problem with youtube video playing

[emikaruo-prog]

this problem didn't exist until this morning when you open a video its only allows you to watch a minute of the video after that a error would pop up and tells you to refresh the page. refreshing dose not solve the error.

im gonna include my app settings:
android client:
mode = app script
connection mode = TUN-vpn
send youtube through relay = on
parallel relay = 2
block quic = on
block doh = on
bypass doh = off
coalesce step (min) = 10ms
coalesce step (max) = 800ms

at the end thank you very much for this beautiful app its a life saver this days ❤️

[therealaleph]

Reviewed via Anthropic Claude.

@emikaruo-prog — your symptom ("watch ~1 minute then error, refresh doesn't help") is the YouTube SABR streaming cliff (#464). Apps Script's response cap aligns with SABR's chunk window, and YouTube identifies Apps Script's User-Agent as a low-bandwidth profile so it routes to SABR — which is the path that has the cliff.

Three workarounds, in increasing effort:

1. bandaid fix for youtube 0:59 buffering #942's ?t= increment trick (Sherrybmd): when video stops, edit URL to add 60 to the t= parameter. Page reloads from that point and plays for another ~60s. Manual but works reliably.

2. YouTube restricted mode/safe mode fix #986's mid-session toggle (Amin177a): load YouTube tab WITH youtube_via_relay: false, then flip to true and restart mhrv-rs without closing the tab. Inherits non-restricted bootstrap state in the tab while routing future chunks via relay. Lasts a few minutes per session.

3. PR feat(youtube): relay_url_patterns + SABR strip + exit-node-full SNI #977 (in community testing): SABR query-string strip that bypasses the cliff at the source. Track that PR for the architectural fix.

Your config looks reasonable. youtube_via_relay: on is what's enabling the relay-cliff path; off would let videos play full-length but Restricted Mode applies. There's no current setting that gives both "normal speed" + "no Restricted Mode" reliably — that's exactly what #977 is trying to fix.

Closing as duplicate of #464. Thanks for the kind words.