# YouTube links randomly re-starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532 "2023-04-11T19:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/1 "2023-04-11T19:46:20Z")
Most recently, this happened while reading the Mandalorian thread. I had opened a YT link and watched it part way down the thread. I finished, hit pause, and went on scrolling. Several times, as I was trying to read, the YT link would just randomly re-start. It was quite annoying. Is there any way to close the link or make it stop for good? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/2 "2023-04-11T19:59:58Z")
That’s a known issue. IIRC, the workaround is to reload the page (or mute your computer so you don’t notice it). ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/3 "2023-04-11T21:59:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > the workaround is to reload the page (or mute your computer so you don’t notice it Both of those are poor substitutes. Doing either one of them will cause youtube to mess up the watch pointer, the red bar that remembers how much you’ve watched of the video. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/4 "2023-04-11T22:25:35Z")
It’s only a workaround. If you want an actual fix, you’ll have to reach out to CodingHorror, but it’s been going on for a while, so I wouldn’t count on it getting fixed any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/5 "2023-04-17T09:48:54Z")
When it happens to me, I select “duplicate tab” from the menu. It opens a new tab with the thread scrolled to the exact place I’ve read to, but no Youtube video playing. Then close the original tab. This works on my browser, which is Firefox Portable. Other browsers may or may not have this facility. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/6 "2023-05-12T11:01:31Z")
I get this error on the iPhone: [![](https://i.imgur.com/ydRlN4i.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/ydRlN4i.png) What’s the workaround for iPhone? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/7 "2023-05-17T01:27:42Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I get this error on the iPhone: Wrong thread. Read this thread that talks all about it. > [@Have links to YouTube been disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/): > > I just tried posting a couple of YouTube links in and got the message An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. What’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/8 "2023-05-18T05:19:46Z")
Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/9 "2023-05-18T09:46:36Z")
This has been happening to me here for the past year plus, every time there’s a YT clip which I watch. Maddening. My quick and dirty solution is to mute the clip and let it roll in there somewhere upthread. ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532/10 "2023-06-28T20:06:54Z")
It’s a bit drastic, but another fix is to put the person that posted the youtube video on ignore. It would be nice if the problem could be fixed, however. Happens to me quite regularly on Chrome browser.