Unable to play some YouTube videos
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I found many more videos like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP49JFpFl7c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2pGj7MVVj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfWRF8qOpYM
...and many more!All of them worked when the "watch?v="string was replaced with "embed/".
But it is a pain to do this every time.I wonder if there is an extension that does this automatically, or with a hotkey!
Can anyone please help?
Thanks in advance!
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@Raindrops1
Hi, I test only the first two, plays fine with uBlock Origin Lite.
Please test this in the guest view, this except extensions and use the default settings.Cheers, mib
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In this YT topic you cannot compare one country with another.
I don't see ads or other problems in YT even in Chrome with Adblock Plus.
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@mib2berlin said in Unable to play some YouTube videos:
plays fine with uBlock Origin Lite.
I already have this extension installed.
I am having the problem despite that.Should I change any setting in it?
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I may have found the problem:
YouTube seems to have two different types of ads (at least, in India):
- One type plays for 5 seconds, and lets us skip the ad.
- The other type shows a yellow timeline, and does not allow skipping.
Videos that have the second types of ad are stuck.
They can be played if I switch to guest mode, or if I replace the "watch?v="string with "embed/" in the URL.
But I found that both solutions differ a little:
- In the guest mode, they play the "compulsory type" ad.
- If the URL is converted, the "compulsory type" ad is skipped.
BTW, I have installed two extensions:
- Ublock Origin
- YouTube ad auto-skipper
The second extension lets the skippable ads play for 5 seconds and then skips the ad automatically.
I removed both extensions, and then refreshed the YouTube page. But it still failed to play.
I had not restarted Vivaldi or the laptop. Should I have done that?
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@Raindrops1 said in Unable to play some YouTube videos:
YouTube seems to have [...] different types of ads
Correct. Youtube has different ways to handle ads according to the user country and/or the login status to google services (from network geolocalization, likely).
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Yes!
Strangely, the extensions work perfectl;y if I am not logged in YouTube.
But if I am logged in, YouTube stops play and shows the warning.