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.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    34·
    20 days ago

    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.

  • SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
    21·
    20 days ago

    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.

  • trevor (any/all) @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    20 days ago

    When one falls, another takes its place. Check out VacuumTube. It uses the official YouTube Leanback interface with adblock, sponsorblock, etc.

    That said, I’m sure FreeTube will probably be able to fix whatever you’re going through, assuming it isn’t Google rate-limiting or blocking you outright.

    • kuiskaaja@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      20 days ago

      thank you, seems like there’s no offline subscriptions but this is better than nothing.

      i can just check the subscriptions from freetube for now i guess, unless that breaks too

      hopefully freetube gets fixed soon! i really miss it already

      edit:

      :(

  • goreverminski@lemmy.world
    6·
    20 days ago

    Not familiar with the app, but PipePipe and other NewPipe forks have had similar issues lately. They have been fixed recently, however, so one could assume they will be similarly fixed in FreeTube too.

  • provectus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    20 days ago

    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.

  • kixik@lemmy.ml
    5·
    20 days ago

    I you use the external player, and mpv in particular with yt-dlp installed, then you’ll have an alternative still using freetube as frontend to navigate YT.

    I do prefer ytcui with yt-dlp backend, which is native, low on resources and I really like ncurses, but that’s up to anyone.

    That said, yt-dlp also gets IP blocked every once in a while, and also find itself non working at all depending on G. moves…

  • mrchampion@lemmy.world
    4·
    19 days ago

    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.

  • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    20 days ago

    I use yt-dlp. It also works with other sites, not just yt.

    Every so often G does sth to break it. But not very often. It works more of the time, than any other thing I tried so far.

  • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    19 days ago

    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.