other YouTube players.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...MsImpwLmNvLmFzYml0LnB2c3RhciJd&token=rMC0m119

Freedi plays in the background as well, minimized and with the screen off

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[AlphaVictor87]

Downloaded Freedi online and will check it when i get home.

I hate that this is an issue for youtube videos on my N7. But somewhat glad i'm not the only one. I'm also someone who has no issues on computer or any other device except my N7.

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

Downloaded Freedi online and will check it when i get home.

I hate that this is an issue for youtube videos on my N7. But somewhat glad i'm not the only one. I'm also someone who has no issues on computer or any other device except my N7.

I have issues on my galaxy s3 as well

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[AlphaVictor87]

Tested out freedi and it looks like its working just fine! Hope YouTube fixes their stuff eventually

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[Gray Grantham]

I recently purchased a Minix Neo G4 specifically for viewing Youtube videos on an HD TV screen. I admit I'm not one to dig into setting to see if I can tweak something in the software settings to make it run faster, smoother or better, but here is what I found. Youtube videos playing in the Native Adroid Youtube App, act just as you have described they load slow play. buffer, play, buffer, play, buffer...it is very annoying.

I have tested the same videos in several different browsers and they simply load quickly and play, no buffer, buffer, buffer.

So it appears the simple solution is to ignore the youtube app and use browsers instead, (Set the Browser Client to Desktop in Browser's settings)

 

[Matt Bartolomeo]

I have the same problem on my nexus 7

 

[anranga]

I have the exact same problem when I use a TED or youtube app. Its annoying that when you buy a device just for video & and up with this problem. Very rarely does it run without stalling.

 

[litemail]

You can add me to the list of perplexed Nexus 7 users. I stream YouTube to my dumb TV using a Panasonic Blu Ray without any problem now. But to avoid using that laborious keyboard search function on the YouTube app, I linked my Nexus 7 (with 4.3) to the Blu Ray. It connects fine but when I play the selection, it stutters or repeats every 15 seconds. Why should the videos play without problem when I leave the Nexus out of the loop, but start to stutter as soon as I stream using the Nexus? My speed is always well over 15.

 

[raybot7]

I have a new Nexus 7 2013 and was having video lag on all streaming videos like you. I then installed Flash Player for Android from the Flash Player Archives and that fixed the problem. There are certain steps to do this but it fixed my problem. No more video lag. Good luck.