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Looks like something have changed att youtube because it's like the built in youtube application is suddenly struggling to play the high res videos. It's not a buffering issue, I've checked that already. Videos get short pauses now and then, almost like the hardware acceleration is disabled. I doubt I'm the only one experiencing this...
Could you link me to this youtube app, please? I went directly to the youtube site yesterday and streamed a couple of short vids which played ok but with buffering. It played in the stream app on the phone and I couldn't zoom it or do full screen. What does the youtube app do differently? Does it allow better streaming or full screen or something?
I mean the original youtube app thats pre-installed in the Diamond. It uses hardware acceleration to play videos with nice quality and smooth framerate, now it's not that good anymore so I'm guessing something have changed at youtube... It's strange though...
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I mean the original youtube app thats pre-installed in the Diamond. It uses hardware acceleration to play videos with nice quality and smooth framerate, now it's not that good anymore so I'm guessing something have changed at youtube... It's strange though...
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That app doesn't appear to be on my phone, the t-mobile compact 4.
Maybe your operator removed it from your Diamond rom??? You can install it separately, check here for info and the download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=472940
Just make sure you install the VGA one... But you probably already knew that of course...
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Maybe your operator removed it from your Diamond rom??? You can install it separately, check here for info and the download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=472940
Just make sure you install the VGA one... But you probably already knew that of course...
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Yep, I suspect t-mobile did indeed remove it. Thanks for the link!
Your welcome If for some reason the app refuses to play the videos on your Diamond you might need to install the youtube fix aswell...: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2657501&postcount=164
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Your welcome If for some reason the app refuses to play the videos on your Diamond you might need to install the youtube fix aswell...: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2657501&postcount=164
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Okey dokey, thanks. It's installed now and rebooting. I'll try the fix if it doesn't work. And no, I didn't know I needed the VGA version so thanks for pointing that out.
Ok, I installed the fix because the screen looked a bit messed up and the text is tiny and I can't seem to zoom in. Stil the same with the fix however the video runs very well. But, the capture area is a small square on the left bottom corner in landscape mode. I'll take some pictures of my screen for you.
Ok, here's 2 screenshots. It defaults to playing in landscape but only the small area you can see. Where I type to search, the letters are cut off (see 'CATS AND DOGS') and the text is microscopically small. Any adjustments I can make? Is it possible for the seartch to bring up more than 5 results?
At least it works though, very smooth playback.
That looks very strange... Videos should play fullscreen in landscape...
I suggest you to uninstall that version & the fix and get this version instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481495
It's a newer version of the HTC youtube player, download the second link, the full version: http://www.uploadjockey.com/download/4336552/Youtube_v1.6.1820.4128_FULL.zip
I really hope this will solve your problems and make it work as it should, if not I'm out of ideas since I'm not an expert in this area...
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That looks very strange... Videos should play fullscreen in landscape...
I suggest you to uninstall that version & the fix and get this version instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481495
It's a newer version of the HTC youtube player, download the second link, the full version: http://www.uploadjockey.com/download/4336552/Youtube_v1.6.1820.4128_FULL.zip
I really hope this will solve your problems and make it work as it should, if not I'm out of ideas since I'm not an expert in this area...
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Thanks man, I'll give it a try.
This is odd. I've installed it successfully and it shows up in 'remove programs' but it doesn't show up anywhere else, nowhere to be found in program files, (the other version did), so I can't start the app. This happened when installing to the internal storage, uninstalling it, and reinstalling to the device.
I'll reinstall the earlier version and then do the upgrade version, see if that helps.
Yes that worked! Thanks for the links owziee
I notice that I can scroll up and down the list of videos with the centre button, but it doesn't respond to screen touch with finger, is it meant to be like that? Anyway, not bothered, just wondering. I'm happy now, the quality is great, it's full screen and the text is normal size now.
No thats not normal, I can use my finger to scroll but at least you can watch the videos now. Maybe you'll find a fix for the scrolling issue.
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No thats not normal, I can use my finger to scroll but at least you can watch the videos now. Maybe you'll find a fix for the scrolling issue.
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I suppose it may be that because your Diamond came pre fitted with a youtube app that perhaps it was optimised to work with touch screen? Whereas mine is a t mobile phone which didn't come with youtube on it.
I have a trouble with this. Buld in player only show two pictures , can not switch to 3D. Thanks.
Yea I have the same Problem but not totally certain the LG thrill will play those correctly because it's technically not the same format I think. I could be wrong though, no idea.
If your short press 3D button something changed ?
No not really stayed split screen, just made the split screens look 3D is all.
