Youtube's new update broke the script completely

[LooLzzz]

Youtube updated their website with new looks and stuff and now the script is broken to hell lol
http://prntscr.com/gekmzb

Using Chrome 60.0.3112.113 (64-bit)

[jrgensol]

same with Firefox 54.0.1 (64-bit)

[ThoBekMic]

Same problem here.

This is the best Chrome extension in existence, but is it even being developed anymore?

[x8009]

Same,, any fix ? any other addon ? what can we do.......

[tehbasshunter]

It actually appears that it both removes the masthead contents on the front page and creates an invisible yet still active page when viewing videos.

[Njs10]

It seems with the new layout you can restore back to the old youtube by clicking on your icon in the upper right. restoring it proceeds to bring you back to the older version before and everything seems to work fine with it. that's a temp solution until they force update everyone I guess

[anthonyd7311]

exactly how to go back to 524?

[Njs10]

Click on your icon in the upper right, it's where you log in from. then you should notice in the drop down there's a button for "restore old youtube".

[Menahem1]

Same for Opera

[anthonyd7311]

Got it thx! So what happened ? did youtube Have an update. And also. Tube Center 548.

[anthonyd7311]

It seems I have 2.17 off and 548 developer build on is thats how it suppossed to be in dashboard

[ThoBekMic]

anthonyd7311: Yes, YT had an update :-)

[anthonyd7311]

so why the 548 build then , if you know??

[Mohamed3on]

This is really bad news. Sooner rather than later the new layout will be the default and there will be no 'restore old YouTube'.

[T0m0rr0w]

Funny that they finally added dark theme. We've had this or something close to it for like years with YTC. Personally i did not see any apparent advantages from the new design so i went back to the old one. I will paste my response here too for the reason:

I use various userscripts to customize the look and feel of youtube. Currently these are broken because of the design change. Hence i will not use the new layout until these will be fixed. Also i hate design changes for the sake of changing. This perfectly illustrates why it is a bad idea to keep designers on a permanent payroll. It is much better to buy the desgn in as it forces you to think if it's really worth the money it costs where as people on payroll have to justify their positions simply by making new designs every year even if it's not really nessesary.

[JABirchall]

Funny that they finally added dark theme.

And a full page player. I used Youtube center mostly for the large player and default 1080p playback. Now youtube added both thoses.

[DaveH1]

I can't imagine using YouTube without YouTube Center, I've been using it for years!
I hope this isn't its death knell, but it depends as always on Jeppe picking this up and giving the time to do something about it, if it's possible.
Like all initially optional changes to big corporate site web pages, this will eventually become compulsory. It always does.

[Yonezpt]

The developer has already explained that he is working in a new version for the upcoming YouTube revamp: #2416 (comment)

[DaveH1]

Thanks for that reference, it does give hope!
It was written back in May though, so I assume this YouTube redesign has been in the pipeline for a while.
I do hope Jeppe can fix things, either with a new version of YouTube Center, or a replacement.

[ChunHungHK]

YouTubeCenter.js:23059 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'style' of null
at resize (YouTubeCenter.js:23059)
at Object._resize (YouTubeCenter.js:23280)
at Object.resize (YouTubeCenter.js:22873)
at Object.updateResize (YouTubeCenter.js:22769)
at Object.ytcenter.pageSetup (YouTubeCenter.js:25259)
at Array. (YouTubeCenter.js:25488)
at HTMLDocument.update (YouTubeCenter.js:4558)

YouTubeCenter Ver. 548
Chrome 60.0.3112.113 (64-bit)

[SoraHjort]

They also removed the "Remove Watched" button in the watch later playlist. It's unrelated to YTC, but it is among the many things they ruined with the update. And it's within their own control and system! =\

[Wskyy]

I discovered a more passive workaround where you do not have to sign in to your youtube account. Download the Custom User Agent String and fool youtube into thinking you're using firefox 43. The problem is now I get highly irritating "update your browser" messages at the top of some pages even here on github.

[Owyn]

for my firefox + script it just shows white page instead of everything on youtube

21:13:09.818 TypeError: wContent is null
Стек-трейс:
resize@YouTubeCenter.js:23061:11
ytcenter.player._resize@YouTubeCenter.js:23280:16
@YouTubeCenter.js:22937:9
dispatch@YouTubeCenter.js:6376:9
ytcenter.utils.bind/<@YouTubeCenter.js:12378:16
_performEvent@YouTubeCenter.js:6414:19
timer<@YouTubeCenter.js:22946:13
 1 YouTubeCenter.js:2070:26
	con[key] YouTubeCenter.js:2070:26
	_performEvent YouTubeCenter.js:6415:25
	timer< YouTubeCenter.js:22946:13

[Pyrii]

I wouldn't mind if I could just have the full-window player back without having to use the zoom on my browser.

