Any video on Google Chrome, is a black screen that perpetually loads

Bugs
1

Starting Tuesday the 4th, any video I have loaded on Google Chrome to watch with my friends is a perpetual black screen with the white loading bar in the centre. Clicking on the video does nothing on my end, with the time being stuck at 00:00, but apparently changes the time and video for my friends.

As well as, at the top of the video, I get a yellow bar that says ‘please click on the play icon in the player below to start playback.’

I have tried updating my graphics drivers, Disabling any of my adblockers, as well as disabling graphics hardware acceleration to see if any of those work, to no avail. I have also tried booting it up in incognito.
So far, it seems to load in Microsoft Edge however, on a new temporary account. But i would prefer to keep my normal account for it

-In addition, I was using it fine on Google Chrome a day or two before this issue happened, and had made no drastic changes.

2

Thanks a lot for your feedback! The videos you are trying to play are from YouTube? Does it work when you open an incognito window in Chrome and load the room in there?

3

Yes, all the videos I have tried playing are from YouTube.
It does not work in an incognito window on Chrome, and has the same issue. Where it perpetually loads.

4

Can you send me two screenshots to florian@watch2gether.com

  • 1 of the loading screen
  • 1 of the browser console. (When you see the loading screen, right click on the site and select „Inspect“. In the dialog that opens up, make sure that the „Console“ tab is selected and take a screenshot of it)

I‘ll look into it asap.

5

Alright, I shall send those.

6

well still broken! how do you fix this

7

Thanks for your feedback. Videos are not loading for you as well? Does it work when you try to load Watch2Gether in an incognito browser window or when you try to disable your VPN (if in use)?

8

I’m im the same situation, in my own room and in the others too. I can’t see the videos but the rest of the people can.

9

Thanks, are you using a mobile or desktop device? Did you try to disable any adblockers or VPN services?