# YouTube - An Error Occurred, Please Try Again Later **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939 "2020-08-13T00:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/1 "2020-08-13T00:16:16Z")
Every time I launch a video on YouTube, I get a black screen with white letters, “An Error Occurred, Please Try Again Later.” I learned, by accident, that if I just wait a little – maybe fifteen seconds – the video starts playing normally. So it’s not a thang, by any means. Just curious. What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/2 "2020-08-13T00:32:37Z")
I get the same thing. I think, but am by no means sure, that it is due to my ad blocker. Are you using an Ad blocker on YouTube? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/3 "2020-08-13T00:44:00Z")
Ah! Yes, definitely! That makes sense. (Sorry for their revenue stream, but ads suck!) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/4 "2020-08-13T00:57:09Z")
I can’t say I’ve seen this with uBlock Origin. The ads just don’t play. What adblocker do you guys use? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/5 "2020-08-13T01:04:17Z")
No problem here with uBlock Origin ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/6 "2020-08-13T07:21:52Z")
I use AdBlock, and don’t have that problem. I think I had this same problem a few months ago, and then it just went away. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/7 "2020-08-13T20:02:45Z")
I’m using AVG Security, which has an ad-block function. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/8 "2020-08-13T20:46:29Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’m using AVG Security, which has an ad-block function. Ah. Those often aren’t as good as the standalone counterparts. If you’re satisfied, fine. But if not, you may want to turn off the adblock part and install either uBlock Origin or Adblock Plus. (The latter tries to keep some unobtrusive ads by default, but takes up more memory.) ---
**Author:** ![jjakucyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/9 "2020-08-14T13:16:35Z")
YouTube has gotten really aggressive in the last couple weeks trying to get past ad blockers. Nothing I can do anymore (AdBlock Plus, AdGuard, DNS filtering, Hosts files) will stop the pre-roll ad blankout. The ads don’t actually show, but the screen is white and I have to click the “skip ads” button in the bottom right. I understand that this is affecting pretty much all ad blockers, but these pre-roll ads don’t run on every video, and I think if you’re NOT logged in to YouTube they’re still being blocked ok for now. I bet the OP’s ad blocker is choking on YouTube’s newly invasive pre-roll ads because they usually only run for 10-20 seconds and then allow the video through after that. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/10 "2020-08-14T16:57:36Z")
Occasionally this happens with me. In my case it seems to be something with my sound connection no longer working (at that point I usually can’t use the computer for meetings etc. either). A reboot fixes it - but that’s a pain in the neck. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/11 "2020-08-14T23:58:35Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > What adblocker do you guys use? I finally checked. Mine is AdBlock for YouTube. Might be time to try uBlock Origin. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-an-error-occurred-please-try-again-later/917939/12 "2020-08-15T05:12:11Z")
> [@jjakucyk](#): > > YouTube has gotten really aggressive in the last couple weeks trying to get past ad blockers. Nothing I can do anymore (AdBlock Plus, AdGuard, DNS filtering, Hosts files) will stop the pre-roll ad blankout. Again, I’ve never had problems with uBlock Origin, both on my computer and on my phone (using Firefox on the phone, since Chrome doesn’t allow extensions.) I assumed Adblock Plus would also work, as it always used to, but I can’t say for certain. I know that uBlock Origin added some extra features to deal with some more pesky ads. (I actually use YouTube Vanced 14.21.54 on my phones more than Firefox with Adblock, but I do use the latter at times.)