I’ve been dealing with this issue for 2 months, and it’s been incredibly frustrating.
I tried fixing it myself using suggestions from forum threads and did everything I could, but nothing worked.
Until I finally solved it.
So now I want to share how I fixed the video playback error. Keep in mind that this solution might not work for everyone I’m just sharing my personal fix that might help you. I’ll need to explain in detail for you to understand it.
- I had already tried every solution mentioned in the forums, but none of them worked NOT A SINGLE ONE! (Install new windows, clearing the cache files, reinstalling the game, installing yt-dlp.exe with preventing overwrite) none of it worked.
- So I started to wonder… maybe the problem is with my home internet connection.
- I tried accessing VRChat on my laptop using my home Wi-Fi — and the same error still appeared.
- Then I tried again, this time connecting my laptop to the internet using mobile hotspot and surprisingly, it worked!!
- I repeated this on my PC by unplugging the LAN cable and sharing mobile internet via USB and it worked again!!!
- From all these tests, I realized the problem definitely lies with my home internet setup.
- So I accessed my home network settings (Tplinkwifi) and changed the mode from Router Mode to Access Point Mode — and it worked!!!
The video playback error was resolved.
Now, if you’ve read this far, I’ll show you how my home network is connected with a diagram (image shown below).
You’ll see that my network is separated from the main router. I believe the error occurred because of this setup.
If your internet system is similar to mine, this could be why you’re getting the video playback error too.
Try switching to Access Point Mode, or try connecting to Wi-Fi from your phone or use mobile data shared via USB.
If these don’t work for you, then it likely isn’t a problem with your internet setup.
I’m just sharing this method in case it might help someone else.
One last note:
I suspect either EasyAntiCheat or yt-dlp.exe has issues with this kind of internet connection setup. That might explain why the usual fixes from forums didn’t work.
Good luck! I hope you’re able to solve it >:3