Videos looping infinitely in SABR requests and becoming unwatchable.
Comments unavailable to read because of “TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘endpoint’)”.
These have been a problem for like at least 2 weeks now. Before there were like 3 refreshes due to SABR and you could open up comments by spamming the button despite the error.
Now however, it’s completely unusable.
Is this the death of FreeTube? I’ve really loved this software and would hate to have to permanently return to the website with all that tracking bullshit and no offline subscriptions :(
edit: An update was released, it is now possible to watch videos but the comment section is still broken.
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Noticed this I’ve just been using mpv:(
The devs just released a new version that fixed the issue. When use Freetube, you have to be ready for Google fucking everything up and then the Freetube devs working to fix it.
It’s literally a game of cat and mouse.
On a slightly related side note. I would hazard a guest that people who use Freetube, Invidious, Newpipe, etc make up like at most 5% of people who use Youtube. I am being very generous with the 5%. Google will do anything to make sure that they maximize profits.
flathub update when 😔
it’s here!
🥳
in the new version the playback works fine, but the comments are still broken.
i’m fine with that though, but i hope they fix that too
Youtube regularly makes changes that break third party apps/clients/frontends.
Give it a couple days, the devs will catch up and fix the issues/incompatibility.
Nope. As a longtime user of FreeTube, breakages like this is entirely normal. Give it some time and the devs will find a fix.
For what its worth, I usually rely on Invidious when Freetube breaks. So whenever Freetube breaks, try seeing if Invidious works. As a last resort, you can always use mpv + ytdlp.
I’m using it as a way to keep track of channels I like, after I find something interesting, the actual playback is handled by
yt-dlp+mpv. Because I always buildyt-dlpfrom source, it is pretty much never broken for me.Hooray to the relentless open source devs beating Google’s puzzle games mere hours after they are released!
The new update has a new problem. If your IP or VPN Server is marked you cannot watch anything because youtube will show the stupid reCaptcha page and Freetube can’t bypass it.
Reporting in using newpipe, and its fine.
My thoughts exactly, FreeTube devs are the GOAT.
Naw, that’s just Alphabet being a fucking removed, what happens regularly. Freetube and Newpipe are always being patched to circumvent some new shit in YouTube’s code.
This happens every now and then. I have been following the progress on their repo and it seems the SABR request loop has already been merged.
I use freetube + grayjay. Normally grayjays main problem is the subscription page not working but when freetube is down I can normally still watch the videos on Grayjay (including rn) until freetube gets an update
Nah, FreeTube breaks pretty regularly.
It will most likely be fixed in the next release.
This happens occasionally and have to be patient for a fix to come out. Sometimes takes a week or longer. During those times I just use freetube as a rss feed and use it to open videos on Firefox.
Pretty crazy amount of plugins I need to make default youtube palatable though like sponsorblock, dearrow, and blocktube. Freetube just simplifies it when it works.
I’m using this Invidious instance for now, on the “10 - Tétartos 1” backend, it seems to be working, a bit wonky but working. I’m using the web interface, and freetube for my subscriptions.
I’m hoping it gets fixed soon.
You can always use a invidious instance to watch YouTube. Last time I tried it was not bad, but some instances use anubis so I cannot watch YouTube without JavaScript.