mpv player is no longer able to stream from YouTube

[stax76]

Some days ago, streaming (and also downloading) with yt-dlp stopped working here, I could use some help to find a solution.

Maybe related, about the same time other Google services like Search and Translate started to make problems, slow loading or no loading at all.

[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to download webpage: The read operation timed out
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading android player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] The read operation timed out. Retrying (1/3)...
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading android player API JSON
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading iframe API JS
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading player c2199353
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading web player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] The read operation timed out. Retrying (1/3)...
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading web player API JSON
[youtube] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading initial data API JSON
[info] t0pF-Lh_C7M: Downloading 1 format(s): 248+251
[download] Destination: E:\YouTube\tagesschau - tagesschau 20_00 Uhr, 27.08.2022.f248.webm
[download] 7.6% of 127.90MiB at 26.06MiB/s ETA 00:04[download] Got error: The read operation timed out. Retrying (1/10)...
[download] Got error: The read operation timed out. Retrying (2/10)...
[download] Got error: The read operation timed out. Retrying (3/10)...
[download] Got error: The read operation timed out. Retrying (4/10)...
[download] 30.6% of 127.90MiB at 24.84MiB/s ETA 00:03

[stax76]

Booted into my old Win 10 partition, same problem.

It sucks not being able to watch YouTube.

[quietvoid]

I have no issue with YouTube streaming with yt-dlp version 2022.08.19, in mpv on Linux.
There might just be networking issues either on your side or the routing to you.

[stax76]

Thanks, I remember now it started a week ago, affected are all Google services on all of my devices.

[stax76]

With VPN it works.

[stax76]

I called my ISP, and they said that the problem is known and lies at Google in my Region.

[pirlouy]

Just for my curiosity, have you tried with DNS not from your ISP (1.1.1.1 for example) ?

There was failed DNS blocking recently in Austria (https://torrentfreak.com/austrian-isps-had-no-choice-but-to-block-pirate-sites-and-cloudflare-220829/) for example.

[stax76]

I tried changing the DNS, but didn't find any that helped. It's apparently fixed now, I wish a day earlier because of the VPN subscription, how can this happen for a full week.

[stax76]

I probably made a mistake trying to change the DNS, I simply googled how to change the DNS, and what I got was a guide for Wi-Fi usage, but my PC isn't connected with Wi-Fi but Ethernet. I'm such a noob with anything network related. :)