I am actually having issues with bids I took on the thrill too
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Not having issues with vids Ive taken on the thrill, having issues watching "3D" movies that I downloaded from a website where the vid stays split. I am guessing because they are technically meant for 3D televisions that require glasses.
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Not having issues with vids Ive taken on the thrill, having issues watching "3D" movies that I downloaded from a website where the vid stays split. I am guessing because they are technically meant for 3D televisions that require glasses.
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Yes, no problems with preloaded vids, but with downloaded have. These vids are SBS, not anaglyph, but Thrill dees not recognize these as a 3D
I had this same issue. I wasted whole evening converting sample videos thinking it was the format.
You need to activate the option and tell the video player the 3d format.
Any video that plays recoded in sbs(side by side) or tob(top over bottom) will work.
I used total video convert and convert them to 800 X 480 Mp4 x264 files. Leave all other options default.
You have to start the video and put it in 3d mode.
Then "while its playing" hit the menu cap/led button at that point you can select the 3d format.
You have to do it once per video.
Its seems like an odd (almost hidden) way to enable it but it does let you to set each video as needed instead of forcing one global setting.
hit the menu cap/led button
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Sorry, which button?
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Sorry, which button?
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droid menu capacitive button
acem77 said:
I had this same issue. I wasted whole evening converting sample videos thinking it was the format.
You need to activate the option and tell the video player the 3d format.
Any video that plays recoded in sbs(side by side) or tob(top over bottom) will work.
I used total video convert and convert them to 800 X 480 Mp4 x264 files. Leave all other options default.
You have to start the video and put it in 3d mode.
Then "while its playing" hit the menu cap/led button at that point you can select the 3d format.
You have to do it once per video.
Its seems like an odd (almost hidden) way to enable it but it does let you to set each video as needed instead of forcing one global setting.
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Thank you....this worked.
Sent from my LG-P925 using XDA App
Here are the instructions on how to do this:
jeanlucdavid.com/2011/06/watching-3d-movies-on-lg-optimus-3d/
I have the solution!
well, to watch a video in 3d you first need to tap the 3d button on the screen or on the side of the phone after you start the movie. Then you press the options key (the capacitive button looks like box within a box) then press 3d options. You choose the first option toward the left.
If you need help finding movies visit thepiratebay.org
and search "evo3d". Most movies are around 4gb so I recommend buying a kingston 32gb class 4 microsd. They go for around $40.
you can also download or rip 3d blurays and convert them to small Mp4 or AVI files. Notice:When converting movies make sure each one is no bigger than 4gb or it wont play. If they are bigger than 4gb try reducing the quality or split the movie into 2 parts
Wow talk about hidden way to watch these. Either way Very Very Good to Know. Thanks.
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well, to watch a video in 3d you first need to tap the 3d button on the screen or on the side of the phone after you start the movie. Then you press the options key (the capacitive button looks like box within a box) then press 3d options. You choose the first option toward the left.
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I know about this button, but it does not appears Maybe it is because Waterbeer FW ?
s0urc3f0ur said:
Here are the instructions on how to do this:
jeanlucdavid.com/2011/06/watching-3d-movies-on-lg-optimus-3d/
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Ok, the SBS, reversed SBS and Top/Bottom options are obvious, but the 4th option? Is it maybe anaglyph?
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Ok, the SBS, reversed SBS and Top/Bottom options are obvious, but the 4th option? Is it maybe anaglyph?
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4th option is no 3D or native 3D, it just plays video in native format.
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Thank you....this worked.
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i got this: cant resample. aborting.
i have a 3d movie tangled on my thrill but the problem is when i play it its shows up with the screen split down the middle with the same thing showing up on both sides,i just put the movie on my sd card,any help?thanks
You need to start the movie. Select 3d. Hide the menu. Reshow the menu and use the 3d formatted to side by side
(The button to the left ofnhome)
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You need to start the movie. Select 3d. Hide the menu. Reshow the menu and use the 3d formatted to side by side
(The button to the left ofnhome)
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same here.. had the exact same problem as op... use almost the exact same method to make an actual 3d image.. working good now.. usually you will only have to do that the first time you load a movie..
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You need to start the movie. Select 3d. Hide the menu. Reshow the menu and use the 3d formatted to side by side
(The button to the left ofnhome)
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thanks a lot know if I could install clockwork
att thrill 4g 3d.... sound not playing on downloaded 3d videos
hi did anyone have issues with sound with downloaded 3d videos
my was saying sound not supported
and some videos there would not be sound playing.
