Youtube: is it Apple or O2?

[daneoni]

Anytime i try to watch youtube vids over the 3G network on my 3GS it is ALWAYS a horrible experience, the video is completely blurry, sound is muffled and you pretty much cant make out any detail at all on the vids. The only to get decent quality is to use Wi-Fi

I thought this was O2 throttling its network for any streaming content. However i just got a Pre and Youtube vids load perfectly and at high quality on it over 3G

Is it the iPhone or O2 thats the culprit?

 

[226896]

A bit of both. The iPhone automatically degrades the quality when on 3G or EDGE because:

1. It would take ages to load, so in Apple's eyes it's a "better user experience" because it buffers faster.

2. O2 would get pissy at Apple for allowing users to stream full quality YouTube videos over 3G and EDGE.

 

[daneoni]

I see...that...kinda sucks

 

[Vandam500]

You can easily have Wifi quality Youtube videos anywhere. It's very simple actually, just jailbreak your iPhone (less then 5 minutes) then buy a app called "3G Unrestrictor" and that's all

 

[Applejuiced]

I was just going to say the same.
With a jailbroken iphone and 3G Unrestrictor youtube its tricked into thinking its connected to wifi all the time even when on 3G or Edge. So all videos would be high quality, probably a little longer to download also.

You can easily have Wifi quality Youtube videos anywhere. It's very simple actually, just jailbreak your iPhone (less then 5 minutes) then buy a app called "3G Unrestrictor" and that's all

 

[lollicup]

Anytime i try to watch youtube vids over the 3G network on my 3GS it is ALWAYS a horrible experience, the video is completely blurry, sound is muffled and you pretty much cant make out any detail at all on the vids. The only to get decent quality is to use Wi-Fi

I thought this was O2 throttling its network for any streaming content. However i just got a Pre and Youtube vids load perfectly and at high quality on it over 3G

Is it the iPhone or O2 thats the culprit?

someone brought this up before

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/700675/

 

[John T]

I must be lucky

YouTube on my 3gs via 3G/O2 is perfect - and I don't always get a strong signal.

 

[BergerFan]

It's a balance between user experience and quality. The image quality isn't that bad, for viewing on the go.
I tried 3GUnresrictor, and I found that videos took just a little bit too long, and kept buffering, making the experience frustrating, despite the image quality.