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Error "Unable to open item for playback (Object is not seekable)"

This error may happen if check box Preferences Advanced Networking Allow seeking over HTTP is unchecked and foobar2000 was chosen as the audio decoder. Either check this check box or choose other decoder in component preferences Decoding Audio Decoder.

Any other error starting with "Unable to open item for playback..."

At first you need to check whether component finds streams on the page. Go to menu View Youtube Source Analysis Cache and check if streams are listed there after opening a video.

If streams are there then problem can be related to the file format selected for playback. Reset settings in component preferences Decoder tab (click Reset page button there) and try to open the video again.

If streams are not listed in Analysis Cache then open video URL in a browser in incognito mode - maybe it was removed from Youtube due some reason or access to it is restricted.

If everything is ok in a browser, then check component log (in foobar2000 console window). If there is no helpful info, you can report problematic URL using menu Help Youtube Source Report with log ....

Error "Decoding failure at X:XX.XXX (Connection error)"

This error could happen due to unstable connection. If foobar2000 is used as decoder, you can increase reconnection delay using preferences Advanced Networking Keep reconnecting dropped connections.

For foo_youtube and ffmpeg decoders the same option is available in component preferences Network Maximum reconnection delay.

If program crashes because of this component

You can help fixing this problem by using standard foobar2000 mechanism for sending crash dump files.

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