YouTube app (cast from phone) shows blank screen.

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  • #20841
    Anonymous
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    Was trying to watch something from YouTube on my HB-1000s. Catch-up works ok using a Humax 150 n dongle. I launch the YouTube app on the Humax (YouTube splash screen) and then launch YouTube on my phone where the FS box becomes a box to cast to. Selecting the FS box causes the Splash screen to go and then return. Selecting a YouTube video on the phone opens the video causing the Humax screen to again blank but the video never starts.

    I saw posts from a few years ago where Humax acknowledged an issue but there have been at least two firmware versions since then.

    Does YouTube work for anyone else and if so is there a trick to get it to work?

    #93195
    grahamlthompson
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    It works fine on my HDR-1000S (hard wired to my router). You don’t need to start the app on your freesat box. Locate the content on your phone start it playing back and cast to the box. The app should open on the Freesat box and directly playbacks directly from Youtube. It doesn’t come via your phone. You get the same stream if you find something to watch directly using the app on the freesat box.

    Your phone needs to be WiFi connected to the same network as your freesat box.

    #93196
    Anonymous
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    Hi, thanks for your response. I get the same behaviour if I launch directly from the phone, the YouTube splash comes up and then a blank screen is displayed and the video doesn’t start. When I look at the network settings it says it is connected to the correct SSID at 65.0 Mbs, more than enough bandwidth.

    #93197
    grahamlthompson
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    richtoy – 44 mins ago  » 

    Hi, thanks for your response. I get the same behaviour if I launch directly from the phone, the YouTube splash comes up and then a blank screen is displayed and the video doesn’t start. When I look at the network settings it says it is connected to the correct SSID at 65.0 Mbs, more than enough bandwidth.

    Does the youtube app work purely using the freesat box ?

    #93198
    Anonymous
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    Quote:
    Does the youtube app work purely using the freesat box ?

    No, I just get the Splash screen.

    #93199
    grahamlthompson
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    richtoy – 8 hours ago  » 

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    Does the youtube app work purely using the freesat box ?

    No, I just get the Splash screen.

    Well if the app is not working properly how can you expect to cast the stream from the phone to the app.

    Anyone else got a HB model who can check if Youtube is working ?

    #93200
    Anonymous
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    Factory reset sorted it out.

    #93201
    Anonymous
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    I get the youtube sign up but there is no way I can get youtube to play?

    Need to do keep fit in mornings with Joe Wicks!

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