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YouTube app w/ 720p HD

MediocreBadGuy

MediocreBadGuy

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I haven't seen this mentioned here so I thought I'd share. I am a big YouTube fan and always hated how low quality the videos looked on mobile. I have been using this modified version of the latest YouTube app for about a week and WOW do videos look amazing on the Triumph. Here is the link --> [MOD] YouTube APK with 720p HD playback (WiFi + 3G) - xda-developers




PeartFan40 said:
Unless your phone's screen has 720 resolution, your youtube videos will be displyed at it's native resolution, which is 480 on most phones.
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theos0o said:
No.

720p videos will be downscaled to your phone's screen which will give an even crispier image.
Plus 720p videos have higher bitrate, which means higher image quality/detail.

Anyone that doesn't believe that this mod actually improves quality, please try it and then hide. ;)
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YouTube mobile/app only does HQ (which to me looks like 360p) ...try the app I can assure you will notice a HUGE difference. Videos look phenomenal
 
Maybe I will look at it, but I always have my 720p screen on my laptop lol. I mean if it makes a difference then I guess it''s worth it :D. Plus it's not hurting anything.
 
Yeah I thought it wouldn't make a difference on the Triumph but I watched HD trailers on the regular YouTube app, cleared cache and uninstalled. Installed modified one and watched the same videos and was pretty amazed.

you can also toggle from HD back to HQ
 
So I installed it and it actually does look amazing even small text is readable! :D. It is sweet thanks for this.
 
I got a question, does it require more data to download on either 3G or Wifi for high definition videos? My Wifi is average and plays fine and sometimes not in download rate. I will try this on a later time but I just wanna know for someone else who would be asking this question later. Thanks :)
 
MRCMidnight said:
I got a question, does it require more data to download on either 3G or Wifi for high definition videos? My Wifi is average and plays fine and sometimes not in download rate. I will try this on a later time but I just wanna know for someone else who would be asking this question later. Thanks :)
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Most likely since it would have to download higher definition pictures. Meaning it may or may not work well on VMs 3g...
 
marc12868 said:
Most likely since it would have to download higher definition pictures. Meaning it may or may not work well on VMs 3g...
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I know 3G wont work, lol.

My Wifi is being lazy to download the streams of videos at high speeds and I do have high-speed net. On a good day, I'll get 15mbps but its a variable from 250kbps to 600kbps around that area. This is a shared connection from many devices from too many to name from, let's say 5-6 active devices running :eek:

I'll try it still and see if it works out for me, I hope so. Thanks :D
 
Thanks for the tip. Google just recently updated the official Youtube app to play 720P, but it only shows 720P on devices with a certain DPI or screen res. I guess this version makes it work on all devices without having to edit the build.prop.

New youtube apk with 720p support released this week?
Edit your build.prop to have 182 screen DPI, reboot, make sure you have youtube version 2.4.4+. You may need to clear youtube's data, which you can do in settings - manage applications.
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Ayered said:
Thanks for the tip. Google just recently updated the official Youtube app to play 720P, but it only shows 720P on devices with a certain DPI or screen res. I guess this version makes it work on all devices without having to edit the build.prop.

New youtube apk with 720p support released this week?
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My phone is modded DPI is 180 which means it is lower than what the App wants meaning I got it? Nice and I said it before, I already notice the quality :)
 
Yeah no need to modify the build.prop, I had read about that. Also a lot of people are on stock so its good for them since they are restricted from such changes
 
On the thread it says to remove the YouTube apk in system/app but I don't have it there even though I have YouTube installed. Can I just proceed with installing this apk? Thanks
 
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