19 Oct 2023 06:53 PM
Firstly, Sky Q is not worth the money at all, the remote randomly steps responding even though the batteries are fresh. It looks and feels better though on the screen. But that's it for me.
Anyway, to the point...
So the past few weeks I've noticed the YouTube app on the Sky Q that when I pause a video, for any amount of time it'll play fine for about 20 seconds then freeze with "loading..." in the middle of the video.
This stays loading for up to 30 seconds before resuming again and it always seems to skip some of the video, as if it's been playing the whole time anyway.
Sometimes I can bypass this loading/buffering thing by skipping forwards or backwards a bit.
But my god is it annoying..
When I remember I grab the TV remote and just use the YouTube app on the TV instead because it works perfectly (and better actually since it shows a preview of each video before I open it) but it would be nice to just stick with the one remote..
I've tried "refreshing" the apps with the 0, 0, 1, Select on settings etc etc but that seems to do nothing at all, except display "your apps are being refreshed" indefinitely.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..
10 Sep 2024 08:41 AM - last edited: 10 Sep 2024 09:25 AM
Posted by a Sky employeeMorning all,
Really sorry to hear you're still having an issue with YT, I sent this on to be looked at a wee while ago so I've went back to the apps team who have confirmed the following:
I'm really sorry I don't have a better update for the pause behaviour, in the meantime please continue to use the fast-forward workaround:
@Jaxx25 wrote:I can bypass this loading/buffering thing by skipping forwards or backwards a bit.
23 Oct 2023 12:21 PM
Yes, me too. It's really annoying!
23 Oct 2023 06:54 PM
Ikr, I hope someone can help us..
26 Oct 2023 11:41 PM
I have this too. New in the last month on SkyQ mini.
YouTube app buffers after pausing and takes 10-20 seconds to return to normal.
Sky - we need an app fix!
30 Oct 2023 05:26 PM
I have this too.
Massively annoying.
Unlike the OP I love SKY Q, but this is a pain.
03 Nov 2023 06:47 PM
me to. Sky get your act together
10 Nov 2023 07:51 PM
Getting the same problem here too, been doing it for almost 2 months now.
19 Nov 2023 09:01 PM
Exactly the same problem here for the last couple of months-becoming very annoying!
28 Nov 2023 01:42 PM
i have the same problem have tried switching off and unplugging box and the 001 apps reset but problem is getting more frequent. at first it was Netflix only but now YouyTube as well. This is exttremely frudstrasting and I dont see a fix coming from Sky.
02 Dec 2023 10:25 PM
Same issue 😞
07 Dec 2023 11:30 AM
Mine has been doing the same for about 3 months and just recently, it is doing the same on BBC iPlayer!?
18 Dec 2023 05:38 PM
Me too. Started suddenly one day about 3 months ago, now happens every time a watch a video.
19 Dec 2023 06:55 PM
Been having the same problem too, for the last few weeks. Very annoying!
19 Dec 2023 07:14 PM
I love Sky Q but have had the YouTube fault for about 3 months now. It is really annoying and I would have expected it to have been fixed by now. I also have the remote control fault, delayed response on many functions.
30 Dec 2023 12:57 PM
Same problem.
I have not yet figured out a consistent set of conditions when this happens, so it seems to be random. This happens on the main Sky Q box and also the minis. I did update the app on each box and it appeared to go away but after a few days the problem returned and has remained. I can also say that it does not happen on the same TVs when using the TV's you tube app. So far, touch wood, it has not happened on any other app on Sky.
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