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YouTube search on iPhone gives different results
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Simon
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Jul 28, 2008, 02:12 PM
 
I noticed today that the same search on the iPhone YouTube app and www.youtube.com give different results. And actually I was not able to find a clip I know exists on YouTube through the iPhone.

Does this have something to do with the h.264 re-encoding of the YouTube content? Is this just temporary until they have everything converted or is there some other kind of iPhone YouTube limitation?
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Jul 28, 2008, 03:20 PM
 
It's either that or copyright. I have noticed that I can watch BBC's videos here in America on my iPod, but if I go to the video on Youtube.com it won't show up. If I send myself a link to the video, it gives me a message that I can't watch the video because of copyright. Sucks, because I love to watch Top Gears.
     
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Jul 31, 2008, 10:12 AM
 
So is there any way to check in advance if a certain YouTube clip will be available on the iPhone?
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Jul 31, 2008, 12:29 PM
 
Originally Posted by Simon View Post
Does this have something to do with the h.264 re-encoding of the YouTube content? Is this just temporary until they have everything converted or is there some other kind of iPhone YouTube limitation?
Sounds like it to me. You display something if you can't play it?
     
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Jul 31, 2008, 12:46 PM
 
it is because the ipod/phone app uses http://m.youtube.com (mobile version) and not the normal one
     
   
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