cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/14909762
It seems YT started another attempt at blocking alternative clients. They changed something in their API and both SmartTube and Tubular (NewPipe fork) are completely broken. Apparently it started happening this past week, but we personally just felt it today.
Edit: SmartTube already has an update but still not working for 4K videos it seems. Tubular still not working but it might be due to the upstream (NewPipe) is still working on a fix.
Invidious is working fine, as of now.
Btw, i never saw server side appps. Is it limited for now?
PipePipe works with V3.5.0
Tubular and NewPipe both barely working all day for me. Maybe 1 out of 10 vids loads. Downloading fails too.
I find it useful changing instances in invidious, there is usually at least one up and running. You could use Clipious or Materialious apps on Android for easy access. Btw I once had Tubular, Newpipe, Libretube(piped.video) and Clipious installed all at the same time because of the same issues with Youtube attacking privacy front ends.
SmartTube is back up this morning after an update.
The same is happening with NewPipe.
Dang… yep, experiencing the same… Finally. It had lasted for so long…
they’re working on a fix. don’t order a coffin just yet.
Does someone know why Grayjay still works perfectly?
Is revanced still working?
Yeah, my kid got to see a bunch of ads today.
sounds horrible, yesterday I couldn’t watch a video on Tubular so I just didn’t watch it.
Me, today. But with newpipe. YouTube isn’t a necessity. It’s an entertainment. The moment it becomes too annoying to use, is the moment we stop using it. That’s how entertainment products work… or should work.
Except it’s not only entertainment. There’s tons of the useful kind of content too, including repair videos.
Those are entertainment. Entertainment doesn’t have to be strictly mind numbing. Maybe they fall more under edutainment?
Not sure about that. I’m not watching repair videos out of boredom, but only when I need to get something fixed.
I got issues with both yt-dlp and Newpipe’s downloader as well.
Who is “we”?
I can’t feel it on libretube
probably a lot of people that aren’t you. but I’m glad you felt the need to rush in to state that you are not being affected.
thank goodness you aren’t. i was really worried there.
Libretube works for me, but not Tubular.
Libretube not working for me.
Generally, changes on platforms like YouTube are always gradually rolled out.
Freetube on desktop has been working somewhat being able to switch to invidious. But for Android I’ve fallen back to Firefox + Ublock Origin + Sponsorblock.
freetube has an android app as well. it’s in beta but it’s been working pretty well for me.
it’s worth giving a shot.
Had some issues with Free tube last couple days. Free tube came out with an update, 0.21.1 and fixed the loading issue, at least for me
Yeah was happy to see it solved in only a day.
I am yet to find an alternative for AndroidTV.
If you have iOS and airplay support you can use safari to airplay YouTube to the TV. I use the 1blocker and sponsorblock extension for safari.
Have you tried SmartTube? I’d say that’s what most people use on Android TV to get rid of ads.
It’s broken too fam … I’m in shambles
(Okay, actually, I’m fine… But it is annoying)
Oh sorry, thought the question was about finding an app in general.
NewPipe and FreeTube didn’t work for me yesterday or today but Grayjay is still working
I don’t understand it, but going through various githubs, the problem has been discovered. Here it is:
YouTube changed their code to make it more difficult to extract the throttling parameter decryption function.
There was some coding demonstrating the problem but it was way over my head. Hopefully fixes are coming soon as the issue was marked as urgent. It looks like they know what needs changing.