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For the past few weeks I haven't gotten any videos in a resolution higher than 480p. Anyone experiencing the same?

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Yep, I'm also in the dev's matrix chat and it's pretty much been cycling through working and broken for pretty much everyone :(

[–] surchaw@mas.to 8 points 4 months ago

@LucidBoi

Yeah. I think it's because YouTube is cracking down on frontends. https://yewtu.be/n_hSdCMRE10

[–] Flynn_Mandrake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yup. I've resorted to checking for new videos on Invidious and then actually watching them in MPV

[–] A_Asselin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'd like to do the same, however on VLC (in Linux)... is there an easy way? (sorry for my ignorance) EDIT: I found a tutorial and tried to open a random youtube video, I think I may be missing a codec or something. When I click play nothing happens, but I think it i accessing the video since I can see a thumbnail. I think this is a problem on my end.

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

lmk if u figure it out

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So far fine in FreeTube, touch wood.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, FreeTube has been really solid for me. I'm dreading the day YouTube go the server-side ad injection route. It's surely inevitable, unless the costs to implement it outweigh the lost ad revenue maybe?

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

I'm resigned to probably giving up youtube (at least for a while, as the ad cat and mouse continues) in the not too distant future. Little of value will be lost... and going back to seeing ads is not worth the price.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's related to poor quality of video

[–] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago