YouTube HQ is taking a long time to download.

[CoryBantic]

Is it me or does Youtube HQ videos take a long time to download? Is there a quicker method of viewing Youtube vids in hq, perhaps a setting function? Or is it me?

 

[theiphonewannabe]

It might be you, or just your locality. Mine loads super fast. Movie trailers etc.

 

[pwnst_r]

SOOOO many variables when it comes to network connectivity.

 

[roothog]

Is it me or does Youtube HQ videos take a long time to download? Is there a quicker method of viewing Youtube vids in hq, perhaps a setting function? Or is it me?

It depends on what you mean by "a long time". For me, HQ videos start up within about 15-20 seconds. I've assumed that's normal. Once they start, they play straight through without pause. I'm on a wifi connection when I watch HQ, not 3G.

 

[theiphonewannabe]

That is a good point. While on 4g, it loads in about 5-10 seconds. On 3g, sometimes it doesn't load at all. I don't use WiFi much, but I would expect 4g like load times.

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

I don't think it's really the phone. Sometimes I have major issues downloading low quality youtube on my PC! (And no, it's not my internet, every other site/video loads extremely fast) It's just YouTube's servers get loaded down sometimes, and since YouTube uses local caching servers, your wifi will often access a different YouTube server than you would over 3G/4G.

 

[Rudementry]

Is this your first smartphone or what? Of course if you aren't getting good service where you are its not going to load HQ fast.

 

[r-nice]

Don't even try it over 3G. It works fine over 4G and WiFi, better on WiFi though.

 

[pwnst_r]

That is a good point. While on 4g, it loads in about 5-10 seconds. On 3g, sometimes it doesn't load at all. I don't use WiFi much, but I would expect 4g like load times.

Yep, 3G is pretty spotty. I've waited several minutes but have also gotten (HQ) vids to stream in 10-15 seconds.

 

[pwnst_r]

Don't even try it over 3G. It works fine over 4G and WiFi, better on WiFi though.

Works fine over 3G for most of the city here.