I have resolved the 403 error.

[Dongjin104]

I have resolved the 403 error. Here are the steps I took: (Note that some steps may be unnecessary as I succeeded after various attempts.)

1. The updated version 39 did not work no matter how many times I tried.
2. I deleted SmartTube Beta, SmartTube, and SmartTV from the TV settings.
3. Went to GitHub > Code > Readme and downloaded the latest beta download. (At the time of the update, the version was 40, but when I installed the latest beta download, it was version 41.)
4. Launched the SmartTube Beta app.
5. Played a random video to check (before logging in).
6. Encountered the 403 error.
7. Closed the app.
8. Cleared data in the TV settings.
9. Launched the SmartTube Beta app.
10. Selected the login button from the subscribed channels.
11. Successfully logged in using the login button on the top left since the PIN code didn’t appear.
12. Successfully played a live stream video (which was already working before).
13. Tried playing a recorded video again.
14. Encountered the 403 error.
15. Successfully played a live stream video again.
16. Tried playing a recorded video again.
17. Successfully played the recorded video.

These are the steps I followed. As mentioned earlier, some steps might be unnecessary. For those in a hurry, please follow these steps slowly.

[lav1968]

I just uninstalled 38 and installed 39 and there was already update to 41, it works, even 4k.

[DI555]

please, no need to open dupes, there’s #3659 already..

as for me, 22.39 got 403 error, but 22.38 works fine!

[Sebastin3244]

Thank you. How long will this app stay fixed? How can we stop YouTube from making us use trashy YouTube?

[Dongjin104]

There's no need to worry because there are always people who can break through their defenses no matter how many defenses they put up.

[DI555]

@Sebastin3244 , of couse it will be fixed lasting long time! ..but we won’t stop big g from doing that(( .. it thinks that it’s loosing money it’s a continuous war((

[edgan]

This worked for one of my wife's accounts.

1. My Gsuite account worked on two different Nvidia Shields with .41.
2. My wife's Gmail account on one Nvidia Shield with .41.
3. My wife's YouTube account on one Nvidia Shield with .41 required the live stream video first trick.

I also had some trouble logging in. Where the page in the phone browser said I was logged in, the app auto changed the screen like a login, but no new account.

[BillTrovalds]

Update:

Firestick 4K Max user here.

PLAYING VIDEOS is WORKING after I uninstalled and/reinstalled the app (stable version)

BUT

I cannot sign into my youtube account Tried both Firefox and Chrome browsers I get the code and active it via "youtube.com/activate" it says it's complete but on the smartube up it says "None" and doesn't sign me in

[Tenderfoot56]

For the last 2 days, July 8,9 2024, I had the same errors as others in this string, Source Error 403. Today, I turned on the TV, loaded the SmartTube app, tested and it failed again. I went to settings, selected the update and attempted to update, but the 2nd Gen FireTV Cube indicated that I had to give the "unknown app" permission to install at which point the FireTV admin app opened where all of the apps are listed. I scrolled down to the SmartTube app and toggled the Off to ON to allow the app to install and went back to the SmartTube application where it now allowed me to install the Version 22.38 update. Following the update, I restarted the application and now both recorded YouTube videos as well as live stream video is working perfectly. Thanks for fixing this problem. YouTube is really pretty much unwatchable without SmartTube!

[Sebastin3244]

Smarttube is so spectacular. My grandmother uses it.

[jaytea33]

.38 fixed it for me. Didn't do anything fancy just hit About section and Install Update. Broke yesterday, works today after simple upgrade (Nvidia Shield 2019)

[TheCeet]

But where the heck is update 41, it's not even in the releases?

https://t.me/s/SmartTubeNewsEN

[rahulrajrai]

I hope the developers will find a fix. I've faith. I wish I knew how to develop such apps and give the middle finger to greedy corps.

[Ghostpastries]

I just fixed the issue myself, albeit a bit differently and honestly from sheer luck on my first try. I deleted smarttube, then downloaded the latest beta build from the site directly. That in itself didn't work, so I went into settings-player-developer options and checked "prefer ipv4 DNS". After that it worked right away. Disclaimer: I didnt really have much of a clue of what I was doing. My first instinct is that problems are always DNS so I clicked the first dns setting I saw.

[bdc77]

4k설정이 안됩니다 최대1080p 해결방법있을까요?

[Jmoores812]

This happened a few days ago. Each update fixed it and the next morning, same error code. Then it works for a little while, then error code 403. This is the first time in 3 or 4 years I've had really any issues, but this is continuous. Edit: it may be a coincidence because the error comes and goes but I exited the program, forced it closed, then cleared the cache. It worked immediately following.

[jaytea33]

I definitely think it's a caching problem. Or at least whatever the underlying problem is, caching exacerbates it

While I didn't try clearing the cache, I suspected it might be that, as going to literally any other video when intermittently receiving 403 yesterday fixed it every time. Returning to previous video resulted in 403 every time because it was still cached

[Jmoores812]

I'm beginning to think it's counter-measures from Google/YouTube.