youtube - HQ no longer an option? - Blackberry

Last post by fusaopera:

Originally posted by Ngamer01:

Copied and pasted from a similar thread:
Blame Google for that. They are always updating YouTube and changing the requirements phones and mobile browsers need to be able to watch high quality videos.

On my Blackberry Torch 9800 (OS 6), I can only watch low quality videos from within Opera Mini, but I can watch high quality videos if I use my Blackberry default browser (which is Netfront) combined with the default YouTube app on my Torch. And I don't get the choice of LQ/HQ directly on m.youtube.com in both Opera Mini and the BB default browser.

That option is only available on mobile browsers capable of running HTML 5 (Android/Safari default browsers mostly). Opera Mini doesn't have good HTML 5 support yet and since it's a proxy browser, it'll never get full HTML 5 support, since the point of Opera Mini is you know, being mini and not having bloat in it. <.<

Thanks for response. I was not aware of the changing requirements for youtube.

But you're right about not having the option of choosing low or high quality on BB's native browser. When I was running OS5 on the Bold 9700, youtube videos were always in low quality, but Mini, at the time, did have the option between HQ and LQ. Now that I'm running OS7.1 for the Bold 9900, BB's native browser only shows HQ which preferable over LQ anyway.

My question has been answered regarding youtube. Thanks again.