Common Issues

Common Issues

Video thumbnails not working

If the invidious isn't configured properly, thumbnails won't display and video can't be played.

First, check that your invidious instance is set up properly by opening a browser and opening the following url:

 https://<your_instance_url>/api/v1/videos/SurUidVDQf4

Find the "videoThumbnails" field. It should look similar to this:

 "videoThumbnails": [
        {
            "quality": "maxres",
            "url": "https://<your_instance_url>/vi/SurUidVDQf4/maxres.jpg",
            "width": 1280,
            "height": 720
        },

 ...

If the url is not a full url, there is an issue with your instance configuration. For it to work properly, make sure that the following two invidious parameters are set properly. Here's what expected:

# The external port is the port you use to access the instance via your web browser.
# If you don't specify a port in your browser set it to 80 if you use http or 443 if you use https
external_port: 443
# the domain name of your invidious instance, if you usually just use the ip address of your server, that would work to.
domain: mydomainname.com