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[Bug]: Age restricted videos get speed throttled and comments don’t load #3738

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hollownights opened this issue Jul 8, 2023 · 3 comments · Fixed by #3760
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[Bug]: Age restricted videos get speed throttled and comments don’t load #3738

hollownights opened this issue Jul 8, 2023 · 3 comments · Fixed by #3760

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hollownights commented Jul 8, 2023

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  • I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
  • I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
  • I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
  • I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success.
  • This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

When trying to play age restricted videos like this one, the speed is terribly throttled and the comments just won’t load. I’ve tried with 0.18.0-nightly-3089, so this problem isn’t a thing of the past. My settings are: “Preferred API backend: Local API” is set, “Revert to non-preferred backend on failure” is enabled and “Proxy Videos Through Invidious” is disabled.

I’ve also tried playing the same video on NewPipe, which also gets speed throttled, but it can load the comments. Also tried downloading with yt-dlp 2023.07.06 and it is able to download the video with no problems, no throttling at all.

Expected Behavior

No speed throttling and comments loaded.

Issue Labels

content not loading, inconsistent behavior

FreeTube Version

nightly 3089

Operating System Version

Windows 10

Installation Method

.exe

Primary API used

Local API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

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Additional Information

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Nightly Build

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absidue commented Jul 9, 2023

This is expected, as the throttling bypass we use, only helps with the android client, the web one and the one we use to bypass age restrictions are still throttled.

This will hopefully be fixed when we do the major refactor to use a different video player that behaves more similarly to the official website, As that is a lot of work (basic playback is easy, but we'll have to reimplement all of the custom features that accumulated over time, that are written for the current player) and we are planning to do the next release soon, it won't be included in or worked on before the next release.

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efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc commented Jul 9, 2023

@absidue Any idea why the comment arent loading? I can see them just fine on YT side

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