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macross
06-30-2007, 12:57 PM
Anyone else getting very little or no results for their searches on youtube? For instance, when i type in "smashing pumpkins" it will only return 5 results on my iPhone, where as if i were to do it over my computer i would end endless pages of videos. :o
Not all the videos on YouTube have been converted to the iPhone/Apple TV friendly format yet.
To achieve higher video quality and longer battery life on mobile devices, YouTube has begun encoding their videos in the advanced H.264 format, and iPhone will be the first mobile device to use the H.264-encoded videos. Over 10,000 videos will be available on June 29, and YouTube will be adding more each week until their full catalog of videos is available in the H.264 format this fall.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/pr/20070620youtube.html
macross
06-30-2007, 01:36 PM
i see, thanks :)
jhollington
06-30-2007, 01:55 PM
Yes, the same is also true for the Apple TV YouTube videos. More and more are appearing every day, but they're not going to be finished converting the whole library until the fall.
Most of the ones in my YouTube favourites list aren't even there yet, but I see a couple more show up every so often.