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Is this the death of FreeTube?
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Freetube either runs off of YouTube’s APi directly or an Invidious API to proxy requests to Youtube, how is your application configured? If you’re using Invidious have you tried another instance?
Have you read any of the issue reports on their GitHub? it seems like issue #9526 might be what you’re looking for.
i used youtube api before, and now i tried invidious on two different instances and it spams a lot of errors in the subscription tab and when i try to watch a video i get this
i did check the issue reports and these seem like issues other people are experiencing too
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I am updating my Invidious instance to see if it still persists, perhaps the instances you’re using are out of date, I know invidious updates quite frequently to stay on-top of YouTube changes.
Edit; Updating invidious appeared to resolve my errors, I can only assume the instances you’re using are out of date.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.