Youtube videos will no longer play

Just within the last couple of days I’ve discovered I can no longer play Youtube videos in Manjaro Unstable. It just displays the buffering icon and the message ‘If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device’. It does this on all browsers (Firefox, Chromium, Opera, Vivaldi) and all desktops (Plasma, Mate) I’ve tried. It plays videos from reddit without issue and loads all my usual sites without problem. I have EndeavourOS and Opensuse on the the same machine and they play without issue. I’ve updated to the latest kernel but it hasn’t made any difference.

Does anyone know what could be causing it?

My inxi details:

System:
  Kernel: 5.19.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.19-x86_64
    root=UUID=aa6c1363-5b98-4342-a144-88d6db83f80a ro quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.2 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm:
    1: GDM v: 42.0 2: LightDM v: 1.30.0 note: stopped Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Mini-pc System: LENOVO product: 11JKS07500 v: ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 35 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 3190 v: SDK0J40697 WIN 3305322990090
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: M3CKT32A date: 02/16/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.04 GiB used: 2.79 GiB (18.6%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8600104
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
    desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1929 high: 3638 min/max: 1400/4112 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3086 2: 1506
    3: 1484 4: 1338 5: 3638 6: 1628 7: 1397 8: 1356 bogomips: 55918
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
    f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
    irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
    pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
    rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc
    tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN 5.1
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2018-21 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 14.0.6 DRM 3.47 5.19.0-1-MANJARO)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 3-1.4:4 v: kernel chip-ID: 20b1:3008 pcie:
    class-ID: 0300 gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s serial: <filter> lanes: 16 link-max:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
    snd_acp_pci, snd_sof_amd_renoir
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: XMOS iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.0-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.53 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0f1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 704.24 GiB used: 93.09 GiB (13.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: MZVLB256HAHQ-000H7 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: EXD70H2Q temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 023 scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 283.01 GiB size: 277.5 GiB (98.05%)
    used: 92.97 GiB (33.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: aa6c1363-5b98-4342-a144-88d6db83f80a
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 9.96 GiB size: 9.95 GiB (99.90%)
    used: 128.3 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 2DCB-8B08
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: 3664-67FF
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 238.17 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: d4bbb93d-2bd6-4c2b-a5e8-e709821cc168
  ID-3: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-4: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 73.31 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 6490965a-0aa6-40a8-9208-3c6fe17fbb8c
  ID-5: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 size: 99.47 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 138a2f48-1fd3-48f7-9abd-1fe466a16644
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: HP HP 1000 USB Optical Mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 03f0:2a41 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-1:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1.3:3 info: PCPlay Barcode PCP-BCG4209 type: Keyboard,Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 400mA chip-ID: 13ba:0018 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-1.4:4 info: XMOS iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 80mA chip-ID: 20b1:3008 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 4-1:2 info: Genesys Logic GL3523 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 05e3:0620 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 39.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 225 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: 1760 pacman: 1754 lib: 494 flatpak: 6 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.19

Might be connected with wireplumber and pipewire-media-session and recent temporary switching between the two. Can you check which one you have installed.
Also do you use pipewire or pulseaudio:

pactl info | grep "Server Name"

You might need to either:

  • remove wireplumber and reinstall pipewire-media-session
  • or switch from pulseaudio to pipewire

(it might also be something unrelated)

Thanks very much for the reply. Whenever I try to remove wireplumber it gives me the following error:

could not satisfy dependencies:

  • removing wireplumber breaks dependency ‘wireplumber’ required by pipewire-alsa

If I then try and remove pipewire-alsa it gives me the following error:

could not satisfy dependencies:

  • removing pipewire-alsa breaks dependency ‘pulseaudio-alsa’ required by gnome-settings-daemon

Actually, just install pipewire-media-session - it will ask you to remove wireplumber

That just gives me the same error:

pamac install pipewire-media-session
Preparing…
Synchronizing package databases…

Choose optional dependencies for pipewire-media-session:
1: pipewire-media-session-docs: Documentation

Enter a selection (default=none):

Resolving dependencies…
Checking inter-conflicts…
Error: Failed to prepare transaction:
could not satisfy dependencies:

  • removing wireplumber breaks dependency ‘wireplumber’ required by pipewire-alsa

Ok, I guess you are on unstable (or maybe testing) branch. I see dependencies are changed again.
Post the output of command from post #3.

Announcement: [Unstable Update] 2022-07-02 - Kernels, Pipewire 0.3.53, Haskell, Gnome 42.3

It still won’t let me remove pipewire-alsa, even after a reboot:

pamac remove pipewire-alsa
Preparing…
Checking dependencies…
Error: Failed to prepare transaction:
could not satisfy dependencies:

  • removing pipewire-alsa breaks dependency ‘pulseaudio-alsa’ required by gnome-settings-daemon

Not anymore. Arch is again trying to replace pipewire-media-session with wireplumber.

:point_up:

:wink:

No, why are you trying to do that?

Before we go any further, please…

…because we don’t even know if you’re using PipeWire or PulseAudio as default.

If you are using PipeWire as default, make sure pipewire, pipewire-pulse and wireplumber user services are all enabled and running.

pactl info | grep “Server Name”
Server Name: pulseaudio

Well, you can then install pulseaudio-alsa and then remove pipewire-alsa.

(@Yochanan: Looking at packages, I’m a bit confused tbh - should pulseaudio-alsa conflict with pipewire-alsa since latter provides the former.)

OK, I’ve done that and rebooted, but Youtube is still the same :anguished:

And also removed wireplumber and reinstalled pipewire-media-session?

When I try to remove wireplumber it gives me the following error:

pamac remove wireplumber
Preparing…
Checking dependencies…
Error: Failed to prepare transaction:
could not satisfy dependencies:

  • removing wireplumber breaks dependency ‘pipewire-session-manager’ required by gst-plugin-pipewire

Please edit your posts and use preformatted text for command outputs (</>). This is annoying to read.

And yeah, now there will be three hundred dependencies to check, bah. :stuck_out_tongue:

As I said before, install pipewire-media-session - it should do the removing, hopefully of everything.

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Sorry, I’m just pasting direct from konsole.

Yes, that’s fixed it! Thanks a lot for your help. We got there in the end :smiley:

:stop_sign: Full stop. PipeWire has nothing to do with anything here. You’re using PulseAudio.

I use PulseAudio on my main development laptop and these are the only PipeWire related packages I have installed due to other packages requiring them:

❯ pacman -Qs pipewire
local/gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.53-2
    Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
local/lib32-pipewire 1:0.3.53-2
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - 32-bit client library
local/pipewire 1:0.3.53-2
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-media-session 1:0.4.1-2
    Example session manager for PipeWire

Your sound works. You’re only having issues with YouTube.

You can still paste directly from console, just mark it and press that button next time.

As you can see, linux doesn’t make sense… sometimes. :smiley:

This is pretty much the same problem people were having last time, when wireplumber was introduced. Only this time there will be additional steps. Easiest to just switch to PipeWire to be honest.

EDIT: You are right though, I don’t know why OP needed pipewire-alsa in the first place.

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Thanks again. Much appreciated.