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Questions tagged [youtube]

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YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google.

YouTube is written with a capital Y and a capital T.

Questions on Android Enthusiasts are for the native Android app.

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How to play YouTube audio in background/minimised?

The official YouTube app stops playing when I minimized, switched to another application, or even when I lock the phone. And when I resume, it restarts downloading the clip from the beginning. Is there any way that I can play YouTube clips in the…
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Is it possible to pre-download a YouTube video to view it later offline?

I have the Galaxy S3, and I'd like to watch YouTube videos during my commutes. I like to watch long videos (around 1 hours), so I have no more than 1 video per commute. However, youtube video takes a lot of bandwidth and I have a cap on data usage.…
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Open YouTube's saved offline video (.exo file)

My question is specific to YouTube app's new offline functionality. I have saved some video from YouTube app on my Android phone. I restored my phone OS due to some problem. But I have files that were downloaded by YouTube app stored on SD Card.…
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How to go to a specific time of a video clip quickly in YouTube app?

Since the YouTube app has nowhere to input the URL, I cannot jump to a specific time to view it. Dragging the player caret is very hard to make an accurate jump especially for a long clip How to do that easily?
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How do you disable autoplay in the YouTube app when you are watching a playlist?

I have set autoplay to off in settings, but when I enter a playlist video, the next video still starts when the one I am on ends.
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Youtube Preload limit?

I have enabled Preloading for my Watch Later playlist. This currently contains 23 hour-long Google IO videos but YouTube seems to only ever preload up to 2 of them, never any more. I have an HTC One X with over 24GB of space - I have to remove a…
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What versions of Youtube for Android support fast-forward and rewind?

What version(s) of Youtube for Android definitively support fast-forward and rewind? I'm referring to the forwards and backwards buttons in landscape mode that permit you to jump ~10 seconds. I lost this feature after accidentally updating the…
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Lock screen while playing YouTube video

I have Samsung Galaxy S5. Is there a way to lock the screen but keep YouTube videos playing? For example, a particular browser app or add-on that would allow for the audio to continue playing while the screen is off.
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Youtube preloading option not available

Since I updated the Youtube app on my Nexus 5 to v5.6.31 I can no longer preload videos from my 'Watch Later' list. I have checked the settings and I can't find the option to configure this either. Has preloading been removed?
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How to turn off "Suggested: ..." video pop-ups in the YouTube android app?

I don't know if this is something new or I've only just started to notice it but very often a few seconds into most YouTube videos viewed on the app I'm finding an annoying white box with a letter "i" in a circle pops up, promoting some other video.…
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Automatic Download of Youtube Channels

I have a couple of Youtube channels I subscribe to. I'm subscribed both on Google Reader and on Youtube itself. Is there an app that checks for new updates to my subscribed channels and downloads them automatically (perhaps once a day)? My objective…
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Avoid mobile version of YouTube

For some reason, either Vodafone UK or YouTube think they are smarter than my own desires and are constantly redirecting my phone to use the mobile version of YouTube. This would be fine, except whenever I click a direct video link from somewhere…
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How do I get Youtube Links to open in the YouTube app and not a browser?

Everytime I click a link to a Youtube clip I have to choose which browser to open it in. I'd like them to open in the YouTube android app. Is there a setting somewhere that I can change ...?
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Can YouTube videos be downloaded with subtitles for offline viewing using the app?

I noticed that when I download a video in the YouTube app for offline viewing, subtitles are not included. What do I need to do so that I can see subtitles while viewing a video offline?
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Youtube video quality

Youtube app allows switching between normal and high quality videos. Is this normal and high quality depended on screen dpi or are they some fixed quality videos independent of mobile and tablets and their resolution? For eg: Is the high quality…
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