<![CDATA[New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17]]>Is anyone else having more problems now with YouTube using Opera 12.17?
The main page now seems to take ages to load, and the browser is frozen until the video thumbnails populate.
When I select a video to play, the video page appears with the playback window, the video starts to load, but then the browser freezes again for about ten seconds before the video continues to load, and then plays OK.
This has been happening for a while, but the latest thing which I've just noticed is that the video comments are now being displayed in huge text!
They still look normal on all my other browsers.
I've tried clearing cookies and changing the site preferences to identify/mask as other browsers, but none of the options makes any difference.
Also tried disabling AdBlock and YouTube Center, which are the only extensions I have installed, which also made no difference.
Is anyone else seeing this, or is it just me?
😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/5577/new-youtube-problems-with-opera-12-17RSS for NodeSun, 10 May 2026 18:18:38 GMTThu, 09 Oct 2014 23:00:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:28:03 GMT]]>This thread is specifically about Opera 12.17!
There are plenty of others about YouTube problems on later versions.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/69130https://forums.opera.com/post/69130Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:28:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:43:30 GMT]]>on opera beta 28.0 youtube ain't workin AGAIN, thumbnails work but when you launch a video it gives a "an error occured please try again" warning just tried it on firefox portable and it works, so it's yet another opera foulup

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/69114https://forums.opera.com/post/69114Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:43:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:18:00 GMT]]>I've done loads to try and make Youtube work on 12.x. Editing CSS etc. Fixed it for a bit, but for the past months I've getting jerky behaviour, incredible RAM usage, freezing and all the rest of it.
In an ideal world, we should leave Youtube and hope that Google make good on us.

In the real world, where we cannot live without Youtube, we have to smother Opera 12.x for our own good. It just won't work on popular pages who don't care about standards anymore.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/63312https://forums.opera.com/post/63312Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:18:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:56:35 GMT]]>

Strange, it seems fine here.
I have the YouTube Center and AdBlock extensions installed though, which may be the difference.

Not a big deal really. I can just bookmark a different youtube page. Just annoying to know something is not working

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62611https://forums.opera.com/post/62611Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:56:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:00:02 GMT]]>Strange, it seems fine here.
I have the YouTube Center and AdBlock extensions installed though, which may be the difference.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62599https://forums.opera.com/post/62599Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:00:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:41:15 GMT]]>

Have you still got a full list of your subscribed channels on the left hand side?
If so, the CSS hack hasn't worked.

No, no list on the left hand side. Specifically what I am having problems with is youtubes default page or home page, "what to watch" Once I have selected a video and playing it then it behaves normally

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62594https://forums.opera.com/post/62594Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:41:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:32:57 GMT]]>Have you still got a full list of your subscribed channels on the left hand side?
If so, the CSS hack hasn't worked.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62593https://forums.opera.com/post/62593Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:32:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:27:02 GMT]]>I have tried the css hack with no success. Scrolling is still impossibly jerky. It's like it appears the page is fully loaded, then it starts doing some other stuff.

I don't know why these people keep "fixing" perfectly good working sites. I mean the new york times is now a mess and it used to be one of the best fastest loading websites. Youmail has now changed their player to html5, thereby it does not work on opera anymore. I suppose the employees need something to do.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62592https://forums.opera.com/post/62592Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:27:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:03:45 GMT]]>Hey guys,

I have a new problem. There is no option to change video resolution. It's 360p permanetly. It started several days ago. I'm using opera 12.16. Is anyone having the same issues? Any workaround?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57822https://forums.opera.com/post/57822Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:03:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:44:27 GMT]]>@stng

My solution was only about YouTube's comments, nothing else. For that purpose it works well. For other websites, I usually visiting, I don't have any problems.
Actually, initially I have edited 'override.ini', but then decided to find a more GUI'ish way, to make instructing by phone easier.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57731https://forums.opera.com/post/57731Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:44:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:56:22 GMT]]>

Without patched opera.dll (for an updated User-Agent stings), masking as obsolete Firefox/IE version is not quite good idea.
By default, Opera can spoof it's identifiy for a web-site with IDs of "antique" Firefox 4.0 and Internet Explorer 9.0 versions .
Override.ini is better method because you are free to set any identify of the browser(via User-Agent string) for specific web-site.

Indeed so!
Adding a custom User-Agent string is something that it would have been great to have had in the site preferences dialogue, along with site by site "fit to width", but they were sadly never implemented, and now won't be of course!
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57725https://forums.opera.com/post/57725Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:28:37 GMT]]>@sintetix

Actually, it is editing of 'override.ini' too, just done through Opera's GUI. String 'User Agent|Spoof UserAgent ID=2' does similar influence on YouTube as 'User Prefs|Custom User-Agent=...'

