Youtube 10-Second Black Screen

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I've also been having the same issue on Chrome. As a temporary fix, I'm using uBlock Origin to block out Youtube ads in their entity.

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i ve had this issue once too. not sure what it could be.

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Can you please try blacklisting these domains and see if it helps? Wait a while though as YouTube has been known to cache some ads.

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I think you missed the URL from that hyperlink. I am also having the same issue.

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the "hyperlink" is not referred

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I think this was supposed to be the linked page: How do I block ads on YouTube?

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I've seen that page, and I've tried the white/blacklist recommendations, but the delay is still there.

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What platform and browser are you using?

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I'm using Chrome on Windows 10.

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Update:
I just noticed that the delay only happens when there's an ad that's supposed to play at the beginning of a video.

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I am still having a problem after adding those additional addresses to my blacklist.

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Likewise here --- it doesn't seem that this blacklist blocks even 50% of Youtube ads.

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Just out of curiosity, @Decompiled and @aspecialvisit, what upstream DNS providers are you using?

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Google --- 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 --- are you using something different?

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Using the YouTube blacklist domains and OpenDNS as my upstream, I rarely, if ever see a YouTube ad. I'm just looking for clues outside of Pi-hole since some people seem to block them but others don't.

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I'll try using OpenDNS and report back. Agreed that this is confusing, since it's clear that some people are having no trouble blocking youtube ads.

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OK. And please be sure to wait a while before reporting the findings as there may be cached ads along the way (on Pi-hole, on your browser, via your OS, and/or via your upstream DNS).

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It might be a bit too soon to celebrate, but; I'm not seeing ads any longer. Unfortunately, I didn't troubleshoot correctly --- I made two changes at the same time.

  1. Changed pihole to OpenDNS
  2. Cleared 100% of my browser cache

I have a couple other PCs in the house whose browser caches have not been cleared, so I'll see what sorts of results I get on them. In the meantime, Youtube ads do seem to be blocked. I'll report back about the browser cache on other devices, as well.

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Interesting. Let's see @Decompiled can also get it to work by switching to OpenDNS.

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A small update --- I'm definitely seeing fewer ads, but some youtube ads have started to creep in. It's possible that seeing none had more to do with a clear cache than switching to OpenDNS.