YT Ad-free causes my TV to "overload"

[mastawilli]

Hi there,

first of all I want to thank you all for this great work. Google has exceeded every level of ad-tolerance since they force 2-3 ads for every single short clip. That is such a pain, thanks to you I can still enjoy watching youtube.

But having still the same problem after performing a factory reset, I wanted to hear if I am alone with thit problem or not.

Since a few weeks now, when I use yt adfree (0.3.1), after watching a while, the sound suddenly stops working (eARC sound to external AR). The video continues. Switching to TV internal sound still works, but switching back to AR remains broken. That is just the beginning. After this "process" has started, the tv starts do break down. After a few more minutes, the yt stream starts buffering (endless). I can go still go back to the menu and search for other videos, but I cannot start any new videos, only buffering.

Thats not even the weird part. When this situation is reached, I can not use ANY streaming app. Netflix, Prime, Disney+, RTL+, DAZN, SkyQ (german tv broadcasters). All of these apps seem to work, they start up, but same as yt, they do not run any streams, buffering will not end.

The only thing that keeps working is DVB-S television. But also just with TV internal sound. When restarting the TV, everything is back to normal. I have already switched off the Quick start+ option, did not help.

2 days ago I made a factory reset, reinstalled everything. Seemed to work better for a while, but the same problem occured today.

I am using yt adfree since ~November last year. I did not have this problem until ~May this year. So maybe something has changed within WebOS which triggers this problem?! To me it feels like there is some buffer or cache overflow so the videos cannot buffer the minimum amount they need to start. Doesnt matter which service I use.

Unfortunately only yt adfree causes this problem. I can watch TV for hours in a row as long as I do not touch yt adfree. But it will not even need 20 minutes to break if I use it then.

Anyone having similar problems? Thanks for your support.

My Specs:

Device: 75NANO906NA Firmware: 04.40.08 WebOS version: 5.4.1
YT Adfree: 0.3.1 Homebrew Channel: 0.5.0

TV is not rooted, just using Developer mode. Since yt adfree and moonlight are the only apps I use, I felt no need so far to root it. But as mentioned it worked like a charm until some weeks ago.

Best regards Mawi

[joaopedrosgs]

Same here! Randomly the audio stops working and only comes back after I kill the app or restart the TV. Sometimes the TV gets really slow too. So slow that the pointer from the magic remote starts to "jump"

[jospezial]

Sound comes back on mine if I go in YT Ad-free to "gaming" and back to "start". I think it is since the add at first tile which does always preview without sound when focussed even when disabled in yt settings. I'm using the headphone jack.

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[oystermon]

@jospezial thanks for that workaround.. I was wondering what happened to my sound! I don't think the audio source matters, but I was on bluetooth headphones.

Hopefully it gets fixed one day.