Is it me or does the youtube play videos way too slow? Seems like it takes forever to load. It's frustrating having to wait 10 minutes for a full video to load when my lower powered smartphone can do it instantaneously. Is there a fix for this? 
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Why is YOUTUBE on iPad2 slow??
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You can't this guy has no idea what's going on. It's gonna be your Internet, by default videos are loaded in hd, but I'm not sure if it adjusts according to connection.
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I have this problem too even on a semi fast internet connection. My MacBook and Droid incredible can load the same videos at high quality much faster.
I hope ios 5 fixes this.
I have this problem too even on a semi fast internet connection. My MacBook and Droid incredible can load the same videos at high quality much faster.
I hope ios 5 fixes this.
You can turn HQ / HD off; but not in the default app.
You can use mobile YouTube via Safari - which, I find, is faster; or the full desktop Youtube, with HTML5 enabled - but only a few videos will work, as Apple's Mobile Safari doesn't support the HTML5 that desktop YouTube is using to display annotations (when in mobile Youtube, it just disables annotations altogether - in desktop Youtube it'll try to load the HTML5 video with annotation, which won't work.)
You can use mobile YouTube via Safari - which, I find, is faster; or the full desktop Youtube, with HTML5 enabled - but only a few videos will work, as Apple's Mobile Safari doesn't support the HTML5 that desktop YouTube is using to display annotations (when in mobile Youtube, it just disables annotations altogether - in desktop Youtube it'll try to load the HTML5 video with annotation, which won't work.)
Is it me or does the youtube play videos way too slow? Seems like it takes forever to load. It's frustrating having to wait 10 minutes for a full video to load when my lower powered smartphone can do it instantaneously. Is there a fix for this?
Nope. No problems. Starts instantly for me using Atomic web browser, with the browser identified as mobile safari - iPad.
I've had this issue, with all the A-class chipset devices(both iPads and iPhone 4). In my case, the issue is that my 802.11N-class router just doesn't play nice with these devices in 'N' mode.
In B & G mode, it works fine. Hi-res videos buffer instantly.
In B & G mode, it works fine. Hi-res videos buffer instantly.
I have the same problem. My Internet is 35/35 up/dn. videos on the YouTube app are too slow to watch.
Same here, the Youtube app Is really annoying. So, I'm using Safari or icab for watching videos. No problems anymore, even with videos in hq
yeah Youtube sucks donkey ass on the iPad. such a shame really, I really wish something is done about it
I barely have a 3mbps connection. Using the YouTube app, most short clips start within a few seconds, HD a bit longer. I just tried a 12min HD clip, and it took about 45 secs before playing. Once playing, all videos play perfectly smooth.
If yours is considerably worse than mine, I would look at your router, Wifi setup, and or ISP. I'm running "n" only, 5GHz band, on an older rev. Airport Extreme in bridged mode. Router is a B&W G3 PM, dual enet ports, running on 10.2.
32GB Wifi only iPad 2
If yours is considerably worse than mine, I would look at your router, Wifi setup, and or ISP. I'm running "n" only, 5GHz band, on an older rev. Airport Extreme in bridged mode. Router is a B&W G3 PM, dual enet ports, running on 10.2.
32GB Wifi only iPad 2
Its that the YouTube app only runs in HD I think because it runs fine when I use the website on safari. There you can turn the HD quality off. Which sucks if for anyone not on a high speed connection. Hopefully the app gets fixed in iOS 5.
