Alternative YouTube clients having issues loading videos

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• onlinepersona@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We as a collective should be figuring out how to remunerate content creators on alternative platforms in non-shady ways (aka no crypto). I think it’s part of the reason content creators don’t put their stuff on platforms like peertube, dtube, or whatever else exists. With no monetary incentive, it’ll stay niche and we’ll be reliant on youtube until that’s resolved.

  Anti Commercial-AI license

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  • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like Nebula? I really enjoy it!

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• fwygon@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I should point out that this isn’t always “Google is trying to block adblockers” again!

  Google can, will, and does simply change how the YouTube watch pages look, feel and operate behind the scenes quite regularly.

  Thankfully we have people like those at the FreeTube, NewPipe and yt-dlp projects to sift through those changes and update the code to cope with the new output.

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• fwygon@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10397#issuecommen…

  Looks like there’s several causes.

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• jjlinux@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube/issues/3606

  It is an issue caused by a change that YouTube made. Grayjay and Clipious were the only ones apps that kept working.

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  • jjlinux@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    SmartTube is back up and working. Just update it.

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• jaxiiruff@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  USE GRAYJAY

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• Truck_kun@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I dunno, I watch YouTube on desktop with a premium account.

  Since they began experimenting with ad injection directly into videos a month or so ago, I no longer use YouTube really. Videos rarely load proper the first time. Often takes 7 or 8 reloads of the page to get a video to start, sometimes stopping mid video.

  Clearly since I can get it to play, it feels like a Google problem. Could be because I’m on Firefox, or Linux though (maybe even an update to something else, but all other video streaming services work just fine). Turning off uBlock Origin and uMatrix do not help at all.

  Even if it isn’t Google’s fault, it’s still causing me to not use their service anymore. Feels like they are just trying to drive away users in general.

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• kionite231@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  found the issue of github: github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular/issues/97

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• conorab@lemmy.conorab.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Invidious still seems to work for VODs provided the instance doesn’t get restricted. Livestreams have been broken for ages though.

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• krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Newpipe isn’t working at all for me, libretube is slow but works.

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• retrieval4558@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Smart tube has a fix for now

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• Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apparently it started happening this past week, but we personally just felt it today.

  Since yesterday for me on Tubular. No video seems to load but live streams still work fine.

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  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    SmartTube was working before I went to work and now it isn’t. I’m not too worried or upset. Yet.

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• Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And so the war continues.

  For now firefox+uBlockorigin+noscript seem to work for the mobile youtube page but it’s not ideal

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