Aw, man. I clicked the link and got “The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.”
This is why I just post the original YouTube links. If someone doesn’t want to use YouTube, that’s on them to either not click the link or to finagle the proxying themselves.
On certain communities and on Hexbear, which I frequently repost to and from, it’s generally suggested and sometimes expected to post links using privacy/archival frontends, especially if the source is reactionary. I try to follow those rules. And while the bot is useful, I find it a bit annoying to see I received a comment and it ends up being the bot, boo. Plus lemmy now seems to show video content from YouTube if it uses an invidious link.
I know sometimes the video links do not work, but I prefer giving invidious links anyway as it’s easy to forget to finagle the link before just immediately clicking on it and accidentally opening a site like YouTube. I like to give users a buffer before deciding how to approach the link if it doesn’t work. Invidious has a link available to watch directly on YouTube, so I figured people can still ultimately watch the video if nothing else works.
Try switching backends (links at the top), then try using a VPN and see if that makes a difference, then try grabbing the YouTube URL from the “Watch on YouTube” link and either use a third-party client, download it with yt-dlp, or watch on YouTube with uBlock Origin.
I was able to play this video by switching backends. Sometimes I have to switch multiple times on the same backends before it eventually works.
Aw, man. I clicked the link and got “The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.”
This is why I just post the original YouTube links. If someone doesn’t want to use YouTube, that’s on them to either not click the link or to finagle the proxying themselves.
On certain communities and on Hexbear, which I frequently repost to and from, it’s generally suggested and sometimes expected to post links using privacy/archival frontends, especially if the source is reactionary. I try to follow those rules. And while the bot is useful, I find it a bit annoying to see I received a comment and it ends up being the bot, boo. Plus lemmy now seems to show video content from YouTube if it uses an invidious link.
I know sometimes the video links do not work, but I prefer giving invidious links anyway as it’s easy to forget to finagle the link before just immediately clicking on it and accidentally opening a site like YouTube. I like to give users a buffer before deciding how to approach the link if it doesn’t work. Invidious has a link available to watch directly on YouTube, so I figured people can still ultimately watch the video if nothing else works.
Huh, I wasn’t aware of that.
Try switching backends (links at the top), then try using a VPN and see if that makes a difference, then try grabbing the YouTube URL from the “Watch on YouTube” link and either use a third-party client, download it with yt-dlp, or watch on YouTube with uBlock Origin.
I was able to play this video by switching backends. Sometimes I have to switch multiple times on the same backends before it eventually works.