YouTube Client for the BlackBerry Storm

on 22 Dec 2008 09:46 AM

This isn't breaking news, but after talking to a few Storm owners over the weekend who didn't know about it yet and receiving a few emails on the good 'ole tips hotline about it, it seemed we'd better get a blog post up asap!

BlackBerry Storm owners, if you don't have it yet, the fine folks at Google Mobile have released a sweet YouTube Client for the BlackBerry Storm. To download, click the image above and send yourself the download link or go directly to http://m.google.com/youtube?dc=gyt on your Storm's browser (make sure your browser identification is set to BlackBerry.

Discuss YouTube Client for the BlackBerry Storm in the Forums >>

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65 Comments

Posted by pipotobe Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

I can't wait to try this.
I will let you know once installed

Edit

Got it, first app installed.
Works pretty nice.

Posted by Taurinh24 Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

so, far loving it! very smooth, very quick, the scrolling through videos is smooth and looks great. video animations and menu transitions are nice and smooth. Actual video quality seems kinda meh, sound is great! but, video seems more pixelated than normal seems like a much lower bit rate than normal. i will let yo know more as i mess with it.

over all, fantastic program for the storm, smooth and sexy. great for watching those videos of technoviking!!!

Update:
after going through menus and my account, i dont see anywhere to up the video quality, i mean, its not bad, but it could be better. over all still a great app.

searching is nice and easy saves recent searches. easy to get into your account.

EDIT!

one other thing, if watching a video, and you get a call, lags a bit on the call showing up, if you hit answer, it works fine, and when you o back into the youtube app it resumes fine. maybe that will be an OS fix not a youtube fix.

next: i will try uploading a video from my tele.

Posted by mannyfresh24 Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 183 days ago

but do you have a storm 2. i cant see you tube videos in my storm 2. cant anyone help me out..

Posted by mungera Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

I want to know who has 551 messages!!!!!

Posted by BK in NJ Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

I installed this yesterday (sorry crackberry, but, another blog tipped me off over the weekend). I hope this is an indication of good things to come, because this application utilizes the Storm interface very well. Smooth transitions, easy touch screen navigation, high end graphics. I think the video quality is the same as the m.youtube.com website. If you pick a video with high quality resolution (and you have good data signal strength), you'll have an excellent experience.

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

you should read our Storm Forums.... this was in there since the 15th :)

Posted by BK in NJ Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 1143 days ago

Kevin, I apologize for the comment - I now see the blog posts and stand corrected.

Posted by Butta Jones Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

Is YouTube video quality on the BB Storm as horrible as all the other BlackBerries? Videos are barely watchable on my Bold.

Posted by Taurinh24 Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

honestly, i think its better than my old BB

its not too bad

Posted by Queen4111 Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

What about a YouTube app for BB Curves!

Posted by CronVandy Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

Does anyone get any of the google install pages in German or some similar language? It's happened to me before when I installed google maps. Its no big deal just a little annoying. Is it some config issue on my phone?

Posted by JRoadZ Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

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Posted by pkcable Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

551 messages is probably Kevin. ;)

Posted by JavaDevelop Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

I had no idea that was out. Just got it and love it. Love the "cover flow" layout. I with the BB media player had that.

Posted by rbecerra Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1145 days ago

I think the youtube app runs smoothly, but the picture sucks.

Posted by Zargon Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

Like others have stated, the program looks and runs great, but the video quality sucks, bad. Sound is just fine.

Posted by BBVdo Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

yt mobile video quality is awful. Videos on our site are encoded in a higher resolution, and you can download the videos directly on your BB

Posted by wezra Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

Got the link and it sends me to page with a bunch of news articles!

Just got the Storm 2 days ago and having major issues trying to figure out how to do a search once I put the URL into the search window. This is much harder then my 8820 and I am not sure if the trouble is worth it.. I may be moving on to the Bold!

Posted by wezra Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

Well folks... trying to download this particular link.. and not having any luck doing it, drove me to totally reconsider the Storm. That and the fact that I spent at least 6 hours on the phone over the weekend with Verizon trying to get my MSN email account to work.. which it never did correctly. So after a 4 day love/hate affair... back to Verizon she went. It was to bad.. I really wanted the Storm to work for me. But it just isn't made for pure business use. Not the devises fault, it is really RIMs answer to the iPhone and I should have realized that. So off to AT&T I went and got the new Bold. Much better for what I need a BB for. I love the Storm.. but just not for me. So its off to the 9000 forum for me....

Posted by ScootD Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

in the screen capture is 551. Wow, get much email?

Posted by Anonymous Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

it doesn't work on my storm...I have software version 4.7.0.83 and it tells me error please restart video on every video i try to play....any ideas?

Posted by dalton_024 Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

I keep getting the following error when I try to play a video:
net.rim.device.api.system.ControlledAccessException

What is going on? Do I need to change any settings?

Posted by zcarman Friday, Dec 26, 2008 1140 days ago

This is a software access error...

To fix, just go in to:

Options > Advanced Options> Applications> Youtube > Edit Permissions >

Make sure all three options say 'Allow'

This will fix the access error...

Posted by jackpa Monday, Dec 29, 2008 1137 days ago

I have this same error and I am not able to change the options to allow. The allow shows up, but it always defalts to custom.

