How to Fix 'YouTube app not playing videos' on PC, Mac, iOS, Android?

Overview

No matter when we need a video content, an entertainment one, a learning one, a political one, etc, YouTube will become our first option. But recently many YouTube users have reported YouTube app not playing videos not only on PC, Mac, but also on iPhone, iPad, Android, etc. Users will encounter various YouTube app not playing video issues, like the followings:

• YouTube app does not play any video shown in search results.
• YouTube app can play the video, but the played video is sync out of audio.
• The YouTube app gives nothing but the black screen.
• YouTube app can not play the video, but saying 'the video is not available ' or 'Something went wrong. Tap to Retry'.

When YouTube app not playing video issues happen, you can try the following solution to fix the issues on any of your devices:

• Check your internet or WiFi connection to make sure the internet is workable.
• Restart your YouTube app and your device.
• Clear the YouTube app cache and cookies on iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, Mac, etc.
• Check if your YouTube app is the latest version. If not, update it.

The above solutions will work out for some users, but not all of them. If you have tried the above solutions but the issues still persist, you can rely on the following solution which will solve all YouTube app not playing video issues on any device. The solution is to download the YouTube video for offline playback on your device. To download YouTube video, a professional YouTube downloader - Allavsoft can help.

Key Features of Allavsoft

• Download any YouTube video content for offline playback on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, PSP, Zune, Xbox, Roku, etc to solve any YouTube app not playing video issue.
• Download any YouTube video to MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, MKV, WMV, ASF, WTV, etc for any specific offline use.
• Batch download more than one YouTube video at once.
• It only takes seconds or few minutes to finish downloading YouTube video with the original quality.

Guide on Downloading YouTube Video

Any YouTube video can be easily downloaded if you follow the guide below.

Make Preparation: Free download YouTube Downloader

Free download the professional YouTube Downloader - Allavsoft ( for Windows , for Mac) , install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import YouTube URL

Go to YouTube website. Locate any YouTube video that you want to download. Copy this YouTube URL and paste it to Allavsoft.

Step 2 Set final output format (Optional)

Click the "Automatically Convert to" button to directly choose your needed output format under "General Video" category or under "iPhone " category, "iPad " category, "PSP " category, etc. Of course, Allavsoft default output format will be YouTube original video format.

Step 3 Start to download YouTube video

Click "Download" button to complete downloading YouTube video.

Note: This YouTube downloader only works on any Mac and PC version. If you want to play the downloaded YouTube video on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, PSP, Zune, etc, transfer the downloaded YouTube video to your device after the YouTube video is downloaded.