[newpowerrd]

hi, i own a bold 9000, and i can not watch youtube videos , can the bold play youtube videos?

i need the information on how to set it on to watch videos on youtube??

i have test it using 3g and when i click watch video it ask if i want to switch to wap for streaming media, and ask me to press ok or cancel, and there is a dowload bar charging , but it does not shows up any video.

please help me
thanks

[cyberseal 75r]

Also while we're on the topic, I've noticed that YouTube videos tend to stop while buffering a lot. Is there any setting to let it buffer a larger amount of data so I don't have to watch the video pause every 5 seconds?

[DacyJ]

Wirelessly posted (you serious Clark?)

What browser are you using?

[newpowerrd]

am using the default browser

[Damaged7]

I can use youtube fine with the default browser. The only problem I get, is that the video seems to lag behind the sound almost every time.

[btaylor1]

i'm interested in this topic too. i never could get youtube videos to play. coincidentally, a colleague told me he succeeded by turning off at&t's mobile network and using only a wi-fi connection. when i did the same, i still failed on the wifi connection: "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's flash player." i checked options and Javascript is enabled. also, when i clicked "Get the latest Flash player" i have repeatedly failed with some message like "too large." any thoughts or suggestions? thx

[Tommy2125]

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Wow a lot of peoples I having jus a lot of problem viewing youtube videos, cause I do too on my bold I always get this error message everytime I try watching a youtube video "Network has occur an error" so I call my network provider the Roger rep from Blackberry tech support said "sorry,we don't support on any 3 part apps or any steamming" I was huh? Are you kidding right? So I ask a lot of poeple I know that have blackberry they said they have the same problem...I really hope someone can send a trouble ticket to BlackBerry and see do they have any usefull hint that can help us fix this problem a lot of peoples is having

[msaster]

I also look forward to a resolution/hint to correcting this

[mrgm]

i can use the youtube- sometimes.

When it does not work I also get that little red message at the top right

When it does work on EDGE it does buffer about ever quarter- depending on length, and sound. The sound is fine. I do believe that youtube takes down the quality when you are using the mobile version of the site, so quality will suffer.

When it does work on Wifi it does not buffer as much or at all- sound is fine. Still quality suffers because of the youtube mobile version site.

[btaylor1]

sorry if this is a dumb question, but if the mobile site is different than YouTube - Broadcast Yourself., can you tell me an exact url for the mobile site so i can try that too? thx

[mrgm]

Originally Posted by btaylor1

sorry if this is a dumb question, but if the mobile site is different than YouTube - Broadcast Yourself., can you tell me an exact url for the mobile site so i can try that too? thx

If you go straight to youtube it will auto detect that you are on mobile device- if it is tiled to the left, you are on the mobile site.

[btaylor1]

hmm, i see nothing to the left that i would characterize as "tiled". there is a narrow vertical line on the left within about the bottom third of the far left side of the screen

[mzamora]

I only can view youtube videos if I my BB is in WiFi. If it is on 3G or EDGE I can not watch the videos.

[btaylor1]

same here (wi-fi only, if at all). at one point changing from Firefox to Internet Explorer seemed to make a difference and make videos, but not for long. receiving earlier reported error messages again. it's like youtube somehow overwhelms and/or confuses my bold, except for occasional lucid intervals. (of course, maybe it's just me who's confused.) it was fun while a few videos played (media player and all). will be a shame if i can't figure out how to make them play more reliably because i can't keep spending time troubleshooting something over my head (which in my case isn't saying much unfortunately).

"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player/" i am beginning to believe both alternatives are incorrect and a waste of this bold user's time (sigh).

[Mark PPG]

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I found that you-tube is very os dependant.

The lower versions including .162 didn't do it very well.

The .185+ seem to do a better job of it.

There is also a setting in options, general properties, uncheck the box marked switch to wap for steaming media.

[btaylor1]

thx. my options/about still shows stock v4.6.0.167. i've hesitated getting help for an upgrade because of various issues reported with higher versions (eg thumbnails no longer working?). i wonder if, like me, the others reporting continuing youtube video viewing problems also have at&t stock ...167 OS. if those people could so advise, and others who have upgraded could report whether they perceived any youtube video viewing improvements as a consequence (of moving to specific higher OS) could also weigh in, maybe there could be some good group learning. i know i would in any event be grateful. thx to all and happy new year

[btaylor1]

followup. i found this link

BlackBerry Support Community Forums - Re: How do you?? - BlackBerry 9500 Series Smartphone - BlackBerry Storm - BlackBerry Support Community Forums

and it suggested using a different, specicific m. link

http://m.youtube.com

to view youtube videos. (i had asked an earlier poster whether there was any such specific link but didn't hear back.) the m. link did let me play a short video without any error message

[alistairybates]

ive never had a problem with youtube on my bold. all OS versions .162-.190

[alistairybates]

you may need to change settings on phone to automatically launch media player

[btaylor1]

sorry if this is a dumb question, but can you tell me where i would make such a change? i rooted around some in device options, advanced options, and phone options, and i failed to find a place where i might make the change you have suggested. thx

PS, here's a link asserting some sort of (as yet unsupported) "client" may be needed for bold to play youtube videos. (of course, i understand many people, unlike me, have no problem...)

Bold Youtube Client? - PinStack.com - Smartphone Professionals Alliance