Black screen after Shorts

[jimbattun]

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to the 'Run Shorts' option (I access Shorts from the Video Game tab).
2. Click on 'Disconnect' (or don't click at all)).
3. All videos, including ads and shorts, display a black screen, but the sound continues to play.
4. To fix this issue, you need to reload the YouTube app on Apple TV.

System Information:
OS: Docker running on Ubuntu.
Devices: Apple TV and Nintendo Switch.

Let me know if you need any more adjustments!

[jimbattun]

Quick update: I tested it, and the problem turned out to be more widespread - you'll get a black screen even if you connect your smartphone(android/iOS) to the TV and run Shorts.

[dinjojo]

Yes came here about to report.

I'm on Sony x90l exact same issue

[dmunozv04]

It looks like YouTube has enabled the feature flag that allows a TV to stay connected to a "remote" while playing shorts, but it appears to be broken. At this point, there's nothing I can do to fix it. We'll just have to wait for YouTube to fix the issue. Thanks for reporting the issue!

[dinjojo]

Can this be fixed by reverting to older version of YouTube?

[dmunozv04]

Can this be fixed by reverting to older version of YouTube?

Unfortunately as far as I know, the TV version of YouTube just loads a web view of youtube.com/tv and thus it's not possible to revert to an older version. Please do let me know if you find some way to make it work

[dmunozv04]

After further inspection, it appears that it's a CORS issue on YouTube's side. When they get it fixed, shorts will work just fine with iSponsorBlockTV

[jimbattun]

YouTube fix it

[dinjojo]

Thanks it seems working now

[Soheab]

I had to disable the blocker for this but it seems to be fixed now.

But I'm also trying to look into whether there is a way not to play the short as a video (keep the better ui imo) (make this configurable) but reconnect after the short. Does anyone maybe know a way to do this?

Edit:
I found a little workaround for YouTube on TV: Click and hold on a short, then click "Play" or the first option. This will play the short in the nice UI without disturbing SponsorBlock.