Google Nexus 5 - having issues playing YouTube videos

[craigrn16]

Anyone else having issues playing YouTube videos or any other HTML 5 videos on the nexus 5?

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[dragoryte]

Yes every time I try to watch a video it shows up with the chromecast logo in the middle of the screen and it won't go away. I've tried uninstalling chromecast and youtube, nothing helps. I am able to watch them just fine from the youtube mobile website on the Nexus 5 but it is failing every time I try to use the App.

 

[srkmagnus]

OP, are you using the Youtube app as well?

 

[dazzer87]

Yes every time I try to watch a video it shows up with the chromecast logo in the middle of the screen and it won't go away. I've tried uninstalling chromecast and youtube, nothing helps. I am able to watch them just fine from the youtube mobile website on the Nexus 5 but it is failing every time I try to use the App.


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Check to see if you had bluetooth enable. I had the same issue and it was driving me nuts. Look like the audio is been send over to bluetooth and the video is waitng for you to be cast.

 

[DaveNH]

Having this same issue on my N4, BT is off.

[Edit] A reboot seems to have fixed it for now.
[Edit again] Didn't last long, it's back.

 

[nexus89]

I have used chrome ..Firefox and dolphin and videos don't play

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[Billy Bob Jimmy Joe]

That's too bad. I have Wi-Fi and YouTube app issues on the N4. My N5 is coming tomorrow. Hope it won't be the same. =\

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[nexus89]

So yes something is up. on my nexus 4 most videos would go full screen and play on a android video player I guess you could call it.

On my nexus 5 some play on a video player that is not full screen so you can still see address bar but it does not play. I then went on dailymotion played the first video I saw and viola it went straight to the full screen android video player but then I reloaded the page clicked play and the video did not open up on the android full screen video player. It stayed on the webpage loading for a long time but never switching to the "video player" . that is my only issue right now

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[David Lloyd810]

No difficulty with YouTube other than trouble getting my Nexus 5 to play sound via Bluetooth, however I'm using the Android YouTube app, not trying to play it from the browser, because Android 4.4 lacks a Flash driver. I have never bothered trying HTML-5, because the YouTube app works.

 

[Eve Schultz]

when I play youtube videos with the app it automatically sets the volume to zero every time a new video starts and I have to bring it back up manually

 

[BuffaloMadMan]

YouTube won't play on my nexus 5 it always states "connection to server failed" and has been like this for the past 2 weeks. Its annoying

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[Alex Karim]

I've been having this issue recently as well. Mid video it stops saying issue connecting to server or something like that

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[retsmit]

I have similar issues on the 6p the videos refuse to play..