When I first got my Chromecast, I was able to play a video (on hulu for example) in fullscreen mode, then alt tab back to Chrome so I could still use my laptop while casting to the TV in full screen.
In the past week, it no longer works. When I alt tab, it automatically goes out of full screen mode. So now I have to have my laptop playing the video in fullscreen if I want to cast it in fullscreen to the TV.
I can't find anything in my searches about this happening to anyone else when I google the problem. Has anyone else run across this issue?
Thanks
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When I first got my Chromecast, I was able to play a video (on hulu for example) in fullscreen mode, then alt tab back to Chrome so I could still use my laptop while casting to the TV in full screen.
In the past week, it no longer works. When I alt tab, it automatically goes out of full screen mode. So now I have to have my laptop playing the video in fullscreen if I want to cast it in fullscreen to the TV.
I can't find anything in my searches about this happening to anyone else when I google the problem. Has anyone else run across this issue?
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Sorry, it works fine for me, and I have the latest update. Maybe reinstall?
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Sorry, it works fine for me, and I have the latest update. Maybe reinstall?
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What do I reinstall? I've reinstalled the cast extension and that didn't fix it. I have the most current version of Chrome. I can only thing to uninstall and reinstall Chrome to see if that fixes the problem.
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What do I reinstall? I've reinstalled the cast extension and that didn't fix it. I have the most current version of Chrome. I can only thing to uninstall and reinstall Chrome to see if that fixes the problem.
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I don't know, I don't have the problem.
What about Flash?
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When I first got my Chromecast, I was able to play a video (on hulu for example) in fullscreen mode, then alt tab back to Chrome so I could still use my laptop while casting to the TV in full screen.
In the past week, it no longer works. When I alt tab, it automatically goes out of full screen mode. So now I have to have my laptop playing the video in fullscreen if I want to cast it in fullscreen to the TV.
I can't find anything in my searches about this happening to anyone else when I google the problem. Has anyone else run across this issue?
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My guess is this is related to the Flash Player or the player on the site that you are using. I have seen this happen on my two monitor setup where when I go to the second screen it breaks out of full screen mode on the first monitor. I'm pretty sure all i had to do was restart my machine. But I would try reinstalling Flash, clearing cache, cookies, etc.
Do you see the same behavior when you are not using Chromecast?
Good luck.
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My guess is this is related to the Flash Player or the player on the site that you are using. I have seen this happen on my two monitor setup where when I go to the second screen it breaks out of full screen mode on the first monitor. I'm pretty sure all i had to do was restart my machine. But I would try reinstalling Flash, clearing cache, cookies, etc.
Do you see the same behavior when you are not using Chromecast?
Good luck.
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It happens with any video, whether casting or not. I used to be able to watch Hulu.com in fullscreen and cast it to the tv, then I could alt tab to another tab to check FB or something. Now it doesn't work. I've tried hulu, youtube, and some other video sites and they all the the same thing. When you hit Alt they immediately go back to the small screen page. I've rebooted my computer and reinstalled the Cast extension. Wondering if I need to reinstall Chrome. It did crash one me a few times this weekend, though not in the past couple of days.
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It happens with any video, whether casting or not. I used to be able to watch Hulu.com in fullscreen and cast it to the tv, then I could alt tab to another tab to check FB or something. Now it doesn't work. I've tried hulu, youtube, and some other video sites and they all the the same thing. When you hit Alt they immediately go back to the small screen page. I've rebooted my computer and reinstalled the Cast extension. Wondering if I need to reinstall Chrome. It did crash one me a few times this weekend, though not in the past couple of days.
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I have had a similar issue. I received mine on Tuesday and the first day full screen worked for espn and I was able to Alt+Tab to continue browsing. Last night, I tried to do the same thing but It would only display a picture of the tab with the embedded video (when I would go to full screen, the embedded video was black with the tab content around it. when I would exit full screen the embedded video began playing again.) Essentially, I can no longer go into full screen mode for any flash based video (tried with NFL network too). Mine did an update first thing when I turned it on yesterday. I didn't write down the original version I had nor what it updated to. My flash player also updated recently but I think that was before I tried it for the first time. I did not try to reboot my machine or reinstall flash / chrome but I did attempt to do it from 2 different computers on my network and both suffered from the same issue.
