Annonying EEVBlog icon overlay on youtube - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2013, 10:17:01 pm
content: When watching eevblog videos, youtube shows the eevblog icon on the upper right corner (yak). This is a 'hot' area and hovering over it enlarges the overlay and shows more information. When watching mjlorton blog, youtube does not does it.Any idea why this overlay is displayed over the image and how to disable it? I find it to be very annoying, especially when the camera pans which makes it even more outstanding.

author: walshms
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2013, 10:50:58 pm
content: Try turning off annotations in the settings.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 03:29:41 am
content: Quote from: walshms on December 06, 2013, 10:50:58 pmIt did the trick. Thanks.Will I now loose the textual corrections that Dave adds after recording?Dave, is this something that you added recently? Will you please consider to remove it or at least limit it to the first N seconds?

author: walshms
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 03:31:41 am
content: Yes, you will lose those corrections.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 03:40:40 am
content: It's only there for 30 seconds, whats the big deal?, just let it switch off automatically.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 06:06:53 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 07, 2013, 03:40:40 amNot on my phone. Here it is on 10 minutes into the video and I don't see anything in the YT app to disable it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 06:19:36 am
content: Quote from: zapta on December 07, 2013, 06:06:53 amWell sorry, nothing I can do about that, that's a fault with Youtube mobile I guess.

author: walshms
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 06:25:21 am
content: Small price to pay for the work you do. Doesn't bother me a bit... but everyone is different.

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 09:27:15 am
content: I think it's the watermark option on the InVideo settings of the youtube channel.

author: Strada916
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 12:27:12 pm
content: I use tubemate, which lets me download the video to my mobile and watch when I can. No annoying overlays or anything like that.I can also add comments with this app without logging onto g+ go figure.

author: lnx64
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 02:55:42 pm
content: This is no different than say when a local TV station puts their number in the corner. I don't see why this is even an issue.

author: Agony
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2013, 05:02:43 pm
content: for android you could just use firefox or dolphin HD or such and watch it without the app.. of youtube itself.Youtube app is still in the stoneage.

author: justanothercanuck
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2013, 12:00:33 am
content: You can actually play youtube videos on your android? I haven't been able to do that for months... It just sits there with a black screen and eventually says "tap to retry"...

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2013, 12:18:52 am
content: Quote from: justanothercanuck on December 08, 2013, 12:00:33 amVery smooth and responsive here. Maybe because it's N5 with the latest KitKat.Quote from: lnx64 on December 07, 2013, 02:55:42 pmGood point. I think the difference is that it looks like part of the picture, until the camera pans, not like the distinct graphics that is common with TV stations.I will try the player suggestions mentioned above. I am also using Pocket Casts to play eevblog videos but it shows only the recent ones.

author: Six_Shooter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2013, 04:44:14 am
content: I never noticed that until I read this thread.

author: rexxar
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2013, 07:07:53 am
content: Quote from: justanothercanuck on December 08, 2013, 12:00:33 amMine takes a good 2-3 minutes to load a video. Sometimes I have to go out, change to another video, then go back to the one I want before it actually loads. Great job, Google.

author: lnx64
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 02:37:19 am
content: This is all my Youtube app does on my iPhone.It may sometimes start playing then fail, or whatever. It's touchy. My iPad constantly in the middle of playing will go low res, go back to high res, then loose audio.I give up, I'm actually starting to slowly go away from Google, and..........eh, find a new search engine to seal the deal.

author: Six_Shooter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 02:49:29 am
content: I just tried an EEVBlog video on my iPhone, and it worked perfect. Have you updated your app to the latest version?

author: lnx64
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 03:02:59 am
content: Quote from: Six_Shooter on December 09, 2013, 02:49:29 amYes. In fact, I noticed when my laptop is streaming youtube, it uses no more than 900kbps, despite having 10Mbps internet.All devices affected, even as a test, changed out the router and cable modem. Still won't work. I think there's a bad routing problem going on somewhere out of my control.

author: tealsuki
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 03:20:08 am
content: Quote from: lnx64 on December 09, 2013, 03:02:59 amThat's YouTube's Content "Delivery" Network. You can try searching for ways to optimize how their connection routes to you. Some people are just luckier than others, I guess

author: lnx64
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 03:45:11 am
content: Quote from: tealsuki on December 09, 2013, 03:20:08 amI've tried a few. Disabling DASH, which only helps by letting me pause so it fully buffers, but doesn't speed up, and by blocking 2 IP's, which made no change whatsoever.I tried.. It just won't work.

author: Kaptein QK
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 12:34:16 pm
content: I use this firefox addon:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-youtube/on my PC.Then I get usually full download speed, because the throttling is in the crappy youtube video player.Also I don't risk that the playback stops randomly.And heaven forbid if I try to jump in the playback by dragging the red dot...

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 04:35:47 pm
content: I have android. I like the way the youtube app organizes all my subscriptions and shows me what new, but it's got its problems too.I hate that logo in the corner.. it's on all the videos I play on youtube mobile. There are two problems with it... it's totally opaque, and obscures parts of the video.. I don't like that. The network television logos are at least faded and dim and not intrusive.. and (2) that opaque logo covers over the three vertical dots in the corner, and makes it hard to hit the menu (that's what it means... go figure)I also had problems with loading. It would just spin and spin.. I found out this is because the youtube app likes to start all content in HD mode, which is just too much data for my phone. So here's the solution: when you start a video, touch the three vertical dots and then touch the glowing HD, to turn that off and put it into SD mode. I think you only need to do that once when you first start the app, and then all videos will load in SD mode, which I find is fine for a mobile device.

author: Agony
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 05:48:57 pm
content: yeah the app is broken.. i gave up and use a webbrowser instead - with user agent set as desktop so it wont load the mobile version that i dislike.Its about time for them to update the youtube app.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 10:37:14 pm
content: Quote from: justanothercanuck on December 08, 2013, 12:00:33 amAlthough google have made great improvements in the youtube app, its simply not fault tolerant enough, i often have ads and videos that dont start playing even on kitkat

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 11, 2013, 05:04:38 pm
content: More annoyance. Dave waving his hand above the 555 schematic and that icon is floating in the air above it.Great video BTW.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 11, 2013, 09:39:47 pm
content: Like I said, that icon should not be there, it is supposed to to auto-turnoff after 30 seconds. No one else has reported this?

author: lnx64
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2013, 02:02:54 am
content: I can say for certain it's there, but it's certainly not annoying to me.It's a bug with YouTube's app.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2013, 02:37:57 am
content: Quote from: lnx64 on December 12, 2013, 02:02:54 amYep, it's always there for me too, it never goes away. It's not just on your videos, Dave, but all videos I watch on the mobile app.I'm updated to the latest app release, too.It's more than a minor annoyance for me, because it completely blocks the menu overlays they also put in that same corner, and I want to use that menu sometimes. If it really did go away in 30 seconds that would be acceptable, but it just stays there. And some people have bright white logos, so there is a bright white square always there.

author: SLJ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2013, 01:19:00 pm
content: Goes away for me after about 7 seconds on my Android youtube app.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2013, 11:13:27 pm
content: I just checked again to be sure.. Yep, it's always there. Dave's videos, Martins Video's , other videos too.Some have it some don't. When they do, it's always there and never goes away for me.Some video producers have their logo on a white background, other have it with a transparent and alpha channel, so it's in the corner still for the entire video but faded out.. That's not too bad.Maybe Dave needs to make a version of his logo with an alpha channel for YouTube's benefit. i.e. 32-bit RGBABTW: while testing this logo thing and viewing random videos... I found this... quite interesting for geeks and techies: