I just set up a local instance of Invidious. I created an account, exported my YouTube subscriptions, and imported them into Invidious. The first time I tried, it imported 5 subscriptions out of 50 or so. The second time I tried, it imported 9.

Thinking there might be a problem with the import function, I decided to manually add each subscription. Every time I click “Subscribe,” the button will switch to “Unsubscribe,” then immediately switch back to “Subscribe.” If I look at my subscriptions, it was never added.

My first thought was a problem with the PostgreSQL database, but that wouldn’t explain why some subscriptions work when I import them.

I tried rebooting the container, and it made no difference. I’m running Invidious in a Ubuntu 22.04 LXC container in Proxmox. I installed it manually (not with Docker). It has 100GB of HDD space, 4 CPU cores, and 8GB of memory.

What the hell is going on?

  • insufferableninja@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    have you checked in the invidious logs for error messages? without your configs or logs, all we can do is guess about likely issues

        • corroded@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          I have ReVanced on my phone, STN on my TVs, and uBlock+SponsorBlock on my PCs. I was looking for an alternative that I could run on a server and would replace the various different apps I’m using. TubeArchivist ended up working perfectly for me; your mileage may vary.

        • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Newpipe is a smartphone app, Invidious is a web frontend. I use the former but comparing the two are like apples and oranges. Clearly OP had their mind set on a web install.

        • pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.devEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          NewPipe is an android app, invidious is a selfhosted service accessed through a website.
          They are quite different to blindly suggested the other.

          I use invidous to embed videos in my rss feeder.
          Also the requests to YouTube are made from the server instead of the device.

  • BrightCandle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    I used Invidious for about a year and it was a constant string of bugs. Every release was a risk and quite often updates would get lost or the database would explode in size and consume all the drive space. Its not a project I currently use or recommend until it stabilises.

    • corroded@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I decided to give up on it. Looking through the docs, they recommend that due to “reasons,” it should be restarted at least daily, preferably hourly. I don’t know if they have a memory leak or some other issue, but that was reason enough for me not to use it.

      I installed TubeArchivist, and it suits my needs much better. Not only do I get an archive of my favorite channels, but when a new video is released, it gets automatically downloaded to my NAS and I can play it locally without worrying about buffering on my painfully slow internet connection.