Why does this Error always occure on this channel?

[CSDUMMI]

One many of the videos on this channel give this error:

The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

Why is that?

https://invidio.us/channel/UC3XTzVzaHQEd30rQbuvCtTQ

[omarroth]

From a quick look it appears most videos are blacklisted in Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, or some combination. If you are in one of those regions you will see that error if you don't have Proxy videos? enabled.

Testing a couple videos there doesn't appear to be any issue with playback for me. If adding local=true to the end of the /watch URL doesn't fix the issue for you, would you mind providing a specific example?

[CSDUMMI]

I think I have to give you more information:
I mostly get this error, if I am watching a video on my phone:

iPhone
iOS 10.3.3
Firefox for iOS Verssion 14.0

But on my PC (Firefox too) I can watch these videos without a problem.
Example:
https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=gmgV4r25XxA

By the way, it seems if I'm using Safari, the video loads again without a problem.

[lljr]

@omarroth I see this issue a lot on my end as well. Can confirm that adding &local=true after end of /watch... URL fixed it for me. I have only tried with one video though. EDIT: since FreeTube uses your API, I see that sometimes I cannot load videos on their app as well. I do not get this error from them, but when I check on the Invidious link, I see it prompted on the video screen.

[ghost]

@omarroth i also have had this issue since i started using invidious a couple of months ago. didnt really take a look on it until i found this issue. can also confirm that &local=true fixes it, at least for the one video i've tried so far. i cant really see any obvious pattern for which videos works and which wont, but its maybe 4/10 that doesnt work for me. i live in europe but none of the countries u mentioned.

[CSDUMMI]

And why does it occure?
And how can one fix it?
Should &local=true be default, because
I can't do that on every video on my mobile phone.

[Perflyst]

It is probably due to geoblocking from YouTube. You cannot fix it. In settings (you can do this with out an account), enable "Proxy Videos?"

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[CSDUMMI]

What exactly does "Proxy Videos?" do if it is enabled?

[CSDUMMI]

And why is there no option in settings for the local parameter?

[Perflyst]

Proxy Videos is the local parameter

[lljr]

@Perflyst do you mean this? I am able to view the video through the YouTube url, but I cannot view the same video through Invidio.

[Perflyst]

Look on issue #92

[lljr]

@Perflyst thanks. I'm unaware of how the Invidio interacts with Youtube to fetch the videos; however, I'm able to view the video when I click to open via the Youtube Link button.

[Perflyst]

Yeah, this can be the case. This should also be discussed somewhere in #92
If you have specific furhter questions better join #invidious on freenode or #invidious:matrix.org, probably better than here.

[omarroth]

Sometimes video files will not play if they're being accessed from a different region than where the video was originally requested, even if the video itself is not region blocked.

Since https://invidio.us is hosted in the US, users outside that region will sometimes encounter errors when attempting to view videos. I think music videos most commonly encounter this issue.

Proxy videos or &local=true will attempt to load the file through Invidious, see this explanation for some more details on how it works. It's more resource intensive which is why it isn't enabled by default. You can also try using an instance hosted in your region.

Closing in favor of #92.