How To Fix 'an Error Occurred Try Again' Playback Id On YouTube?

An error occurred try again is a common issue faced by many YouTube users who try to play certain videos. Sometimes the users can’t play certain type of videos because of this error and sometimes the users are not able to play any video on YouTube.

This error is not limited to specific Windows or web browser. It can be encountered by anyone at any time on any browser regardless of which window they are using (Windows 7, 8, or 10).

Based on the research, certain factors are responsible for the occurrence of this error, which includes factors like, when your browser files gets corrupted, or with the modification of network connection, badly cached DNS data, or due to Automatic DNS.

If you are worried to resolve this issue, just read out the below procedures and you will be able to fix the issue you are facing on YouTube.

• Restarting the network device

When you encounter such an issue, the first thing you can do is to load another page in new tab on your browser. If the new page also fails to load, then you need to restart your network device.

Just turn your network device off for 5 minutes and then switch it on. After connecting the internet back to your device, check if you still encounter an error or the problem is resolved. If you are facing issue on YouTube and other pages can be loaded, then see for the next fix option.

• Clearing the cache, history, and data of your browser

Next you have to clear the cache, history, and data of your browser. If you are using chrome then follow these steps.

1. Open chrome menu by clicking on the three dots visible at the top right corner of chrome interface.
2. Select more tools in drop down menu and then click on clear browsing data.
3. When you open the browsing data window, select the advance option and check mark the cached images and files, downloaded history, and cookies and other site data and then press the clear button.

This will clear the catch, history, and data of the browser. Now open YouTube videos and see if you can play videos or not. If yes then the issue is resolved successfully, if no, then try another option.

• Flushing the domain name services (DNS) cache.

This fix usually helps users to access websites after flushing the DNS cache. Sometimes the DNS cache is corrupted and you have to flush the DNS cache to recover it. In most cases, the issue is resolved temporarily. Yet it still works when you are searching for a quick fix.

1. Press and hold Window key +R to go to Run.
2. Write cmd in the dialogue box and then together press Ctrl + Shift + Enter and the elevated command prompt will be visible to you.
3. In this command prompt, just write down this command ipconfig/flushdns, and then Enter so that the DNS cache is flushed.
4. Wait until the task is completed, and then try to play videos on YouTube.

• Use the Google’s Public Allotted DNS

If you are still facing an issue then change to Google’s public DNS. It will help to speed up the google related services including YouTube which will likewise solve the ‘an error occurred try again’ problem of YouTube videos.

1. You can see the Wi-Fi option on the bottom right corner of your home screen. Right click on it. It will show you two options. Choose open network & internet settings.
2. In this menu, go to advance network settings and then locate the change adapter option by scrolling down. Click on it.
3. Find the Wi-Fi connection which is connected to your system at the time and right click on it. Select properties.
4. When you go to properties, you will see the window shown below. You have to search for Internet protocol version 4 (TCP /IPv4) under the section ‘This connection uses the following items’ and select it. Then you have to click on Properties.
5. It will open another window. Change the preferred and alternative server code to 8888 and 8844 and enable Use the following DNS server addresses.
6. Press enter and the issue will be resolved successfully.

• Restoring system

Sometimes it the system needs to be restored because of the bad codec installed on your PC, which might cause the error in playing videos. You don’t know, what type of Codec is installed on your computer. So, you need to opt for System restore. For this, you have to take certain steps.

1. Press and hold Window key + R and the Run dialogue box will be opened. Here, write rstrui and click on Ok. The System Restore Wizard will be opened.
2. When you open the System Restore Wizard, click on next.
3. Here, tick mark the show more restore points option, and then choose system restore point available before just before this issue occurred. Then you need to press Next.
4. Then press finish to restore your system to the older state. Once the restoration process ends, the older state of the system will be enforced.

• Try to reinstall the browser

The next option to fix this issue is to reinstall the browser. First you need to uninstall the current browser by following these steps.

1. Search for the browser in windows search bar.
2. Right click on search result and then click on uninstall.
3. It will open the program and features windows. Search for your browser and uninstall it.
4. After that, download the browser again from its official website and install it on your PC.

• Disabling the browser extensions

If you think that when some new extensions are installed on your computer, the error is occurring on YouTube videos, then you are required to disable those extensions. The process to disable them is quite simple.

1. Click on the three dots at the top right corner of Google chrome to open the drop down menu.
2. Select choose more and then select extensions.
3. Here, slide the newly installed extensions toggle to disable them.