YouTube Videos No Longer Loading

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Description of the issue:
Since applying the latest update, YouTube videos will no longer play.

Exact URL of the website(s) in question:

Did the issue present with default Shields settings? (yes/no)
Yes

Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off?
No - the ad shows up, but the video never plays

Is there a specific Shields configuration that causes the site to break? If so, tell us that configuration. (yes/no):
No

Does the site work as expected when using Chrome?
Yes

Brave version (check About Brave):
v1.70.117

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Yesterday (9/19/2020) youtube videos played, but 12-ish hours later they stopped in normal mode on all of my computers with Brave. In private mode, the videos play. I tried Firefox and Chrome and they play without issue…well, with stupid ads, but other than that, no issues (version 1.70.117).

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Rolling out an update to the YT ads code, I didn’t see any breakages but;

See if it helps

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Thanks much.
Tried both of them, making sure the ad block updater was at 1.0.8019, but didn’t make a difference. Runs fine in a private window, however.

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Thank you for your post. It doesn’t work since yesterday. I hope they are gonna fix it tomorrow or I am switching, to be honest to something different.

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Using any extensions @Nio484 @azedgetech @olson_canadian

Have had reports of dark mode extensions causing issues.

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I went into the setting and reset the bowser settings to the default settings and it now works for me.

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Ya, I’m using Dark Reader. But as of yesterday (9/23/2024), YouTube plays again. I didn’t do anything in Brave to mitigate the issue other than trying private mode, so I have no clue why they started playing again. Perhaps the Brave ads blocker was updated automatically in the background.

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Yes, mine is suddenly working again as well. :thinking: