[GH-ISSUE #255] Video scrubbing of YouTube videos does not work in outdated video players #1553

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opened 2026-04-11 05:57:56 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @athif23 on GitHub (Nov 27, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/255

Sometimes videos I downloaded from youtube aren't able to seek, it's playable but it can only be started from start, you can't forward or backward the frame at all. This is one of the link I tried, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRgpAhc3WlA.

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As you can see, the slider is disabled and can't be dragged at all.

Originally created by @athif23 on GitHub (Nov 27, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/issues/255 Sometimes videos I downloaded from youtube aren't able to seek, it's playable but it can only be started from start, you can't forward or backward the frame at all. This is one of the link I tried, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRgpAhc3WlA. ![ApplicationFrameHost_qA7CjqqUk0](https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/assets/15215827/05a74907-049d-49f2-ab27-2c6fa18daaa6) As you can see, the slider is disabled and can't be dragged at all.
GiteaMirror added the 3rd party app support label 2026-04-11 05:57:56 -05:00
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@wukko commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2023):

i recommend using a more advanced video player, such as https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

youtube videos are rendered on-fly, cobalt can't predict the final rendered file size, so that info is missing from the header

<!-- gh-comment-id:1831174894 --> @wukko commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2023): i recommend using a more advanced video player, such as https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ youtube videos are rendered on-fly, cobalt can't predict the final rendered file size, so that info is missing from the header
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@MrCodeWeaver commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2024):

I'm running into this issue as well with the latest version (11.2401.2.0) of Windows Media Player

<!-- gh-comment-id:2015198366 --> @MrCodeWeaver commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2024): I'm running into this issue as well with the latest version (11.2401.2.0) of Windows Media Player
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