Youtube is now available on LIVE, apparently. So is it cool?

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#1 donalbane
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http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/microsoft-launches-youtube-tmz-fios-tv-apps-and-many-more-on-t/

Joystiq just said that Youtube is now available on the Xbox 360. If you've tried it, can anyone let us know if you can search for vids with your voice via Kinect? How's the resolution? I'm dying to find out.

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#2 TheDarkSpot
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If you're dying to find out then why not just go find out?

It's ****, though. I couldn't even get in -_-

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#3 donalbane
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[QUOTE="TheDarkSpot"]

If you're dying to find out then why not just go find out?

It's ****, though. I couldn't even get in -_-

Because I'm at work.
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#4 Stinger78
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I've tried it, though when I went to settings it had my 360 linked to a "halowarsisfun@hotmail.com". I have no idea who that belongs to and neither had I ever heard of that e-mail, but I was able to sign-out then sign-in again and use the code on www.youtube.com/activate and get it linked to my actual youtube account. I didn't notice any comments, it basically seems like it's just browsing videos and searching for videos - no comments, no rating. I can't say anything about any connection to kinect as I don't have it.
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#5 JStroud88
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I like it.

I just checked for you, there is no voice search. Only gesture control or controller. You can flip through the menus and select videos with voice though. Kind-of a bummer considering Bing does it so well on both my WP7 and the Dashboard.

EDIT: I also really like IHeartradio app. The voice functions work REALLY well on that one. I think I'll end up using that app more than I use Last.FM.

EDIT 2: One minor annoyance I've found with the youtube app is the space bar isn't mapped to any of the controllers buttons. -_- Makes things a little more tedious than they need to be.

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#6 Drakebunny
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I wish you could invite people. That'd make it so much better.
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#7 Stinger78
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I like it.

I just checked for you, there is no voice search. Only gesture control or controller. You can flip through the menus and select videos with voice though. Kind-of a bummer considering Bing does it so well on both my WP7 and the Dashboard.

EDIT: I also really like IHeartradio app. The voice functions work REALLY well on that one. I think I'll end up using that app more than I use Last.FM.

EDIT 2: One minor annoyance I've found with the youtube app is the space bar isn't mapped to any of the controllers buttons. -_- Makes things a little more tedious than they need to be.

JStroud88
You could try a USB keyboard or the 360 chatpad, those may work for the search.
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#8 RoslindaleOne
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I haven't messed around with it much but the quality seems acceptable.
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#9 firefox59
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I haven't messed around with it much but the quality seems acceptable. RoslindaleOne
Yeah, it varies but generally it's pretty good.
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IGN overview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WH6j-_e45M&feature=youtube_gdata

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#11 tomarlyn
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It's nicer than on my PS3 but I still prefer using my iPad app. Resolution could be a little sharper and I'll never grow to like the text input bar, but it's pretty nice.
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#12 VoodooHak
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I like that the look and feel is consistent with the new 360 dashboard.

Other than that, it's Youtube. You can watch and rate videos, but I didn't see an option for comments. It pulled in my subscriptions just fine. Nothing to complain about, just a new interface I'll need to get used to, which isn't a big deal.

As a gimme for Gold Subscribers, it's nice, but nothing to get excited over.

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Is there anyway to toggle the resolution? Every video seems pretty blurry.

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#14 balfe1990
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EDIT 2: One minor annoyance I've found with the youtube app is the space bar isn't mapped to any of the controllers buttons. -_- Makes things a little more tedious than they need to be.

JStroud88

Yeah that's a pretty stupid ommision.

I'm happy enough with the quality however and ads seemingly didn't get an inclusion in the app.

Overall, it's a clean and slick little app, but again, it's only Youtube and therefore nothing to wet yourself about.

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#15 k2theswiss
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is youtube on the website cool? If your dieing then go find out on your own or... look at youtube vids?
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#16 k2theswiss
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I like it.

I just checked for you, there is no voice search. Only gesture control or controller. You can flip through the menus and select videos with voice though. Kind-of a bummer considering Bing does it so well on both my WP7 and the Dashboard.

EDIT: I also really like IHeartradio app. The voice functions work REALLY well on that one. I think I'll end up using that app more than I use Last.FM.

EDIT 2: One minor annoyance I've found with the youtube app is the space bar isn't mapped to any of the controllers buttons. -_- Makes things a little more tedious than they need to be.

JStroud88
bing with the dashboard is little different then searching youtube who can get a million videos online in a day. Microsoft only had program the keywords of games and dashboard words. If you want youtube with voice constrol best start programing every word in the dictionary
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#17 JStroud88
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Well I have a WP7 and the voice recognition for actual Bing and Voice-to-text is top notch. It can and has been done already.

I believe the iPhone even has Voice-to-Text software.

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#18 spike6958
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It's terrible. So slow and unresponsive, it takes that long I can get on my PC and have watched the whole video before the 360 has even gotten to the page the video is on.
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#19 painguy1
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can't play videos in HD. Youtube compression not lookin good on 46inch TV

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#20 Darksonic666
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It's pretty cool in my opinion I mean its really nice to watch my favorite videos on my TV instead of my computer screen.
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[QUOTE="TheDarkSpot"]

If you're dying to find out then why not just go find out?

It's ****, though. I couldn't even get in -_-

donalbane

Because I'm at work.

lol I like this post

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#22 scouttrooperbob
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I wish you could invite people. That'd make it so much better.Drakebunny

I was kind of hoping that was a planned feature

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#23 decepticondevil
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Well I have a WP7 and the voice recognition for actual Bing and Voice-to-text is top notch. It can and has been done already.

I believe the iPhone even has Voice-to-Text software.

JStroud88

Exactly. That person obviously has no idea what they are talking about. The voice Bing search on my WP7 is amazing. I use it semi-frequently and never have I had it not have a word in its database.

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#24 maxmaullu
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Is working great, but Doesn't seem to play in HD format.

When you start a HD video, you can open the info panel and there is on the top-right corner a HD symbol, but is blacken-out, as if not active.

How the activate HD, if possible at all?