3rd party YouTube apps can no longer stream in HD--here's why
If you use SuperTube, LazyTube or any other 3rd party YouTube app, you may have noticed you've lost the ability to stream or even download videos in HQ/HD resolution. Instead, you're left only with "low quality" which is not exactly ideal.
Here's the situation, as explained to us by the developers of SuperTube:
"Today Youtube changed the resources address of videos. All Youtube client app can't stream the video in HQ or HD. The downloading video function doesn't work as well."
So that's the bad news and the reason why. The good news is that the developers of SuperTube have finished a v1.9 update, which we have on hand and we can say this fixes the issues. Version 1.9 for SuperTube has been submitted to the Marketplace and pending approval, should be available in 2-3 days.
We'll also bet that LazyTube will have a similar fix on the way, meaning this is just a temporary issue that we can all blame on Google :-P
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Solidstate89 says:
Gotta love SuperTube. Giving a big FU to Google and their bullshite TOS.
GP07 says:
Why did Google make the change? And only for HQ/HD vids? Sounds silly to me.
Wheezle says:
Sometimes services like Youtube do some shuffling on the backend. Doesn't seem like a big deal, and clearly just needs an update to apps to fix.
Peter McCain says:
so is google never going to support wp7? bad business decision on their part, but it could really hurt wp7 too
Solidstate89 says:
Here's hoping Microsoft gets a resounding win in the courts against Google on this matter.
Peter McCain says:
win what? to force them to make apps for wp7? google voice, g+, gmail, youtube and whatever else they do?
thegreattaurus says:
ya we know that aint happening. Intresting to see how wp7 survives without any google apps
Relief says:
To give Microsoft and other companies full access to the service without throwing road blocks.
Relief says:
If i were Microsoft, i would buy SuperTube and make it the default client.
garymoncrieff says:
Lazytube has already been fixed.