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I have had a similar issue. I received mine on Tuesday and the first day full screen worked for espn and I was able to Alt+Tab to continue browsing. Last night, I tried to do the same thing but It would only display a picture of the tab with the embedded video (when I would go to full screen, the embedded video was black with the tab content around it. when I would exit full screen the embedded video began playing again.) Essentially, I can no longer go into full screen mode for any flash based video (tried with NFL network too). Mine did an update first thing when I turned it on yesterday. I didn't write down the original version I had nor what it updated to. My flash player also updated recently but I think that was before I tried it for the first time. I did not try to reboot my machine or reinstall flash / chrome but I did attempt to do it from 2 different computers on my network and both suffered from the same issue.
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I found a post on another forum that helped me resolve the issue. In your google chrome browser (assuming that's what you are using), type in about://plugins. Click on the Details icon (+) on the far right of the Plugins title bar. Look for Adobe flash and you probably have 2 plugins listed. Look for pepflashplayer.dll . It should be listed in the location section. Click on disable. You may need to restart the browser. Try your fullscreen again.
That fixed it for me, so I hope it fixes it for you.
I just found a pretty neat trick to do fullscreen.
Install the "Chrome Toolbox" which allows you to open flash videos by themselves, separate from anything else on that webpage.
Go to the page with the flash video you are playing. Cast that tab. Hover over the video and an icon will appear to allow you to put it on its own window. Chromecast will now only show the video, same as if you went fullscreen. Video quality seems better when the window is not minimized.
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I just found a pretty neat trick to do fullscreen.
Install the "Chrome Toolbox" which allows you to open flash videos by themselves, separate from anything else on that webpage.
Go to the page with the flash video you are playing. Cast that tab. Hover over the video and an icon will appear to allow you to put it on its own window. Chromecast will now only show the video, same as if you went fullscreen. Video quality seems better when the window is not minimized.
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Thanks for the tip but I can't get it to work. I have Chrome Toolbox installed, went to Hulu and cast that tab and not getting anything when I hover over the view to pop it out as a separate window.
swillard said:
Thanks for the tip but I can't get it to work. I have Chrome Toolbox installed, went to Hulu and cast that tab and not getting anything when I hover over the view to pop it out as a separate window.
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i have the same problem. Cant switch tab by using alt+tab
Does anyone has another solution?
ps: i am using mac
swillard said:
Thanks for the tip but I can't get it to work. I have Chrome Toolbox installed, went to Hulu and cast that tab and not getting anything when I hover over the view to pop it out as a separate window.
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It's working now. Thanks for the tip. I can use this trick to cast to the TV and still use my laptop for other stuff.
Toolbox Pop-out link??
Hi guys!
Any chance of a link to the Chrome Toolbox in the app store? The one I'm looking at is probably not the one I'm looking for.
BTW, Alt-Tab is working for me, but the full-screen video is playing in the background so I can see it in place of the Windows taskbar. I can move about the desktop though
hpcolombia said:
I just found a pretty neat trick to do fullscreen.
Install the "Chrome Toolbox" which allows you to open flash videos by themselves, separate from anything else on that webpage.
Go to the page with the flash video you are playing. Cast that tab. Hover over the video and an icon will appear to allow you to put it on its own window. Chromecast will now only show the video, same as if you went fullscreen. Video quality seems better when the window is not minimized.
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Unfortunately Chrome Toolbox doesn't work on Windows 8? And isn't available anymore anyway?
This is really annoying. Just got Chromecast.
But when casting a tab of full screen video on certain websites and I move from the tab it reverts to its original frame.
Basically I just want to be able to play full screen content from sites like BBC's iPlayer while doing other things on the computer.
Fiddling with flash plugins doesn't seem to change it. I looked for other possibly relevant extensions in the web store but none really worked.
This seems to me a fundamental but should be pretty simple problem for Google to fix.
Any other ideas now?
Thanks, Tom
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Unfortunately Chrome Toolbox doesn't work on Windows 8? And isn't available anymore anyway?
This is really annoying. Just got Chromecast.
But when casting a tab of full screen video on certain websites and I move from the tab it reverts to its original frame.
Basically I just want to be able to play full screen content from sites like BBC's iPlayer while doing other things on the computer.
Fiddling with flash plugins doesn't seem to change it. I looked for other possibly relevant extensions in the web store but none really worked.
This seems to me a fundamental but should be pretty simple problem for Google to fix.
Any other ideas now?
Thanks, Tom
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Not sure about Windows 8, but in 7 I am pretty sure I can hit the Windows key + D which will minimize the browser and allow me to continue what I am doing.
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BTW, Alt-Tab is working for me, but the full-screen video is playing in the background so I can see it in place of the Windows taskbar. I can move about the desktop though
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I like that "feature" - my old ATI TV tuner card used to have that.
tomwood said:
But when casting a tab of full screen video on certain websites and I move from the tab it reverts to its original frame.
