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Youtube 4.2.1 = Awesome

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I dont know if this is known, but I realized you can have youtube playing in the background at all times and in the locked ipod mode also. I am currently running 4.2.1 on a iPhone 4.

To do this, play something in the stock youtube app
Click home to exit
Double click home to get to multitask bar
Swipe right to ipod controls
Press play and the last thing you had on youtube should play

This also works with your playlists! So you can actually hit next and previous from the music controls to go forward and back in your youtube playlist. Seems like this only works from the multitask bar, and not in lock screen.

I dont think any other phone is capable of this and its a huge feature for me. I have been making YT playlists of my fave songs for a while, and this will probably slowly take out streaming radio for me.

I even have a bunch of playlists for specific school questions, and now I can let them play while driving.
 
Minor improvement at the most, it still looks and functions like the original 2007 Youtube app. Still no option to play HD via 3G (and no the web app is no solution!!!)

Major failure by Apple and nothing awesome about it. :rolleyes:
 
Didn't know that. Handy. I just tried it and played a music video while using Safari. When I went back to the YT app the video went at around 10x speed until it caught up with the audio. Weird but funny looking.
 
JD914 said:
Minor improvement at the most, it still looks and functions like the original 2007 Youtube app. Still no option to play HD via 3G (and no the web app is no solution!!!)

Major failure by Apple and nothing awesome about it. :rolleyes:
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Still far behind the YouTube app on Android.
 
JD914 said:
Minor improvement at the most, it still looks and functions like the original 2007 Youtube app. Still no option to play HD via 3G (and no the web app is no solution!!!)

Major failure by Apple and nothing awesome about it. :rolleyes:
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I don't know you but having the option to see HD with you 3G connection will cause more data usage. Those of us that are caught in the 2GB cap a month is not a good idea.
 
Baww, I can't watch HD videos on a 200kb/s connection boycott apple
 
Well the point of my post wasnt about the quality of videos. Its the new functionality of audio within the app.

I am usually on wifi so quality in the app is the same to me. And when im on 3G I dont mind SD videos for certain things, and when I really want to see something in HD, I dont mind going to the web app.
 
Youtube on 3g in this state is unwatchable. I cant discern anything.
It would be nice to configure the settings, i dont want to have HD youtube on the iphone because of the lenghty download. It should have the option to use the 480p ou 320p at least. I use it to watch mostly cooking lessons and where are letters i just cant discern anything.
 
Nicksd84 said:
Yes, but when a video is embedded and it automatically opens calling the youtube app, it's annoying you can't get it in hi/standard def. Keeping the app to downgraded videos over 3G is a little baffling.
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Go to your settings on the phone, and go to the screen where you can disable various default apps for the phone. You can turn off the Youtube app there.

Install a Safari link on your home screen, and boom, you're default Youtube player on the phone will be the mobile Safari app.
 
BruiserBear said:
Go to your settings on the phone, and go to the screen where you can disable various default apps for the phone. You can turn off the Youtube app there.

Install a Safari link on your home screen, and boom, you're default Youtube player on the phone will be the mobile Safari app.
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Yes, but that doesn't fix embedded videos like when you're visiting a forum of reading an article.
 
That's very useful, thanks for sharing. Sometimes I'm texting with a friend and he gives me YouTube links with new music he wants me to listen to and this way I don't have to keep the app open.
 
Sdahe said:
Yeah... and you have the option to see them in High Def.
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That's funny. I prefer Safari YouTube because you have the option to play it in low def and thus it's actually useable on my Internet connection. The built in YouTube app and YouTube on the Apple TV seem to default to a higher quality, with no way to change it, and so it takes forever to load most videos for me.
 
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