YouTube Changes....

[Darian]

Apparently, YouTube recently changed/upgraded their software and use Quicktime to display videos. Since that time the videos of fly tying have been so fuzzy or unclear I don't watch them any longer. I'm running a MacBookPro with Quicktime, so is it my computer??? I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this problem when using YouTube???

[roywest]

What browser are you using?

Can you point to some specific videos that are an issue?

Thanks,

__Roy

[Darian]

I'm using Safari as my browser. After thinking about this, I've noticed this started after I upgraded my O/S from Tiger to Snow Leopard. Seems to have knocked off some pointers a bit. Wonder if that's the cause???

[Larry S]

D,
I'm running Safari 6.03 and OS X version 10.7.5. Haven't seen the problems that you described.
Best,
Larry S

[roywest]

Try Chrome on your Mac. It has it's own video code and of course is from the same company as YouTube...

[Darian]

OK,.... Thanks for the info and tips guys. Larry, if I recall correctly, OS X 10.7.5 is Mountain Lion(??). That's a further advanced OS than I'm running. roywest, I'll give Chrome a tryout.

Thanks again....

[Adam Grace]

I second using Chrome! I have a Mac and it works great for me. Plus Chrome works the same on every computer. Chrome is easy to use and just overall wonderful IMHO.

[winxp_man]

Darian it can also be that the setting for the quality of videos is set to low which is a default (also can not be changed) so you have to pick the 480p,720p or 1080p if video is offered to get better quality. I'm personally a FireFox guy and it works very good in a Mac OS to.

The way to change the quality is by clicking the gear looking wheel in the video layout. Now Youtube itself uses the FLV format which is a universal video format for almost any video player. Also it sounds like your safari browser is setting QT to open your videos or uses that interface in the browser.

[Darian]

I tried out a link from another website to youtube videos and they were all very clear. This was before I tried to change anything. I tend to think Aron was right about the p value and the browser initiating with Qt. I will still try Chrome. It sounds very good.

Thanks again for all of the help/suggestions.

[Larry S]

Darian,
OS X 10.7.5 is called "Lion." I'm running it on a iMac that is at least 5 yrs old and I did have to add some memory.
Wish it were that cheap and simple to add more memory to my personal CPU. LOL.
Best,
Larry S