Basically I just want to be able to play full screen content from sites like BBC's iPlayer while doing other things on the computer.
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It seems to depend on how the player achieves full-screen. Some sites have a full-screen option from the browser level, and that seems to behave differently (also sometimes different resolution) than using the full-screen/zoom option in the player.
Good example is www.BabyFirstTV.com
The blue-background full-screen button just full-screens the video in the tab and shows the Exit Fullscreen button when casted.
The full-screen button in the player window (bottom right corner) make the video full-desktop size (and replaces my desktop background), and doesn't show the (annoying) Exit Fullscreen button. The bottom does get cut off, likely because my desktop is 1920x1200 so I'm losing the bottom 180 pixels.
For me at least, either method allows me to Alt-Tab to another application without messing up the Chromecast playback though.
bhiga said:
It seems to depend on how the player achieves full-screen. Some sites have a full-screen option from the browser level, and that seems to behave differently (also sometimes different resolution) than using the full-screen/zoom option in the player.
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Thanks, unfortunately though for me when using that browser-level full screen video, and I move from the tab, it reverts to its original frame.
I'm using Windows 8 x64 with Chrome Beta 32.
Obskure said:
Hi guys!
Any chance of a link to the Chrome Toolbox in the app store?
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https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd
Also found another interesting Chrome App....
Turns your Browser into a Chromecast Target that you can stream to!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cr-cast/acmfmindblghbicdipoakcolegkcddbk
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Thanks, unfortunately though for me when using that browser-level full screen video, and I move from the tab, it reverts to its original frame.
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Can you try it on www.babyfirsttv.com ? I'm guessing any browser/tab-level zoom will depend on how the site is coded.
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Can you try it on babyfirsttv? I'm guessing any browser/tab-level zoom will depend on how the site is coded.
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Yeah, if it takes up just the tab it's ok, but when going completely full screen it doesn't stay like that if I move... And unfortunately many sites with video, like the ones I want to use, only have that option.
Got my new Gear Vr today from Best Buy (shipped in two days online) and it's been awesome. One thing I was wondering though, how do I access all those 360 videos on YouTube?
Use the Samsung Internet app.
Care to show how?
When I use the Samsung browser to see youtube 360 videos, all it shows is the flat video on the browser. How do we get the head tracking and inside the video effect?
Thanks!
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Care to show how?
When I use the Samsung browser to see youtube 360 videos, all it shows is the flat video on the browser. How do we get the head tracking and inside the video effect?
Thanks!
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As far as I know, there's no true solution for this. I too am looking for a real fix. Everything I've found so far involves downloading the videos to the phone locally. Not what I want...
In the SAMSUNG internet app, tap the full screen button in the bottom right corner then the integrated video player will give you the option to play the video as a side by side 3D or as a 360 video
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In the SAMSUNG internet app, tap the full screen button in the bottom right corner then the integrated video player will give you the option to play the video as a side by side 3D or as a 360 video
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For a better understanding you can following this video. This solution works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kxiB6ucj8Y
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For a better understanding you can following this video. This solution works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kxiB6ucj8Y
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Thanks for sharing, been driving me nuts
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A better solution in my opinon
Hey if you want to watch you tube videos in the theater setting then go to sideloadvr.com and check out the youtube 360 cinema. Youll have to follow the guides on the site to 1. verify your phones signature, then sign your own apks to be validated with your device. Their is a automated process but didn't work for me I had to do it manually. Also the vrstream app is amazing, you can stream nvidia based computer games to your theater setting as well its quite breathtaking if you need any help hit me up.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this app load only flat youtube videos? I was not able to use 360 effect, just flat screen. I was hoping for some real 360 experience.
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Hey if you want to watch you tube videos in the theater setting then go to sideloadvr.com and check out the youtube 360 cinema. Youll have to follow the guides on the site to 1. verify your phones signature, then sign your own apks to be validated with your device. Their is a automated process but didn't work for me I had to do it manually. Also the vrstream app is amazing, you can stream nvidia based computer games to your theater setting as well its quite breathtaking if you need any help hit me up.
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You need the newest Youtube app for you to see 360 video. The older ones will not work.
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KennyCheng0705 said:
Got my new Gear Vr today from Best Buy (shipped in two days online) and it's been awesome. One thing I was wondering though, how do I access all those 360 videos on YouTube?
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All you have to do is open the youtube app. You can use google cardboard icon on the bottom right. I have uploaded 3d 360 videos to youtube and it works seamlessly.