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Old 03-08-2016, 08:57
madasaflake
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Hi
We have a Youview box from BT and a Smart Samsung TV. The Youtube app isn't working properly as it quite often hangs after a few seconds, sometimes even before you get to the clips and also once you have got into one. I have read elsewhere that this is a common problem. The TV is fully smart but I was wondering if using an Amazon fire stick would somehow bypass the problem to allow us to watch it properly. My dad has a Samsung TV which has some smart features but he needs a stick to access all of them and he has no problems.
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Old 03-08-2016, 09:20
barbeler
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I think it's a problem affecting the versions of YouTube provided with all smart TVs and recorders. One irritation is that they are very heavily US biased in the search facility and they are heavily restricted in the content they can show. Almost every complete album will be refused because of some kind of digital rights issue and most videos over a certain length will seem to load but simply won't play. The only way round it is to connect a PC or tablet ot the TV, as the normal online version of YouTube seems to be far less restricted.

The YouTube app on my My Humax 2000T has a setting through which you can supposedly alter the country, but it simply doesn't work.
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Old 03-08-2016, 09:34
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Thanks Barbeler
Annoying! The strange thing is that when we first got the TV it seemed to work ok but lately .........and I seem to be able to access it ok on my iPad so how strange is that?
Considering it's so popular you would think they could so something.
Appreciate the reply.
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