topic Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream in Sky Stream

Youtube freezing on sky stream

cookiemonsteruk — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:06:59 GMT

Anyone else finding youtube freezing on stream and nothing but switching the box off fixes it 😢

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:09:54 GMT

I used YouTube quite a bit yesterday on my stream and it was working fine.

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

lettice — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:12:49 GMT

Since having Sky Stream for just over a week, I have been using youtube a few or more times every day on both my pucks.
Not had any problems at all with it.

That is launching it from the Stream boxes with voice, clicking on youtube within the app rail, choosing a link of youtube content from the Sport rail and casting from my iPad to the Stream device.

When in the Youtube app, go to settinsg and clear your watch and search history. That frees up your cache a bit also. Its often presented as a cure when youtube stutters on Smart TVs and devices (like Roku, Sky Q and Stream).

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

cookiemonsteruk — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:24:11 GMT

@lettice

Thinking that might be the issue. I have been youtubing a lot of epiphone semi hollow guitars over the past few days so the history might be a bit full. I've just cleared everything and will check later 👍

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

PSC133 — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:17:00 GMT

@lettice wrote:
Since having Sky Stream for just over a week, I have been using youtube a few or more times every day on both my pucks.
Not had any problems at all with it.

That is launching it from the Stream boxes with voice, clicking on youtube within the app rail, choosing a link of youtube content from the Sport rail and casting from my iPad to the Stream device.

When in the Youtube app, go to settinsg and clear your watch and search history. That frees up your cache a bit also. Its often presented as a cure when youtube stutters on Smart TVs and devices (like Roku, Sky Q and Stream).

I think it needs to be pointed out that you cannot cast to Sky Stream. I assume you mean that you are casting from your iPad to the tv that your Stream is connected to?

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

lettice — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:28:11 GMT

@PSC133 wrote:
I think it needs to be pointed out that you cannot cast to Sky Stream. I assume you mean that you are casting from your iPad to the tv that your Stream is connected to?

Of course in the sense of casting a screen and the like.
It is using the youtube cast icon on the iPad and targetting the stream app.
My TV on bedroom puck is not a smart TV, so having the stream yotube app is my easy available cast option for this and many apps.

Also doing that from an Android phone or iPad is what I do with youtube in the first iinstance for a device with a youtube app, as it passes over your login credentials easily onto the device (whether it be a TV, Roku, Sky Q, Stream), saves you a little bit of setup having to login with your credentials through the device app.

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

Techmarkie — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:31:49 GMT

Yes it happens to me all the time when viewing YouTube shorts videos on two different pucks, have to restart pucks each time it locks, although you can press home and all the other apps work fine, when I go back to YouTube it is still locked!
very annoying!

needless to say I don't watch shorts anymore!

Re: Youtube freezing on sky stream

Stametis — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:18:55 GMT

YouTube videos don't seem to be the issue however mine always locks if I try to watch YouTube shorts.