I keep getting a video unplayable “Error 153” message when trying to embed a YouTube video.
I have tries the basic syntax :
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iframe:
<iframe src="INSERT YOUR URL HERE"></iframe>
and the commnity plugin convert URL to preview all with the same result.
It seems like some other users have had this issue and the responses are “Well it works for me”. I’d appreciate some help on this matter. Thanks!
Can you share a few links, in a code block so others can check them? e.g.
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Also, I marked your examples above as inline code (single backticks) so we can see them. Hope you don’t mind.
Not much help, I know, but I was following some YouTube channels on the Feedly RSS reader because it seemed to get me fewer ads, and the same thing happened there a couple of weeks ago
Same is happening in my vault, every new and existing youtube embed is showing “Error 153: error of the video player configuration”.
Examples:
I have tried those too and it works for me. I’m on the Android version of Obsidian, if that helps. I will try it later on the computer to see what happens.
I’ve got the same problem, when I try to make an iframe with a youtube link it says error 153.
Some of my friend does not have this problem, I am the only one. If you managed to solve this problem please let me know how. I tired bunch of things like deliteng the cache, or disabiliting the youtube ad blocker but nothing.
What’s the output of show debug info?
Someone posted a possible solution here:
It’s in Japanese, but a quick translation:
Reason:
This is because Obsidian has a third-party cookie for the YouTube domain, which causes the error.
Workaround:
Open Chrome DevTools in Obsidian and delete your cookies.
Once the Cookies are cleared, you’re good to go. Close the note and reopen it, and the video thumbnail should appear.
I also suspect it may, in part, have to do with region/country/geo-locking for embeds, but that’s just a guess.
