YouTube on S60

It seems many people would love to have access to full YouTube clips on their mobile phone. There are a few workaround options available, such as using Orb, and some networks have agreements to a stripped down version of YouTube for users, such as that offered by Vodafone.

A new beta app is around, from Samir, which works with the new Flash Lite Player released a while back.

You need to install the Flash Lite player, and then install the YT Player to the folder C:/data/other or E:/other. Once done, open the flash Lite Player from your applications folder, select the YT Player and search for a video clip. Remember, this is just a beta version, so don't expect everything to run smoothly straight away. I have managed to get video files showing on the N82, so it does work, searching for files showed only one clip at a time for me, and if I watched the clip in full screen by flipping the phone onto its side, the clip ran very slowly. Some screenshots below:




























































































































One thing to watch out for, if you are going to view video clips streaming like this, from YouTube and other places, either have a proper unlimited data plan or use WiFi. The clip shown in the screenshots was about 40 seconds in length, and you can see the amount of data used from this screenshot:


















The first clip I ran was around a minute and a half, and you can see here how much data that used:


















An unlimited data plan or WiFi usage is a must, or you could end up with a bill like this guy!