[mzso]

@Owyn commented on 2017. aug. 31. 20:12 CEST:

for my firefox + script it just shows white page instead of everything on youtube

21:13:09.818 TypeError: wContent is null
Стек-трейс:
resize@YouTubeCenter.js:23061:11
ytcenter.player._resize@YouTubeCenter.js:23280:16
@YouTubeCenter.js:22937:9
dispatch@YouTubeCenter.js:6376:9
ytcenter.utils.bind/<@YouTubeCenter.js:12378:16
_performEvent@YouTubeCenter.js:6414:19
timer<@YouTubeCenter.js:22946:13
 1 YouTubeCenter.js:2070:26
	con[key] YouTubeCenter.js:2070:26
	_performEvent YouTubeCenter.js:6415:25
	timer< YouTubeCenter.js:22946:13

I had that too. I had to restore the old layout in safe mode...
Also a weird thing happened, I disabled the YTC userscript yet it was still active. I guess it's a greasemonkey+FF56 bug. It looks like I'm mistaken. It looks like something else also broke youtube instead.

[Kadah]

Also causing white screen on Chrome 60 in the new UI. Turning off YTC and reverting YT back to the working UI fixes. Hopefully YT will let us use the old UI for long enough for YTC to the new mobile APP clone UI changes.

[tuanden0]

I got a blank screen but still have audio on youtube. Then, I turn off YTC and everything is OK. Hope you guys can fix it soon.

[tehbasshunter]

Using the script with tapermonkey it gives a whitepage but functionality behind it.

Disabling it fixes it at the expense of the new UI.

Utilizing the old layout fixes this and allows it to work as intended....For now.

[elbstrand]

Maybe we could branch Youtube Center for the new UI and start with all the features that arent broken and work our way up from there?

[mzso]

@elbstrand commented on 2017. szept. 1. 15:35 CEST:

Maybe we could branch Youtube Center for the new UI and start with all the features that arent broken and work our way up from there?

I doubt Yeppha wants to re-implement everything from the scratch. But it sounds like he wants to make a completely new backend/foundation for it all. And until that's functional the features will need to wait.

[guiaurelio]

@JABirchall

How can you put 1080p as a defaut playback in the new layout ?

[Wskyy]

Guys you can also download an older portable version of firefox and just watch youtube on that. 43 is the one that doesn't appear to have problems with youtube and YTC.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Mozilla%20Firefox%2C%20Portable%20Ed./
Then just delete the folder one the new version of YTC comes out.

[raaomoka]

Same thing happening here in Edge with YouTube Center userscript via Tampermonkey. Reverting to the old design fixed everything. Here's hoping YouTube Center gets compatible before this useless new layout gets forced on everyone, YouTube Center in conjunction with Enhancer for YouTube, make YouTube on my Surface Pro much more entertaining.

[ChunHungHK]

Chrome User-Agent switch to IE11 is Still Working...
YTC Dev Build ver. 548
Chrome 60.0.3112.113 (64-bit)

[HoLengZai]

In the meantime, until (we hope) that the issue will be fixed with the new design, you can disable it then on the youtube home page... you can click on the top right corner, on your profile pic, you will find the button "go back to the old version" , then you can reactivate the script (Y)

[crudebuster]

@Pyrii I use in addition to YTC the Resize Youtube Player To Window Size script, (https://github.com/Zren/ResizeYoutubePlayerToWindowSize/) if it's you major usage this will keep you in while YTC is under adjustments.

[florifliegt1]

@ChunHungHK you are the BEST!!! (i think you know it but i think i tell you it also! The Heath is not my love, just my red happines) ;-)

[Watilin]

After some tests it appears that the old layout only depends on one parameter in the PREF cookie:

f6=2008

It even allows to use old Youtube without being logged in.

[mzso]

@Watilin commented on 2017. szept. 14. 00:08 CEST:

After some tests it appears that the old layout only depends on one parameter in the PREF cookie:

f6=2008

It even allows to use old Youtube without being logged in.

You never had to log in. You only needed to click tho the settings button (three dots) and choose "restore old YouTube"

[sam288]

#2447

[Watilin]

I guess it’s okay to mention #2437, #2440, #2443 and #2435 too. A bunch of issues have been addressing this Youtube layout nukingupdate.

[Owyn]

new layout you can restore back

you can no longer do that, so script is broken now in any case, please fix.

[gggccc44]

@Owyn
Youtube - Restore Classic
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/34818

[dastefster]

@gggccc44 OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[x8009]

Is this script better than Youtube- Restore Classic ?
https://greasyfork.org/scripts/32906-get-me-old-youtube/code/Get%20me%20Old%20Youtube.user.js

[Kono14]

anyone else having trouble with the Youtube Center script again?
Seems like the trick to enable old Youtube layout doesn't work anymore. :(

[T0m0rr0w]

There is no more UI setting yes but you can still modify the cookie to get the old layout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1w2dWKoK4

[Kono14]

that's for the tip with the old layout cookies. Works for me 👍
Before I just used the "return to old layout" setting on the website. But that seems to be gone now. And the scripts mentioned here, didn't work for me.