Fixing Problem When YouTube Video Not Playing

I. How to solve the problems when playing YouTube videos?

Solution 1: Clear your browser's cache and cookie data

If you often use browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, more temporary cache and cookie data may be generated, which may cause various playback errors on YouTube, so that you cannot watch YouTube videos normally. At this time, you can use the built-in functions of the browser to clear the cache and cookie data. Let’s take the Firefox browser as an example to teach you how to clear the cache and cookie data. The specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Open the Firefox browser, find (option) in the middle of the setting button in the top function menu bar on the right, and then the option detail setting interface will pop up.

Step 2: Next, find the (Privacy and Security) option bar in the (Options) setting details page, click the (Clear Data) option in (Cookies and Website Data) and the (Clear History) in (History) respectively option to clear cache and cookie data.

Solution 2: Update or reinstall Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is a widely used multimedia player. It is usually embedded in the browser as a lightweight browser plug-in to support the normal operation of video animations and small games in web pages. If the Adobe Flash Player plug-in is not installed in your browser, or the plug-in is not the latest version, YouTube videos may not be played normally, then you need to download the plug-in or update it to the latest version.

Solution 3: Enable cookies in your browser

Errors when playing YouTube may also be caused by the disabled cookies in the browser. This is because the normal operation of YouTube depends on cookies. If cookies are disabled, different types of errors will appear when you use YouTube. If the playback error occurs, you need to go to the setting function bar of the browser to check whether the cookie is disabled, and if it is disabled, restart the function. We take the Chrome browser as an example to illustrate, the specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Open the Chrome browser and find (Options) in the settings icon on the right menu bar.

Step 2: Next, find the (Accept Cookies from websites) (Accept Cookies from websites) option in the (Privacy&Security) option in the opened details page. If this option is not checked, then check this option That’s it. Then restart the browser and try to play the YouTube video again.

Solution 4: Use F5 to Fix YouTube Playback Error Issue

The F5 key on the keyboard is a function key and command used to refresh Windows devices. When you have problems playing videos on YouTube, just right-click the blank area of the video playback interface, select the (reload) option, and then continue to press F5 several times to refresh the current webpage. This method can usually also fix some YouTube playback errors. Best of all, it has no side effects and helps your laptop or PC run faster.

We just learned four common ways to fix YouTube video playback errors. If you want to upload your own video to the YouTube website, it is very important to save the video in a video format supported by the YouTube website. Next, we will recommend a software that can realize format conversion, which can help you convert more Convert videos in various formats to formats supported by YouTube, let’s take a look at the functions of this software.

II. Use Renee Video Editor Pro to Convert Videos to YouTube Supported Formats

1. What is Renee Video Editor Pro?

Renee Video Editor Pro It is a video recording and editing tool that integrates computer screen recording, video post-production and format conversion functions. Among them, the computer screen recording function can set the recording area and screen size, and can also set the watermark, cursor style, sound source and saved format, automatic recording plan, etc., whether it is online movies, meeting video records, or game screens, software Operation steps, etc., it can help you record and save to the computer with one click.

In addition, this software can further improve and optimize the video content during video post-production, such as editing or merging video clips, cropping video screens, rotating or flipping videos, adding various types of opening/ending animations, and transition effects. Switch between different filter styles, dub videos, add music or remove original sound effects, import or create exclusive subtitles, and more. After the video editing is complete, you can choose to convert the video to various formats you need. This software supports most video and audio formats, such as MXF, AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, M2TS, M4V, AAC, AC3 and other formats, and supports free conversion between video and audio formats.

2. How to use Renee Video Editor Pro to convert video to a format supported by YouTube?

The formats supported by YouTube include: MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc. With the help of Renee Video Editor Pro, you can successfully complete the operation of video format conversion. It supports almost all video formats. The specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: After downloading and installing, run Renee Video Editor Pro, and click the (Video Editing Tools) button to enter the video editing interface.

Step 2: Next, find the (Add File) button and import the video file that needs to be converted into Renee Video Editor Pro.

Step 3: After the video file is added, you can select a video format supported by YouTube (such as MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc.) in (Output Format), here we can search for (WMV) format for quick selection.

Step 4: After selecting the video output format, if you want to further set various parameters of the video, such as video resolution, frame rate, aspect ratio, etc., you can click the (Output Settings) button to set. After that, select the save location of the video in (Output Folder), click the (Start) button in the lower right corner, and the video will be converted into a video format supported by YouTube, and saved to the location you set.

Renee Video Editor Pro top menu bar editing function description:

cut: Trim video clips; adjust playback speed.

Rotate and crop: Rotate the video 90/180/270 degrees clockwise, flip the video horizontally or vertically; crop the size of the video screen.

special effects: Add filter effects, zoom effects or volume effects to your video.

watermark: Add text, pictures, video or graphic watermarks to video files; you can also remove watermarks from videos.

music: You can import audio files into the video, or directly record the sound of the computer or microphone and import it into the video; it can also remove the original audio of the video.

subtitle: Import or create subtitles into the movie, and you can customize the position, font, etc. of the subtitles.

Opening/Ending: You can add pictures or videos as titles or trailers, set the duration and transition effects of titles and trailers, add text to titles and trailers, and support adjusting the color and font size of text, etc.