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Youtube links not opening?

  • 23-05-2013 7:09pm
    #1
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭


    Anyone have any issues opening certain links on their WP8 device? Running WP8 on a HTC 8x and often try to play a video and receive an error stating that Windows cannot play this file.

    This video wont work on my device:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86JMcy5OqZA
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Comments

  • #2
    simi956
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭simi956


    Link opened fine on my Lumia 920, Have you tired just clearing the cache via Delete History


  • #3
    Walkman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭Walkman


    Same issue with me. Can't play over H+ but Wi-Fi works perfectly


  • #4
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    Works OK on wifi for me but I get "Sorry, we can't play this file on your phone" over 3G. I guess Microsoft have made changes in light of Google's cease and desist for the youtube app on WP8.


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Hmmm, must look into this more. Because that link works now, but didn't when i posted. Perhaps its a bandwidth issue. But that being said, I have had this issue over WiFi also. Really annoying.


  • #6
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    not sure if same issue. But some youtube videos will play on my lumia 800, some wont. Regardless if on data, or wifi.

    :confused:


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  • #7
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    I'm wondering if the mobile data limit is kicking in on certain videos? Officially it's 20mb but is supposed to be 50mb now. Are they HD content by any chance?


  • #8
    Walkman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭Walkman


    What network is everyone with? I'm with 3 and I've seen a few posts on the 3 forum about it.


  • #9
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Yup im with 3


  • #10
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    n0brain3r wrote: »
    I'm wondering if the mobile data limit is kicking in on certain videos? Officially it's 20mb but is supposed to be 50mb now. Are they HD content by any chance?

    What mobile data limit?

    But it's not anyway, as the video would refuse to load at all, and be quite sporadic about the whole thing.


  • #11
    n0brain3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭n0brain3r


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    What mobile data limit?

    But it's not anyway, as the video would refuse to load at all, and be quite sporadic about the whole thing.

    WP7 & 8 have a hard coded limit preventing downloads of files over a certain size on mobile data for WP7 it's documented as being 20mb this appears to have been lifted to 50mb for WP7.x and 8 but is unconfirmed by Microsoft.

    I know pre the limit being lifted I couldn't download some episodes of different podcasts as they where too big and would get generic non specific errors.

    I'm on O2 btw


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