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Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

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Originally Posted by khuong (Post 964326)

Thanks for the the quick update!

Regarding the new youtube video streaming at 640x360, Does that mean we can take advantage of that higher resolution on the current cutetube version? I know 420x270 resolution looks just as great on n900, i was just curious if we can manually increase the resolution by edit config file somewhere or you have to recompile.

There's no need to change anything. If you are viewing newer videos, you will already be watching the 640x360 stream. :)

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

it would be great if we could have the playlist "WATCH LATER" also included in the list .. as it does not show in the recent releases..

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

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Originally Posted by marxian (Post 956898)

I've completed the UI and API/settings/etc code for the new version, and I'm working on the download/playback code atm. Hopefully I can get this thing out within a few days. The UI has undergone a few changes.

Understatement of the YEAR!

Marxian that looks fantastic!

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

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Originally Posted by marxian (Post 964290)

YouTube have now increased the resolution of the stream for newer videos. Newer videos will be 640x360 instead of 420x270. :)

Even if the playback in the settings is 420x270? Will that explain why some video's play fine and some don't seem to buffer fast enough? Anyway... In the new version can we stll have the 420x270 option as some of us may not have fast enough tinterweb especially when we're out n about on 3g! Can't wait to try it out mate, looks sweeeeeet!! :D

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

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Originally Posted by natedog400 (Post 965352)

I set the option name to 480x270 because that was the resolution of the fmt=18 stream provided by YouTube. That still applies for older videos, but YouTube have now increased the resolution of that stream to 640x360. They did this a while ago, so any videos uploaded after the change will be displayed in 640x360. For these videos, there is no way to obtain a 480x270 stream. The quality options available for download and playback will be as before, though I've changed the name of the 480x270 option to 'High quality' to take account of the change.

I'm not sure what exactly causes some videos not to play in the existing version (no errors are reported), but as you say, it seems to be a buffering issue that causes the player to give up. I decided that video playback had too many problems (sluggish UI and rotation bugs), and the time would be better spent re-writing the application from scratch, as there were too many things that I was unhappy with. So far, I can say that signing in, loading search results etc is faster than before, because the code is leaner. Hopefully, I can bring similar improvements to video playback.

I think a decent 3g connection should be more than capable of streaming 640x360 video in most conditions. I can do it on my Orange San Francisco using the Android YouTube client, so I see no reason why it can't be done on the N900 in Qt. :)

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

I love CuteTube. Great app.

One bug report, one feature request. Sorry if these are already known.

Bug: clicking the play video button twice in quick succession (e.g., by accident, before the first frame of the video stream is displayed) actually starts two copies of the video stream. You can hear two copies of the audio stream, one just barely delayed.

RFE: Sometimes I "watch" a music video just to hear the audio track. Would it help with data transmission or playback performance if the UI had a button for audio only?

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

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Originally Posted by natedog400 (Post 946972)

Wifi or 3G? Have you tried removing the package completly and installing again? If not try it through x-term.

I guess this is becos the reqd quality of download specified in cutetube settings is not available for that particular youtube video. For example, if a youtube link has 240p and 360p, and if you had set the download quality to 720p, then you will get failed as it is trying only for 720p.

Can the application be made such that the resolution settings are used like a max cap. ie, if i set it as 480p, then the video that should be downloaded- is either 480p or if not, the highest available resolution (that is less than 480p). Get it?

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Originally Posted by getnani (Post 968093)

Can the application be made such that the resolution settings are used like a max cap. ie, if i set it as 480p, then the video that should be downloaded- is either 480p or if not, the highest available resolution (that is less than 480p). Get it?

That already happens. :)

Re: [Announce] cuteTube - A feature-rich YouTube client

how much work done on new version marxian?
Just wanted to know if the new version will startup fast as compared to current python one.?
And thanks for such awesome app

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Originally Posted by marxian (Post 968099)

That already happens. :)

Am I having the wrong version then? 0.9.9-13, right?

Becos, I tested this/investigated why "failed" happens when we try to download. ultimately- whenevr I set downloading resolution to 480x270, it downloads. If I set it higher, it fails!!! That is the only resolution the video link has!