Without patched opera.dll (for an updated User-Agent stings), masking as obsolete Firefox/IE version is not quite good idea.
By default, Opera can spoof it's identifiy for a web-site with IDs of "antique" Firefox 4.0 and Internet Explorer 9.0 versions .
Override.ini is better method because you are free to set any identify of the browser(via User-Agent string) for specific web-site.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57710https://forums.opera.com/post/57710Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:28:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:30:43 GMT]]>You'll need to use the custom CSS method to stop the slow loading.
It sounds complicated, but it does work!
See here - https://forums.opera.com/post/29123
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57692https://forums.opera.com/post/57692Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:30:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:48:07 GMT]]>Fixed the comments font problem. Still loads slow, Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57671https://forums.opera.com/post/57671Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:48:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 05:09:57 GMT]]>I have solution for this problem, that doesn't needs to directly edit configuration file and relaunch Opera.
http://redd.it/2ltsrb

  1. Temporarily turn off automatic redirection: Preferences (Ctrl-F12) -> Tab 'Advanced' -> 'Network' -> Uncheck 'Enable automatic redirection'

  2. Temporarily turn off JavaScript execution: Quick Preferences (F12) -> Uncheck 'Enable JavaScript'

  3. Open plus.googleapis.com and turn on user agent spoofing for it: Quick Preferences (F12) -> 'Edit Site Preferences'... -> Tab 'Network' -> In dropdown list 'Browser identification' select option 'Identify as Firefox'

  4. Repeat step (3) for plus.google.com and apis.google.com

  5. Undo steps (1) and (2)

  6. Refresh desired YouTube web page(s)

Done!

Actually, it is editing of 'override.ini' too, just done through Opera's GUI. String 'User Agent|Spoof UserAgent ID=2' does similar influence on YouTube as 'User Prefs|Custom User-Agent=...'

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57650https://forums.opera.com/post/57650Mon, 10 Nov 2014 05:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:48:13 GMT]]>

<blockquote>YouTube works nice with 11.
</blockquote>
No it doesn't. Comments, for one, are mashed text.

I confirmed that I'm no able to comment:

Somebody doesn't like Facebook here?
How's this weird way of sharing files?

That's the strangest Opera lay-out I've seen.

:wizard:

And the way quoting works in this forum, with no names cited, is the worst I've ever experienced.

You try copypasting if you're not with Opera Presto.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/56483https://forums.opera.com/post/56483Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:48:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:41:47 GMT]]>

YouTube works nice with 11.

No it doesn't. Comments, for one, are mashed text.

Somebody doesn't like Facebook here?
How's this weird way of sharing files?

That's the strangest Opera lay-out I've seen.

And the way quoting works in this forum, with no names cited, is the worst I've ever experienced.
@maffa: I have the same thing with Disq.us, but does the solution showed here, work for that as well? What domain do you add then?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/56479https://forums.opera.com/post/56479Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:41:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Sat, 18 Oct 2014 19:06:45 GMT]]>hello guys.

id like to list my problem not only with youtube, but also with facebook (when you click on the newseed on the right panel the windows with someone else's activity wont go away) and discus (when you have an update about your account and you click to see it the screen turns just grey)

now i will try the partial masking and i will try to extend it to the other sites. sure thing is when you tamper with facebook and youtube you dont have much place to run to, now have you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54870https://forums.opera.com/post/54870Sat, 18 Oct 2014 19:06:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:53:55 GMT]]>Strange, I'm on Windows and override.ini is there on my system!
override_downloaded.ini is the file that's downloaded from Opera containing fixes for sites with known problems, a bit like browser.js, although I suspect that it's not being updated on Opera 12 any more.
The fix will work if override_downloaded.ini is modified rather than override .ini, but the latter should be used ideally as that's user specific and override_downloaded.ini isn't.
The default user agent strings are unfortunately hard coded into opera.dll, so can't easily be changed or updated.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54758https://forums.opera.com/post/54758Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:53:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:19:54 GMT]]>I must apologizes for my solution, such that stng 's solution is the appropriate solution. Selective masking is truly better than global masking. After all, the problem only occurs on youtube and google. I like using Opera, and hope sites would recognize me using opera rather than a Firefox mask.
I have applied stng 's solution and it worked. However, I did have a hard time finding override.ini because that's for Mac users. For windows, it's called override_downloaded.ini.

Also, where do you get these User agent strings? Is it better to use the most updated one? I tried both Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 and the one stng provided, but there is no difference.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54753https://forums.opera.com/post/54753Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:19:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:48:23 GMT]]>Somebody doesn't like Facebook here?
How's this weird way of sharing files?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54607https://forums.opera.com/post/54607Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:48:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:43:03 GMT]]>

@teeps:

I was using 12.17 fine for months. 2 days ago it installed the latest 24.0 and...

Teeps, you seem to have problems similar to those discussed in this thread.

Thanks to you and leocg for your help!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54427https://forums.opera.com/post/54427Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:43:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:55:42 GMT]]>I don't see any reason why this method shouldn't work with Opera 11.6x

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54400https://forums.opera.com/post/54400Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:55:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New YouTube Problems with Opera 12.17 on Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:44:11 GMT]]>I've either 11.61 or 11.63 - I thought it was 63 but in "about" I saw 61 recently...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/54393https://forums.opera.com/post/54393Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:44:11 GMT