Low quality thumbnails

[Deadinsidee3]

I installed the application using dev manager on PC, everything went well, the only problem I have is that the YouTube thumbnails on the TV look very low quality, is there any way to fix this?

I tried reinstalling and it's still the same.

[reisxd]

This happens due to the YT client/server thinking that the device running YT TV client is old and slow. The User-Agent needs to be spoofed.

[ghost]

This happens due to the YT client/server thinking that the device running YT TV client is old and slow. The User-Agent needs to be spoofed.

How can I do that?

[cremor]

You'd have to compile the app yourself and change this line: https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos/blob/cacdf6cfaf2d2fe2f4c708cf6891586169701ce6/assets/appinfo.json#L17

But how old is your TV, which model is it?

[ghost]

You'd have to compile the app yourself and change this line:

https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos/blob/cacdf6cfaf2d2fe2f4c708cf6891586169701ce6/assets/appinfo.json#L17

But how old is your TV, which model is it?

Thanks for replying, my TV is

LG 65UM7100PSA. webOS 4.5 05.40.45.

What user agent would you recommend me?

[byertsy]

Same issue here with my new OLED77C45LA.

[eminent-one]

Same here with C9 OLED65C9PUA

Could someone please help with the process to compile?

[Grigorek]

Same here with OLED65CX3LA

[byertsy]

If there is a fix for this bug (even if it means compiling it ourselves), then an indication of what needs to be changed would be helpful. Happy to make a fork once I know what needs changing.

[AyanokojiK1yotaka]

Same here on LG C9 55-inch TV / OLED55C9PTA Firmware Version - 05.40.61

[bao3]

Same issue , LG C4 , OLED77C4PCA.ACNQLJD Firmware version: 03.11.20 webOS version: 9.1.0

[pushkaryadav]

Same issue here, LG C2. Software version: 13.30.85; Webos TV Version: 8.3.0-29 (number1-nameri)

[Inazuka]

@throwaway96 Do you think it's possible to provide info on how to spoof the user agent in the readme?

[Jan664]

This is a terrible problem! Think how those small pictures look on the big screen. Lord god help 🙏🙏🙏

[fejich]

Same issue , LG C4

[SrLPZ]

The issue is also with LG C2

[XtAbI]

same on LG G2

[FR33M0N7]

I've tried rebuilding with plenty of useragents (LG WebOS: https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/specifications/web-api-and-web-engine) with no luck. Also, with the local build, the green button functionality was lost.

Anybody? On a 4K OLED TV, this is painful. Cheers!

[vankasteelj]

Same issue here with B9 model and 0.3.5-rc1 (but still better than having ads)

[TimBass85]

Low quality thumbnails 2025, I have this problem with the latest version 0.3.7. Any fix, please?

[FR33M0N7]

Open the options (I think it's a red or green button) and switch it on.