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The XPERIA panels is one of the key selling points of the X1, and it’s one of the features I love the most about my X1. The panels make it easier for me to do tasks on my phone, and especially the Facebook and YouTube panels are cool, if you’re into that kind of stuff. In this post I’ll talk about the YouTube panel, which - when it comes down to it - is hardly a panel.
In order to get things moving, you’ll need an X1 (obviously), the YouTube application for your device (originally for the HTC Touch HD) and of course the YouTube panel itself. You can find the YouTube application for the X1 right here, and the panel is available here. Install the application first, and the panel after that. You might also need to run this installation file, if the panel is not working. If you’re using a non-English X1, you’ll have to check the comments below for a work-around.
OK - now you’re ready to watch YouTube videos on your X1! You will of course have to activate the panel from the panel settings menu, but assuming you’ve already taken care of that, I’ll move right along and start talking about the application / panel.
The panel itself is a pretty simple HTML-based panel that opens a specified application - in this case it’s the YouTube application, you’ve just installed. If you uninstall the YouTube application, the panel will not work and will display nothing more than a blank page.
Activating the panel, you’ll be presented with a list of 25 popular videos, each displayed with a thumbnail and a link on the right for more information about the video. By swiping your finger across the screen vertically, you will browse the list of videos. Once you reach the bottom of the list, you’ll have the option to expand the list with yet another 25 popular videos. The content of the list can naturally be changed, but the default view is featured videos.
At the bottom of the application, you’ll have four buttons.
- The first button represents the video list overview mentioned above.
- The second button takes you to a list of your bookmarked videos using the application.
- The third button is the history button, and takes you to history list of which videos you’ve watched.
- The fourth and final button is the search button, which allows you to search for videos based on your search keywords. So far, I have not found any limitations in the search results, and believe the application is capable of playing all the video files on YouTube.
You can also bring up the program guide at any given point in time. It’s located at the top of the application. You can think of this as a way of subscribing to video channels. This way you’ll always have easy access to the latest videos from the video channels you’ve added to your program guide.
In the picture above I’ve performed a search and pressed the link for more information about the video in one of the search results. This brings up a larger thumbnail of the video, an excerpt, and various other details about the video. In addition to this, it also gives you the option to send the video to a friend, bookmarkk it or add the video channel to your program guide. The application will also present three related videos as well as three other videos from the video channel.
Watching videos using the application is really nice. It really makes use of the large high resolution display on the X1, and you can set your preferred video quality in the settings to really max out the experience.
By tapping on the screen during video playback, you’ll bring up an on-screen player menu. With this you can navigate to a certain point in the video; rewind; pause/play; stop; or go full-screen again.
I think this is a really neat application, and it’s something I use a lot on my X1. It looks good, it’s easy to use and it just works like magic! A small note of caution though, as this application / panel eats up a lot of data. We can only recommend using this application / panel if you’re connected to a WLAN network or you’ve got a flatrate contract with unlimited data usage included.
Also - kudos to the developers / porters of this application. It’s a mighty fine piece of work!
Filed under: Preview, Videos, Windows Mobile, X series, XPERIA, xperia panelsTags: X1, XPERIA, XPERIA panel, YouTube
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mmm i have problems with the panel… it displays opening then loading then a blank page !!
installed the app. then the panel… what am i missing here?
thnx in advance
Michell,
Nice review. Could you please also try the pointui 2.0 panel? It is now avaible
http://www.pointui.com/products/home-2
Gt5,
It’s hard to say… This worked for me. Perhaps you could reinstall the application and panel, and make sure you’re connected to a WLAN network or like?
XPHCTOC,
It’s a really cool panel 
Installed it on my X1 earlier today, and I’ll probably do something similar with this panel
I did :(
when i install the app. i get a msg that this app might not be displayed properly because it is from an earlier windows version.
What about this blog panel i see on the upper hand corner
Anyways, thnx.
cheers
Could you please try running this and check if it works?
http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/uploads/Youtube-Registry-Patch.cab
It’s a SE-NSE panel, I’m currently working on
not for me
Is ur x1 in English?
Can’t think of what the problem could be then. That’s all the files I used for installing it on my X1. Yep, it’s English. UK generic firmware.
Mine is Swedish but i doubt that could be the prob.
Anyways, thnx a lot
Hi,
I have problems with the application and the panel too. I have a X1a in spanish. I can’t open the application and the panel shows a white screen always. I Install the other file but don’t work. Can Anyone Help Me?
Thanks,
Luis
Okay guys, check out this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3159126&postcount=113
Here’s the important part:
A MINI “HOW TO” GUIDE FOR NON-ENGLISH USERS
Search string: [YouTube Xperia Fix Language Code]
1- Install X1i-Youtube-v0.1a.cab on your device (just run it)
2- Find the file “youtube.exe.0409“.mui in your device “/windows/” folder
3- Rename the file: change “0409” to your language code (see list in link)
Example: on a spanish device rename to “youtube.exe.0c0a”
4- Restart device
up an running fine now
thnx a lot m8
one Q. is it normal that the page doesnt rotate when u slide the keyboard?
cheers
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First of all, thanks alot, the panel works like a charm.
I got a question though: Is it normal that videos in high quality run a bit laggy?
I tried it on a WLAN, so i guess it’s not a connectivity issue.
re mitchel
maybe stupid question but i cant even find the youtub app in the windows/ folder let alone change the name.
I find it in the zip mobile folder and the only thing i can do is unzippe it
help!
Yeah, just got my x1 yesterday and thanks to this guide Im now running Youtube on it… thanks a lot for this great guide!
Forgot to say I also had to change the filename to Swedish to make it work…
Swedish: 041d
I am in the same boat as Viola. I have downloaded the zip file but have no idea how to get into my phone. I have unzipped it but there does not appear an installation file there for me to launch.
The general outline provided in the article, may be sufficient for advanced gurus but not for others.
Can anyone help please.
the slide out keyboard does not work with this app. You are limited to using an on-screen keyboard.
Fantastic! Works like a charm. Thanks for the non-English fix.
Jens
I think that i deleted something in file explorer that had to do with my panels. Now every time i press the panel button my screen just shows up as a black screen. Does someone know how i can get my panels to show up again?
AMAZING worked liked a charm.. Now I see the real power of the X1’s screen
For Chris K and Viola,
Searched around a lot myself and eventually found the folder; go to windows folder and scroll down (and I mean really down) to just above the letters YT. You’ll find a file called ‘Youtube.exe.0…’ and there it stops. Select this item, go to menu and select ‘change name’. Now you can change to your language.
Restart and Voila!
Brilliant it works like a charm - thank you very much - excellent stuff
It’s a great program and I like it, but there’s some negative points:
1- make the phone more hot
2- the system become slow
3- some videos won’t work and cuz of this the program will freeze and I have to shout it down manually.
I hope they solve the problems