Getting Error 153 for Youtube Video Weblink object
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Sudeep Shroff
Recently, I noticed that all web link objects with a YouTube video link throw this error: "Error 153: Video Player configuration error" Please refer to the screenshot. And the video cannot be played inside capacities.
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Beth
It looks like Youtube made some changes and it's affecting several apps. We are looking into it at the moment.
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Ruud Wijnands
Same issue here in the macOS native app. Version Capacities v1.55.9; none none; Mac OS v10.15.7; Chrome v138.0.7204.251 (WebKit v537.36); Desktop (Electron); 11/18/2025, 4:47:33 PM; en (Europe/Amsterdam, UTC+1).
Beth
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Image Display Error on YouTube Embed in Capacities
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Jamie Huang
Hello Capacities Team,
I encountered an issue when viewing YouTube video embeds inside Capacities. The preview area shows an error icon with the text “Go to YouTube to watch video / Error 153”, and the video cannot be played directly in the app.
This is not limited to one link — every YouTube embed I tested behaves the same, so it appears to be a general playback issue rather than a specific URL problem.
Issue details:
All YouTube embeds fail to load the in-app preview
Display shows error code 153
Links still open correctly on YouTube, but embedded playback fails
Screenshot attached (see image)
This affects content consumption workflow inside Capacities.
Could you please check if this is a known issue or advise on possible fixes?
Thank you for continuously improving this outstanding tool!
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Ayush Sehrawat
For me embeds are fine on web but broken inside native app like Capacitor desktop (win11)
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Jordan Wackett
I’m getting the same error. There was a brief period of time a week or so ago when it worked after a recent app update, but quickly began to show this error again.
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Happy Me
I have the same problem. Quite after the latest update...
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Paule Ledesma
Same here. Is this fixed?
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Andrew Jeter
Any updates? Appreciate you all!
Beth
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[Bug] - Youtube Embeds not working
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Ian Wilson
Yesterday, youtube embeds were working just fine, but now for current and new youtube embeds done via the Capacities GUI, but it says the following now for all videos:
Steffen Bleher
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Beth
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YouTube embeds on Desktop are now failing with Error 153 video player configuration error
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Derek Perez
Desktop, MacOS arm64 Version 1.54.17 (1.54.17).
These were all working as intended just days ago, now they are all broken.
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