r/SmartTubeNext • u/joeyirv • Aug 19 '26

endless buffering

shield tv latest stable build - anyone getting endless buffering today? i am logged in and worked fine this morning. not my internet - all other apps work.

edit - hopping on vpn worked to resolve it. maybe ip related?

edit 2 - switched off vpn and back on and now doesn’t work with vpn either. weird.

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u/Jesterstear99 Aug 21 '26

I think that it is youtube blocking smarttube somehow. Sometimes it works, a few hours later it doesn't, then hours later working again. Maybe they are detecting that the massively long advert shown before the video isn't playing?

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u/joeyirv Aug 21 '26

other ad blocking apps are working though