YouTube - error: 400
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I see MANY posts regarding YouTube video playback issues. Fortunately, videos have been playing just fine for me, but I can no longer navigate the YouTube site, itself!
It started 4-6 months ago. After 2-3 weeks of up-time, clicking on any YouTube folder apart from "Home" (such as: History, Subscriptions, Search, etc.), resulted in an error: 400 response. Restarting Vivaldi would solve the problem for another 2-3 weeks. Annoying, yes, but restarting the browser every few weeks is not a big deal in the whole scheme of things. After a recent Vivaldi update, however, this navigation problem is now chronic. I can now only access the "Home" folder.
After a quick search, I saw no one else with complaint, so I am hopeful that someone may have a helpful suggestion. Thanks in advance.
Solus/Budgie
Linux 4.9.88-83 LTS
Vivaldi ver. 1.14.1077.55 (Stable channel) (64-bit) -
I spoke too soon. I can no longer play YouTube videos, either.
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For a start, upgrade as latest version is 1.14.1077.60
Then if problems still, try running with fresh profile.
vivaldi --user-data-dir="/tmp/vivaldi-test-profile/"
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So, I went to vivaldi://settings/ and added another user. This action automatically launched a second instance of Vivaldi, using the ~/.config/vivaldi/Profile1 preferences, instead of the ~/.config/vivaldi/Default preferences. Video playback and YouTube site navigation now work flawlessly in this instance (at the moment).
Q: is there any easy way to determine what is broken in ~/.config/vivaldi/Default, or (as I suspect) is my only recourse to delete this folder and start building another profile/preferences from scratch? In other words, in the dozens of folders and config files contained in ~/.config/vivaldi/Default can anyone think of any specific setting(s) that only apply to YouTube (since I am not experiencing browsing issues with any other websites) which would trigger the following message:
- That’s an error.
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. That’s all we know.
Thanks!
- That’s an error.
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@k3f3lml I would suspect extensions or maybe cookies.
But you should be able to copy notes, bookmarks etc
See https://help.vivaldi.com/article/full-reset-of-vivaldi/
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For those of you following along at home, a corrupted cookie seems to have been the cause for my YouTube troubles.
I'd like to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions. ; )
Cheers!
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