YouTube

[HiPaul]

can someone explain why youtube looks terrible on the G1. to be honest, i can't even use it at all. is there a way to watch it in "high quality" like on real youtube. i absolutely hate to say it, but it looks a lot better on the iphone

 

[cred05]

I've not had any problems. Are you using the youtube application or going to the site in the browser?

 

[HiPaul]

it just seems VERY pixelated.

 

[mightykc]

I've heard that the only way to get good video quality is to use wifi. 3G is decent quality and edge is terrible

 

[jcott28]

This is what I've read as well. Apparently there must be some sort of code in the youtube application (when you open youtube in the browser I believe it just uses the youtube app, so that's not a workaround) that dumbs down the video when using the 3g/edge services. I imagine it has something to do with limiting the bandwidth.

It's unfortunate, but tmobile must have had something to do with it.

 

[lkosova]

Youtube looks very good and no problems with it at all. I will check my settings and try different ones also and see what happens.

Larry

 

[richy240]

it just seems VERY pixelated.

I've noticed this too with some videos, not all though. I'll try it over a WiFi connection as recommended above and see what happens. Thanks!

 

[GODMODE]

Why would your connection have anything to do with it? It is downloading the video and playing/streaming it - are you telling me Google has 3 versions of the video stored on its servers? 1 for Edge, one for 3G and one for Wifi?

I do not think so.