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I guess I'm not a target user, but what do you use a youtube app for you can't do loading the site in the browser?

by a_imho 10y ago

simooooo 10y ago
Cast it to a TV (for non-chrome users)
- a_imho 10y ago
  Could you elaborate a bit? Does this mean the phone proxies the video to the TV instead of the TV connecting directly to the youtube service?
  - cosmie 10y ago
    There are two different versions of Casting that I'm aware of. One is using a Chromecast (or something that exposes itself like a Chromecast, such as the new Vizio tvs). In which case your device is essentially acting as a remote that's negotiating the stream to execute, but the stream itself is between the Chromecast device and the source, not proxied via the phone. Once it's going, your phone or Chrome browser no longer has anything to do with it (unless you use it as a remote to change the stream or pause it or whatever). There is a special case where you can cast your device screen itself. In which case your phone is the source the Chromecast is negotiating with, rather than an external service. The other version of casting is using the Miracast protocol, in which case the TV is just a wireless display that's showing what's on the phone or Chrome browser's screen. My last TV supported Miracast and it was really handy to get around the fact that Amazon is too anti-competitive to make a Chromecast app for their Instant Video service.
gervase 10y ago
For me, a big one is being able to get only the audio stream of a video. Then, I can listen to it while my phone is locked, saving both power and data. This usually requires either a 3rd-party app, or a subscription to Youtube Red, and obviously has no direct analogue on a laptop/desktop.
throwanem 10y ago
Watch videos on my 4th generation iPad, for one thing. It doesn't seem like there should be that much of a difference between the app and the mobile site, but loading the latter in Safari makes it shit the bed (my guess is lack of RAM), whereas the former works just fine - go figure.

I guess I'm not a target user, but what do you use a youtube app for you can't do loading the site in the browser?

by a_imho 10y ago

I guess I'm not a target user, but what do you use a youtube app for you can't do loading the site in the browser?

simooooo 10y ago

Cast it to a TV (for non-chrome users)

a_imho 10y ago
Could you elaborate a bit? Does this mean the phone proxies the video to the TV instead of the TV connecting directly to the youtube service?
- cosmie 10y ago
  There are two different versions of Casting that I'm aware of. One is using a Chromecast (or something that exposes itself like a Chromecast, such as the new Vizio tvs). In which case your device is essentially acting as a remote that's negotiating the stream to execute, but the stream itself is between the Chromecast device and the source, not proxied via the phone. Once it's going, your phone or Chrome browser no longer has anything to do with it (unless you use it as a remote to change the stream or pause it or whatever). There is a special case where you can cast your device screen itself. In which case your phone is the source the Chromecast is negotiating with, rather than an external service. The other version of casting is using the Miracast protocol, in which case the TV is just a wireless display that's showing what's on the phone or Chrome browser's screen. My last TV supported Miracast and it was really handy to get around the fact that Amazon is too anti-competitive to make a Chromecast app for their Instant Video service.

gervase 10y ago

For me, a big one is being able to get only the audio stream of a video. Then, I can listen to it while my phone is locked, saving both power and data. This usually requires either a 3rd-party app, or a subscription to Youtube Red, and obviously has no direct analogue on a laptop/desktop.

throwanem 10y ago

Watch videos on my 4th generation iPad, for one thing. It doesn't seem like there should be that much of a difference between the app and the mobile site, but loading the latter in Safari makes it shit the bed (my guess is lack of RAM), whereas the former works just fine - go figure.