Has NewPipe v0.27.0 stopped working for anyone else? It won't play anymore. It loads the video page and comments, but throws an error when attempting to play or download the video. I've submitted an error report, but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

Edit: thank you, everyone! I figured it was google being a giant turd again, but want sure, since it worked perfectly fine for me yesterday, and I didn't see anything pop up on Lemmy yet. I understand the logistical and costing nightmare of this, but we really need a FOSS decentralized video sharing platform to take hold and take off. Let google and other bigturdtech die where they made their beds.

Update: newpipe 0.27.1 was just released, which fixes this deliberately google-caused issue. As I understand, some other frontends implemented their own fixes, too. These teams are amazing!

  • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    YouTube changed something about their API to break 3rd party apps again. youtube-dl is also broken, but they've found the issue already, so it'll likely be fixed after a while.

    GrayJay and YouTube ReVanced still work in meantime.

    [1] https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/11255

  • f00f/eris@startrek.website
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    6 months ago

    I've switched to FreeTube for now, it still works using the Invidious API. This is happening because YouTube is testing forced login to watch videos or use the API. There is a workaround it seems, but we'll have to wait for all the major clients to roll it out.

    • ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      I really want to see what the fuck google will do for embedded videos or shared videos on chats like discord.

  • sag@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I am tired of big company bullshit. I don't care anymore. YouTube was the only big brother service which I can't replace but now I don't give a single fuck.(They IP blocked me on their official site)

  • simple@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Yup, same here. Youtube broke something so you'll have to wait for an update. Grayjay is still working for me if you need another app to see videos.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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      5 months ago

      Not entirely sure. I would say PeerTube, maybe? There are others, like Odysee, but they tend to have interesting communities (to stay within rules of conduct). But YouTube was similar in its early days, too, so :shrug:

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    6 months ago

    I noticed this last night. Playing videos not from YouTube still works fine. This affects Piped as well.

    This had happened previously a different time, which is why I tried reconstructing my music playlists with Soundcloud uploads until YouTube started working again.

  • boerbiet@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    It happened on and off the past two weeks or so but was considered not a bug in an earlier report I saw. I also encountered it a few times, but since about 24 hours ago I have had no luck playing anything.

    Likely changes or countermeasures on G's side, or part of the embedded as changes that is being talked about, is my guess.