How to fix xbox one Youtube app videos breaking at low resolution

MC1R X47 · Nov 5, 2023

This problem is on the xbox one youtube app. It occurs when I watch videos at 360p and under. It is persistant across videos. Reinstalling the app does not fix it. Large pixelated blurs or mega-pixels occur randomly as is part of the screen is at 24p instead of 240p. The bottom and right edges flicker green or white as well. The issue is not present at 480p and higher, though watching at that high of a resolution is strenuous on my internet and the videos buffer much more frequently.

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MC1R X47

Thanks for the offered solution. Unfortunately, it didn't fix my problem when I tried it and my xbox no longer gives me the ability to change my color depth to 30 or higher after swapping to that once. My TV is an Element one from over 10 years ago. I was reccomended to see if the problem persists when using a different TV and I plan on testing that. It is also especially prevailant on text graphics for me too and seems to be at any resolution.

Edit/update: I tested it on a newer Roku TV and the problem is still present, but it might be less severe than my normal Element TV. I tried your solution on the different TV too and it didn't work on it either.

Shepdotcom

I've had the same issue on and off for months. Especially prevalent on text graphics in YouTube videos. I was able to fix this today by going into settings.-> video fidelity and overscan ->Display and cycling through the options. Although the auto detect ends up getting re-selected and the color depth stays at 24 bits, the pixelation problem is gone for now! P.s. I have a very old sharp aquos tv.

Somehow, cycling through allowed Xbox to correctly auto detect the resolution.

MitchellWeber

Same issue, everything looks great on PS5 YouTube TV, but horrible on Xbox Series X. Moved off Auto detect on screen resolution, set to 720p on sports NFL broadcast on local channels, changed it to 1080p on a single channel, now it goes to highest resolution available per channel. I think auto detect is broken in YouTube TV app, most sports we maybe 480p.

kyle_m4496

Hi MC1R X. My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor.

Does this issue happen in any other video/streaming apps? If not, please report it to the YouTube team, they will need to look into this on their end.

https://www.youtube.com/t/contact_us

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

David Wirsching

If the above does not work then I would like you to try to test the console with the same cases on another TV to see if the problem occurs on the other TV. If you try, please share the result with us, we are attentive.

How to fix xbox one Youtube app videos breaking at low resolution