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.

  • goreverminski@lemmy.world
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    2 months 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.

  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

  • mrchampion@lemmy.world
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    1 month 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.

  • TwilightKiddy@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    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 build yt-dlp from 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!

  • Carmakazi@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This is hardly the first time Freetube has broken at a core level. They (and their upstream dependencies) have to keep up with YouTube’s constant technical changes, some of which are deliberately hostile to people circumnavigating their panopticon.

    It may take weeks or even months but they’ve fixed it up until now.

      • ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host
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        2 months ago

        I’m not home to verify my Freetube however, I just checked my invidious instance and can confirm that the first video I attempted to play errored.

        I am updating my Invidious instance to see if it still persists, perhaps the instances you’re using are out of date, I know invidious updates quite frequently to stay on-top of YouTube changes.

        Edit; Updating invidious appeared to resolve my errors, I can only assume the instances you’re using are out of date. I’ll check Freetube when I get home.

      • ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host
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        2 months ago

        Chiming back in 3 hours later, just downloaded the latest release from Freetubes website, i can confirm that with my invidious instance that everything seems to be working fine. While my invidious instance is a private one, ill share it with you in the meantime until your normal setup gets back in order, shoot me a DM.

  • SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
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    2 months 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.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    I don’t know if other interfaces expose it or not, but all YouTube channels are is an RSS feed and Newpipe exposes them so that you can subscribe to the RSS feed in your favorite RSS reader and just bring up new videos that way.

  • trevor (any/all) @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months 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.

    • ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host
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      2 months ago

      Freetube is capable of utilizing the Invidious APi and provides more functions such as sponsor blocking or click-bait thumbnail removal.

      Lots of customization features that I highly suggest pairing with Invidious.

  • StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    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