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monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 11:29 AM Mar 2014

YouTube is giving me an error sign and I can't watch anything. I do have a bookmark

on some stuff I enjoy but that isn't the point. The error is 500 with a note from YT. Anyone know what is going on? Many thanks in advance, you guys always solve my little problems..LOL..

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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. 500 is a general internal server error. Do it happen on any youtube video you try to view?
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 11:38 AM
Mar 2014

For example this one:



monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
2. It doesn't happen on the ones I have bookmarked but it's very unstable. This "test" didn't work for
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 11:43 AM
Mar 2014

me either...

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
5. I was having problems with YT several months ago.
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 04:45 PM
Mar 2014

I went to this link and agreed to use the HTML5 player. It seems to have cleared up my excessive buffering problem on YT. The process is reversible by just going back to the link and selecting to use the Default player.

https://www.youtube.com/html5

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