SmartTube, a YouTube Android TV client

breakingcups, 7 months ago

I really wanted to love this but it just kept buffering and buffering (at any quality) while the official app did just fine. I’ll try again in a month.

ben_dover, 7 months ago

i think there is a setting to route videos through piped, maybe try turning that off

breakingcups, 7 months ago

Thanks! I’ll give that a shot!

jasep, 7 months ago

There are frequent build updates and the dev is very active. I’m guessing you may have tried it during an ‘in between’ phase when kinks were being worked out after Google changed something. I’ve experienced this before too.

But at the moment it’s quite stable. Used it for hours yesterday on the current build with no buffering issues at 1080p.

hunt4peas, 7 months ago

Yeah, that could be the reason.

LUHG_HANI, 7 months ago

That’s unusual. Default settings worked ok for me. I have buffering off and it rarely buffers. Try the in-app update feature if you didn’t already.

bestusername, 7 months ago

It’s a great app, even if it didn’t block the Google added ads, the sponsor block feature is amazing!

hunt4peas, 7 months ago

Yes. Btw, which Google added ads are you talking about?

bestusername, 7 months ago

Not sure how to be clearer; the ads before, during and after YouTube videos.

Cavemanfreak, 7 months ago

Yours doesn’t block that??

bestusername, 7 months ago

I never said that.

LUHG_HANI, 7 months ago

You didn’t but it does block ads for anyone reading.