Youtube videos stop loading at exactly 1 minute

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Since yesterday, Youtube stops loading 1 minute into the video. Skipping forward doesn’t help. This is on the latest version of macOS as well as iOS. NordVPN is up to date.

I’ve tried different protocols, servers, specialty servers, clearing cache, and switching to different wifi/cellular networks but nothing worked. The only way to resolve the issue was to disable DNS filtering (under Threat Protection). Other video platforms stream just fine.

I contacted NordVPN support and couldn’t find a way to resolve the issue without disabling DNS filtering. Has anyone experienced this issue or know what’s causing it?

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this fixed it for me

go to settings, threat protection pro, un check DNS filtering.

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I have exactly the same problem, if you fix it let me know how

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I’m also having this happen, it started happening randomly yesterday … it must have been something youtube changed

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I’ve been unable to watch youtube for a solid week or 2, 50 sec loaded and then it just cannot load any more, only way I can watch more is to completely pause the vpn, which kinda sucks.

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This thread needs to be upvoted. Same issue here, on Windows.

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I get that due to adblockers. Not VPN. Turn adblocking off and they play normally.

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Same here. Well, more specifically, JDownloader doesn’t download YouTube videos when I’m connected to NordVPN. It only downloads the first little bit (assuming the first minute) before it stops. This started happening last week. I thought it was an issue with JDownloader, but then I tried while disconnected from NordVPN and it worked fine.

Seems like YouTube has successfully blocked their videos from users connected over NordVPN.

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THE ANSWER (and it sucks): On computers with VPN, YouTube disallows viewing longer than one minute. I haven’t found a workaround for my Mac yet, which is why I found this today. Thought I’d drop a little knowledge. BOO YOUTUBE FOR THEIR SELF INTEREST OVER OUR DIGITAL SECURITY.

EDIT: Hey, NordVPN, I see advertising that claims your product is a good vehicle by which we might view YouTube. We here know that that is untrue, so I’d suggest that you pull that advertising.

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I’m sure there’s a lot of useful posts that have been removed - seems the negative karmer bot does this sub more harm than good.

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This worked for me too. But Ads are no longer blocked.

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Where is that configuration exactly? The NordVPN extension? Or… I only have the nordvpn extension and can’t find it.

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I decided to keep the adblocker and disable DNS filter instead.

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Just so you know, VPNs are pretty much useless for security. All browsers and sites have equally as good security features.