Posted by hpfanatic Monday, Dec 22, 2008 1144 days ago

I like it and it works well for me

Posted by zahar Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 1144 days ago

My Storm shows full 3G signal but I haven't been able to watch anything so far. Just keeps saying Loading.

Posted by Snowman81 Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 1143 days ago

No Youtube app for the Bold? I'd love to get a Bold and even though watching Youtube on the Bold wouldn't be a priority for me, it would still be nice to able to.

Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 1143 days ago

you have been able to watch youtube on BBs since the 4.5 betas were released. This is just a stand alone application for it.

just point your bold browser to:

http://m.youtube.com

I've been watching them on my 8300 Curve for a while now.

Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 1144 days ago

LOLZ Kevin!!

No one commented on the video he has highlighted in the picture. Shameless plug for Pudding Wrestling.....rofl

Posted by tahfllfl Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 1139 days ago

Hey Gang, Anyone know why the new Storm does not have any
streaming audio via their media player. Cannot listen to any radio programs. thanks, tom

Posted by Anonymous Monday, Dec 29, 2008 1137 days ago

I get an error
Error initializing media. Cause:
javax.microedition.media.MediaException:Error initializing media.

What's up?

Posted by boosted98taco Monday, Dec 29, 2008 1137 days ago

Error is "PlayerException: Cannot open tunnel Cause: java.io.IOException: Cannot open tunnel.

YouTube Permissions are all set to Allow. Any help greatly appreciated!

Posted by sardine314 Sunday, Jan 11, 2009 1125 days ago

same error. help much appreciated!

Posted by pavo32 Friday, Jan 30, 2009 1106 days ago

hi, just wondering if any one know how to fix this problem?
thanks

Posted by AtomicFireball Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 1086 days ago

Hello:

Hit BB menu button:
Options:Memory:
Auto Enable Mass Storage Mode When Connected: Yes.
Save and exit.

This worked for me hope it works for you!

Posted by lost blackberry user Saturday, Mar 14, 2009 1062 days ago

When you download the YouTube client on the Blackberry Storm how can I get an Icon on the home screen? I had it on the "Switch Application" but, now i have no clue where it is? Can someone help me find it?

Oh, one more thing, really another subject...the media manager on my desktop is always shadded and I can't use it. How do I get this to work?

Thanks,
Lost

Posted by quade82 Monday, Apr 27, 2009 1019 days ago

So i read this thread and did everything people have suggested but I'm still not able to use YouTube.

When I search for a video I get a connection error reading:

(java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: expecting small float)

I'm running OS (.132) on my Storm...

any suggestions?

Posted by Ziki Torres Friday, May 08, 2009 1007 days ago

Yeah man i get the same same prob as you ,, did you find out how to fix it .. let me know please .. thanks ...

Posted by Ziki Torres Friday, May 08, 2009 1007 days ago

Hi there , i just got my Blackberry Storm , its nice and everything but , i'm having problems with my youtube .. it keeps telling me java.lang.illegalstateException ... thats after installing the youtube app. from www.bwone.com

and when i go straight on to youtube.com the video doesnt play it stays black,,

anyone here know what to do ?? thanks ..

Posted by wcmarchese Tuesday, May 26, 2009 990 days ago

Any word on this coming to the other blackberrys? I'd like full screen YouTube, even if it was low quality.

WCM

Posted by cpanuska Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 981 days ago

I have always been able to go 1 1/2 days with out charging my Storm and I am on it ALL the time for work and personal usage. I thought it would be fun to add this app... After downloading I could not go more than 4 hours with out having to charge my phone. This was the last app that I have loaded and the only app that I have deleted...

Posted by gunmetal44 Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 832 days ago

each time i do the steps my bb storm 9530 says "device not supported" but i had it on my old storm 9530. cant figure it out. ideas?

Posted by dchup Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 828 days ago

gunmetal44 - same thing happened to me - it appears the youtube app isn't compatible with the recent storm 5.0 software upgrade

Posted by NateTheApe Friday, Nov 06, 2009 825 days ago

Yeah, the YouTube App isn't supported for the Storm 5.0 OS it didn't work on my Storm2 either

Posted by Mochasoul05 Friday, Nov 13, 2009 818 days ago

So I tried to get this app, but it is telling me that my device is not supported?

Posted by dgburns Monday, Nov 16, 2009 815 days ago

I too have been trying to get it to download to my Storm with OS 5.0.0.328 but no luck. Worked flawlessly while I was still running 4.7 but disappeared when I upgraded to 5.0.

I have tried the "workarounds" suggested in the google forums (set browser to firefox, download client from some lpcsolutions.com web site, etc.) but get nowhere with them either.

Posted by jazzpr Wednesday, Dec 02, 2009 800 days ago

Since I'm on .328 I can't get it to work... every time I end up with the "blabla isn't supported"-message.

Is there a solution/workaround yet?

Posted by Super Vervet Saturday, Dec 05, 2009 796 days ago

Every time I try to go to m.google.com/youtube?dc=gyt, I get the message DEVICE NOT SUPPORTED.

Does anyone have the same problem? Any ways around this? I can't watch youtube at all directly on the website (another error message.)

Thanks for your help.

Harris

Posted by Super Vervet Saturday, Dec 05, 2009 796 days ago

Sorry, forgot to add. I'm using Storm 2.

Thanks

Posted by FunkyDog Wednesday, Dec 09, 2009 792 days ago