Youtube problem on r3dfox

townsbg · Unread post by **townsbg** » 29 Jul 2026, 18:56

I decided to replace Firefox on my windows 7 install with r3dfox and it would work except I have a strange issue with youtube. Occasionally I like to watch music vids and after install I noticed that every single vid opened up in a playlist I could tell that it was going to do so because the url has playlist in it. They didn't show up from the search page as playlists but regular music vids. I continued using Firefox for music vids.

That was a few months ago. Trying it again today when I'd search for a vid every single result was either a short or playlist. Who watches shorts when they want to watch music vids? They aren't actual must vids. At least the playlists showed up as playlists rather than looking like vids. Filtering down to vids only resulted in a bunch of blank lines. I don't know if this is a youtube problem or r3dfox but I don't have this issue on Firefox. I cleared cache and tried again but I got the same thing. I'm using version 140 esr.

Unread post by **Duke** » 29 Jul 2026, 21:29

Is it different with another browser ? .e.g., Firefox 115 ESR:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9307#p9307

townsbg · Unread post by **townsbg** » 29 Jul 2026, 22:02

I put that in the post. I don't have that issue on FF 115.

Unread post by **Duke** » 29 Jul 2026, 22:23

townsbg wrote: ↑29 Jul 2026, 22:02 I put that in the post. I don't have that issue on FF 115.

Sorry, I missed that.
Please, give us an URL with such playlist in it which is exposing the issue.

townsbg · Unread post by **townsbg** » 29 Jul 2026, 22:44

Here is from earlier. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=until+it+sleeps+metallica

The-10-Pen · Unread post by **The-10-Pen** » 30 Jul 2026, 09:12

townsbg wrote: ↑29 Jul 2026, 18:56 I decided to replace Firefox on my windows 7 install with r3dfox and it would work except I have a strange issue with youtube. Occasionally I like to watch music vids and after install I noticed that every single vid opened up in a playlist I could tell that it was going to do so because the url has playlist in it. They didn't show up from the search page as playlists but regular music vids. I continued using Firefox for music vids.

That was a few months ago. Trying it again today when I'd search for a vid every single result was either a short or playlist. Who watches shorts when they want to watch music vids? They aren't actual must vids. At least the playlists showed up as playlists rather than looking like vids. Filtering down to vids only resulted in a bunch of blank lines. I don't know if this is a youtube problem or r3dfox but I don't have this issue on Firefox. I cleared cache and tried again but I got the same thing. I'm using version 140 esr.

I read this post EIGHT TIMES and still can't "follow" just what two versions you are comparing !!!
140 esr of **WHAT** ??? Firefox 140? r3dfox 140 ???
I can **NOT** find **ANY** reference of 115 in this post!
Win7 32bit ??? Win7 64bit???
I have to assume if your Win7 is 64 that you match it with Firefox/r3dfox 64 (not everybody does, some intentionally use 32bit browsers on 64bit OSs).

Now then, that *CONFUSION* aside, I tried the 64bit r3dfox 140 on a 64bit OS and I'm not seeing your YouTube issues.

townsbg · Unread post by **townsbg** » 30 Jul 2026, 13:29

Sorry for the confusion. It's r3dfox 140 esr compared to Firefox 115 on windows 7 64-bit and the browsers are 64-bit. Firefox 115 is the latest for Windows 7 which is why I didn't say anything about the version earlier but it is in a follow up post. I just checked Firefox 140 on Windows 10 just now and it's doing the same thing. I use 64-bit there as well.

The-10-Pen · Unread post by **The-10-Pen** » 30 Jul 2026, 13:37

Can you show a screencap of what you are "not liking" in YouTube?
Everything is "normal" for me (ie, no "shorts" [agreed, shorts are STUPID and I wish YouTube would abolish them!]).
Geolocation issue? You get a different view than I get?

Unread post by **Duke** » 30 Jul 2026, 14:11

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑30 Jul 2026, 13:37 Everything is "normal" for me (ie, no "shorts"

Same for me.
In the Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Site Data click on Clear Browsing Data then select:
When = Everything
Browsing and Download history
Cookies and Site data
Temporary cached files and pages

And click on the Clear button. Then close and restart R3dfox and try again.

: R3dfox-BrowsingData.png (21.39 KiB) Viewed 68 times

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑30 Jul 2026, 13:37 Geolocation issue? You get a different view than I get?

Well, it looks like he is in the USA like you so I guess it must be something else.
That said, I'm using uBlock Origin among some other extensions.

The-10-Pen · Unread post by **The-10-Pen** » 30 Jul 2026, 16:00

In an attempt to recreate his issue, I disabled uBO and was YouTubing with ZERO extensions and all config settings at default, out-of-the-box, as-is, no changes, just download, extract, disable the built-in uBO, execute. No YouTube "shorts", just standard regular ol' music videos on about a dozen different searches.

edit: not logged into Google for my tests

Unread post by **Duke** » 30 Jul 2026, 18:11

townsbg wrote: ↑30 Jul 2026, 13:29 I just checked Firefox 140 on Windows 10 just now and it's doing the same thing.

Are you logged in to Google when this happens ?
If so, is it the same behavior if you're not logged in to Google ?