Help Recent youtube videos not working?

[bacon4u]

Am I the only one with this issue? I'm running android 2.1 on my hero and all youtube videos uploaded in the past 36 hours or so don't work. It will load them, and I'll hear the audio but my screen is black, I can still see the progress bar but no video. videos uploaded before this time work just fine... Help? questions? suggestions?

 

[JB in AZ]

Welcome to the forums! I've moved your post to the support and troubleshooting area, where (hopefully) you will get some help. I don't watch many videos from youtube on my phone, so I can't be of much help.

 

[LBPHeretic]

Am I the only one with this issue? I'm running android 2.1 on my hero and all youtube videos uploaded in the past 36 hours or so don't work. It will load them, and I'll hear the audio but my screen is black, I can still see the progress bar but no video. videos uploaded before this time work just fine... Help? questions? suggestions?

Try going into Settings, then Applications, then App Management and finding the YouTube app in the list. Tap the YouTube app and then clear the cache and the data.

Hopefully that will clear things up for you. Let us know how it goes.

 

[bacon4u]

I tried clearing the cache... I even found flash 10.1 for eclair hoping that would solve the problem, but no. The wierdest thing is that all videos uploaded before 3 days ago work just fine... I was looking for a youtube replacement app and I found the fro-yo youtube app online but I would have to root my phone to get rid of the original and install that one and I'm not quite sure I want to do that...

 

[LBPHeretic]

I tried clearing the cache... I even found flash 10.1 for eclair hoping that would solve the problem, but no. The wierdest thing is that all videos uploaded before 3 days ago work just fine... I was looking for a youtube replacement app and I found the fro-yo youtube app online but I would have to root my phone to get rid of the original and install that one and I'm not quite sure I want to do that...

Yeah, I do not think Flash 10.1 for Android 2.1 will work with the Sprint HTC Hero. Our handset can handle Flash Lite just fine though, but that does not support YouTube Flash objects.

Anyway, if all else fails, you can go here: YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Just point your mobile browser to that website. The mobile YouTube website is actually pretty good and a pretty decent alternative to using the native YouTube app.

 

[MoMoDee]

I have the same problem. YouTube app or mobile site, either way, it's using the YouTube player or flash player, and it's the same problem for both.

 

[LBPHeretic]

It might just be an issue on Google's side then. It could also be that you are on Android 2.1 and using the older YouTube app, but that seems weird.

I happen to be on Android 2.3 with the newer YouTube app and have not experienced this issue. I hope that it works itself out eventually.

 

[MoMoDee]

Well, I did hear about some security issue with Google. Don't know if that has anything to do with it, but I also heard there'll be a fix for it...

 

[DonKwanDo]

Having the EXACT same problem.

Definitely annoying.

 

[Venomal]

Same prob here...in my case, I can see strange lines on the screen. Help would be appreciated.

 

[LBPHeretic]

It looks like this issue is pretty sporadic. I guess it only affects a few people.

I still have not experienced it. I am hopeful that it will eventually be addressed.