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Video playback is also trash on most sites besides youtube when on mobile. I can be on excellent wifi connected to excellent internet where a desktop browser g
by kevin_b_er 9y ago
Video playback is also trash on most sites besides youtube when on mobile.
I can be on excellent wifi connected to excellent internet where a desktop browser gets to play the video almost instantly, but mobile chrome will barely show the video. It'll show me empty black boxes, maybe a disabled video position control. It'll sit there like that for a good 30 seconds, then maybe play a 30 second ad, then finally the 1 min clip I was linked for. Often it will again stutter hard when it gets to the clip.
By contrast, loading a mobile youtube page will play the video almost immediately, if not within 15 seconds, even on LTE.
- ideonexus 9y agoI agree with you with one exception: when a youtube video is preceded by an advertisement. Youtube videos load very quickly, but I have had to give up watching some videos because the 30-second advertisement gets stuck in loading mode. I assume this is because there is a contractual obligation to show the ad at a minimum resolution, while the video itself can be delivered at a low quality and improve depending on the connection.
- dreamcompiler 9y agoCompletely agree, but I'm curious about why. Why is it that even embedded Youtube videos often fail to play in a browser, but if you click the "view in Youtube" button and go to the [desktop or mobile] Youtube site they work fine? What's Youtube's special sauce?