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YouTube app?

AJMEast — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:38:39 GMT

Just bought an Ee/Bt Pro Youview box but can't seem to find anyway of accessing YouTube on it. Can anyone advise please? Many thanks.

Re: YouTube app?

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:47:13 GMT

Possibly in the pipeline but not yet available.

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AJMEast — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:53:32 GMT

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maathoru — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:51:17 GMT

Is this something to do with the varied frame rates from YouTube whilst the Box is stuck at a certain fps?

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Midnight_Voice — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:35:49 GMT

@AJMEast

Perhaps Santa will bring you a Roku Express? 😛

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AJMEast — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:42:05 GMT

I have no idea lol, I'm not very well up on the technical side of things...😆

Re: YouTube app?

AJMEast — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:43:22 GMT

Yes, will have to add this to my list for Santa...😆!

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maathoru — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:47:09 GMT

Can any techies ring in on this - what frame rate are the boxes capable of? I recall that they may be fixed and because YouTube has videos outputting at all kinds of frame rates it makes playing them back a bit of an issue.

Re: YouTube app?

WalkerBoh — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:09:29 GMT

YouTube amongst others was promised on launch in the press release. If it was still in development at the time they should have said so

They also said you would be able to stream content to iOS and Android devices including recorded content that has never seen the light of day

When i asked about YouTube it was possibly it could be June/July but no promises

Re: YouTube app?

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:57:53 GMT

YouTube has been promised on a YouView based box for the last 6 or 7 years, with the tile to launch it even appearing on trial boxes about 4 years ago, but has never been delivered.

Someone will have to remind me why the BT/EE TV Box Pro has a match frame rate option in settings if it can’t?

I notice another ISP still uses YouView for a live TV Guide but their actual box is now Android/Google based so it has all the apps and voice control/search.

Unless you really want/need to record and if you want to stick with EE TV, the Apple TV 4K is a much better hardware choice. You get access to all the apps in up to Dolby Vision, voice search, premium upscaling and it matches range and frame rate.

I’m actually warming to the idea of getting it.

Re: YouTube app?

DarrenDev — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:43:12 GMT

I've worked on BT TV/EE TV since launch, and I've never known us suggest that you "would be able to stream content to iOS and Android devices including recorded content". It won't ever happen.

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Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:58:54 GMT

@DarrenDevwrote:
I've worked on BT TV/EE TV since launch, and I've never known us suggest that you "would be able to stream content to iOS and Android devices including recorded content". It won't ever happen.

You (BT), didn’t, it was attributed to a “source” in a piece on ISPreview before the Pro Box launched about what to expect from the new hardware.

Edited to add:

Found the article from 2019.

On top of that BT will also add a Bluetooth remote control, integration with Amazon / Netflix / YouTube etc. and in the future a new content sharing feature via app to a second box. As previously reported, BT’s deal with Sky means that NOW TV is also coming to the new box and we understand there are plans to potentially include Britbox and Disney+ when they launch (or possibly a little later).

Re: YouTube app?

WalkerBoh — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:39:30 GMT

Better have word with the press team

EE MERGES SMARTPHONES, TABLETS AND TV INTO GROUNDBREAKING ... https://ee.co.uk/content/dam/everything-everywhere/Newsroom/PDFs%20for%20newsroom/EE%20TV%20press%20release.pdf

Certainly the competition has had it for a while like Virgin on there TiVo box (read 360)

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DarrenDev — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:00:56 GMT

That document is years old - the old EE TV, running on different hardware.
It'll never come to the new EE TV.

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WalkerBoh — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:01:33 GMT

Apologies the link was dated 6th December 2023 not aware the document was actually old. Appreciate your honesty and feedback I take it this is just because this is not a direction that EE want to go rather than because the hardware is not capable? I mean my WD My cloud from 2015 running on an ARM at 650 MHz was capable of streaming video content (I guess it would require beefed up security for access though) probably wrong just my thoughts
Bit disappointing as Sky and Virgin have this while on same IP subnet

Re: YouTube app?

Midnight_Voice — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:13:56 GMT

@Anonymous @DarrenDev

I think that ‘content to a second box’ meant sharing recordings made on the main Pro box with the Mini boxes, also YouView devices.

That’s certainly been a long-requested feature, I thought I heard something about it at Pro box launch time, and hopefully it is still on the table.

Re: YouTube app?

DarrenDev — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:15:12 GMT

It's not on the table, and I'm almost certain it never will be. It requires permission from all the content owners, and it's not something they're willing to give anymore - they'd much rather you used their catch up players.

Re: YouTube app?

Midnight_Voice — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:27:37 GMT

@DarrenDev

Rats, looks like we’ll have to watch our ‘American Dynasties: The Kennedys’ from PBS America on the YouView box we recorded it on then 😢

Re: YouTube app?

WalkerBoh — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:26:26 GMT

The ability to cast to other boxes is still available on other platforms don't really see the difference from a licencing perspective between watching on pro or the cast version they are being really nit picky not being nice to EE

Possibly if it was offered that adverts were displayed regardless they would jump at lol

Mother-in-law has a YouView (non-EE) ITVX catch-up app removed

Re: YouTube app?

Midnight_Voice — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:42:01 GMT

@WalkerBoh

How did she do that? Users can’t control what apps do and don’t appear on YouView boxes?