• @Companion1666
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    6 months ago

    have you tried turn off youtube app’s battery optimization setting. this happened to me before, until i turned off my phone’s battery saver settings.

    • @LemmyKnowsBest
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      6 months ago

      Hey, thanks, you may be right. I just checked my settings and it was originally clicked on the last one, restricted. So I switched it to the top one. unrestricted.

      And I vaguely recall getting a notification sometime ago that YouTube was taking up too much battery and they asked me if I wanted to optimize the settings? I’m like “sure yeah whatever.”

      But since then I think that’s when I haven’t been able to play the video while phone is hibernating or while I multitasking on different apps.

      Thank you. hopefully now that I switch the setting I can go back to my full premium perks.

      • @kWazt
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        26 months ago

        Or, you know, try LibreTube. Does the job for free, and it includes SponsorBlock. Just don’t forget to change the battery setting to unrestricted.

          • @kWazt
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            16 months ago

            Valid question. If I leave LW on optimized, Android will kill it about a minute after I turn my screen off, which ruins my podcast experience (I like to sometimes watch my podcasts as well as some of them are enhanced by visuals)