# Unable to add youtube video via url **URL:** \ **Category:** Anthias\ **Created:** [September 25, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556 "2025-09-25T14:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obsera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@obsera](https://forums.screenly.io/u/obsera)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/1 "2025-09-25T14:41:02Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/8b9a33ae55a6b1bc33fb9f18681a2c7fd6233170.png) in this version, help to solve ---
**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/2 "2025-09-26T20:29:40Z")
@obsera, the commit in the screenshot is quite old. Have you tried upgrading to a newer version? You could do so by running the following in your Pi 4. ```auto bash <(curl -sL https://install-anthias.srly.io) ``` ---
**Author:** ![obsera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@obsera](https://forums.screenly.io/u/obsera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/3 "2025-10-23T16:14:50Z")
![Screenshot 2025-10-23 214238](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/c5530f275b90c01983bb65445762b2cd3e0d9cc1.png) i tried but no changes. any solution? ---
**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/4 "2025-10-23T17:46:01Z")
Anthias uses `yt-dlp` to download YouTube videos, which was upgraded to a newer version last September this year. Adding YouTube videos via URL worked with that version but apparently broke when I tried that out recently. Let me take a look at that. ---
**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/5 "2025-10-24T03:00:33Z")
@obsera, I just deployed fixes. Feel free to update Anthias by running `bash \<(curl -sL [https://install-anthias.srly.io](https://install-anthias.srly.io))` and answering all the prompts. Please let me know if you’re still having issues. ---
**Author:** ![RDBOos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@RDBOos](https://forums.screenly.io/u/RDBOos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/6 "2026-02-24T08:39:32Z")
@nicomiguelino You can update it when you don’t use the image from the Rasberry imager. Is it possible to update the image there also? I now ran the same issue with Raspberry-pi 2 Anthias pi 2 image. ---
**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/7 "2026-02-24T14:40:52Z")
> [@RDBOos](#): > > Anthias One option for installing Anthias is to [use the images from balenaHub](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/blob/master/docs/installation-options.md#using-the-images-from-balenahub). In your case, you can go in [this page](https://hub.balena.io/fleets-for-good/1971385/anthias-pi2), click **Join** , then select the **Wifi + Ethernet** option if you’re configuring Wi-Fi. When you’re ready, you can click the dropdown beside the button on the bottom-left corner of the **Add new device** dialog and click **Download balenaOS**. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/ccc29bdef78e3645164ed81c11d9ea89a1f28134.png) ---
**Author:** ![RDBOos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@RDBOos](https://forums.screenly.io/u/RDBOos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/8 "2026-02-25T11:16:24Z")
Ok I was able to get it in the playlist, but i get a blank screen. Because of no ssh on that image i installed the anthias on a Raspi OS - Debian 12. There i get the same result, but whas ablet to get the logs. simple movie [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/98251b99be1bf511f8620023b5032c0036216efd.jpeg "High On a Wire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke0t2M61oXs) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/f43788212ed4cbfd38c3854f25b321c82e2e5c2b.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/023687ac6ad42f6705e04611bbdffef64392bd96.png) ---
**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/9 "2026-02-25T16:33:21Z")
@RDBOos we might need to bump the version of `yt-dlp` that Anthias is using. I’ll keep you posted on this one. ---
**Author:** ![RDBOos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@RDBOos](https://forums.screenly.io/u/RDBOos)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/10 "2026-02-26T07:41:49Z")
Great thanks for the support 👍 ---
**Author:** ![extremeskillz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/439d5e/32.png) [@extremeskillz](https://forums.screenly.io/u/extremeskillz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/11 "2026-03-25T20:57:07Z")
Any update on this. I’m on the current Anthia’s builds and when I add youtube links to the assets, Anthias shows progress in downloading but once the asset is available to play it is just a blank screen. I then purposely download the youtube video with a third party site and upload it to anthias and it works fine. Seems yt-dlp is not not completing the the youtube download process? Is anyone else seeing the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/unable-to-add-youtube-video-via-url/6556/12 "2026-05-07T16:50:44Z")
Upgrade to the latest version and this should be sorted.