anyone know why my youtube video audio suddenly decides to stop working between videos? I've identified that Spotify being open in either a state of playing or not playing can be the trigger where I need to close Spotify, and then close the browser and reopen the browser. Anyone know what causes this? Would like to fix it directly
#Youtube Videos Audio Selectively Not Working
pulsar needle
lapis cedar
Did you check the upper left box, near your internet browser address. Is the shield on? Is the lock on/off? It might be that.
pulsar needle
Did you check the upper left box, near your internet browser address. Is the shi...
I'm using zen does that matter? actually it was across 2 browsers
lapis cedar
You are looking to give YT permissions. I'm unsure where it's in Zen browser. Check your address bar for a shield or lock icon. See if turning it on or off fixes it.
That was the case when I had YT videos randomly stop working.
solid mountain
might be DRM related, but I
am thinking it's more a codec issue
see if zen browser has an extension shop.
get the H.264ify extension to force all youtube vids to be sent with that codec only to you (h.264)
pulsar needle
get the H.264ify extension to force all youtube vids to be sent with that codec ...
installed 🤝 I'll report back here if I run into it again
pulsar needle
it happened again today, I don't think the h.264 thing was the issue
I ended up having to actually restart my system in order to get it to work.
lapis cedar
Did you try my method? Make sure your security shield in the browser bar corner is allowing YT? That stopped me from getting video issues. If it's only exclusive to YT, that should be the cause.
pulsar needle
Did you try my method? Make sure your security shield in the browser bar corner ...
shoot ill look next time
pulsar needle
@lapis cedar doesn't seem like it
ran into it again today, the lock icon says the site is secure, and I don't see any other kinds of "security shield"
pulsar needle
I got a picture...
that's not zen browser is it
lapis cedar
Have you tried other browsers to see if the problem repeats? If so, then it is a Zen problem.
pulsar needle
Have you tried other browsers to see if the problem repeats? If so, then it is a...
yeah it happened in chrome
but I think I know what the issue is. I went into my sound settings when this happened, and my default devices were getting unset somehow
I'm guessing something I'm doing is causing that to get all screwy
lapis cedar
Do you have a specialized sound driver or the default one Mint gave you?
pulsar needle
should be the one mint gave me
lapis cedar
Do you have specialized speakers?
Do you have the right audio channels? 2.0, not 5.1.
Do you have an AMD GPU?
It's possible you have a driver installed that is deprecated, no loner viable, or a double driver install somewhere.
pulsar needle
Do you have the right audio channels? 2.0, not 5.1.
um, for some reason apparently the sound settings panel is completely messed up? Says I have no devices, despite having two monitors, and bluetooth device connected.
I have an NVIDIA GPU
lapis cedar
Ah. Two monitors could be the cause. Do you have audio output from one or both of them? Where are your devices?
lapis cedar
In the meantime. Only have one monitor in and see if the problem still occurs.
pulsar needle
Ah. Two monitors could be the cause. Do you have audio output from one or both o...
yeah they both have speakers technically that I've never used
pulsar needle
In the meantime. Only have one monitor in and see if the problem still occurs.
yeah, I don't think that is a viable long term strategy for me