Refresh Video

Auto refresh youtube if video freezed/stopped downloading

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Refresh Video
// @description  Auto refresh youtube if video freezed/stopped downloading
// @version      0.1.20
// @author       0vC4
// @namespace    https://greasyfork.org/users/670183
// @match        *://*.youtube.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @run-at       document-start
// @license      MIT
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

// refresh if no reply during these actions
const maxLoadingTime = 1500;
const maxSeekingTime = 1500;

let created = false;
let refreshing = false;
let loaded = false;
let navigating = true;
let seeking = false;
let seekingId = 0;

const policy = window.trustedTypes && window.trustedTypes.createPolicy ? window.trustedTypes.createPolicy('timeout', {createScriptURL: str => str}) : {createScriptURL: str => str};
const timeout = delay => URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([`setTimeout(() => postMessage(0), ${delay});`]));
const refreshOnLoad = policy.createScriptURL(timeout(maxLoadingTime));
const seekingDebounce = policy.createScriptURL(timeout(500));

document.addEventListener('yt-navigate-start', () => {
    if (!location.href.includes('watch') && !location.href.includes('shorts')) return;
    navigating = true;
    loaded = false;
});
document.addEventListener('yt-navigate-finish', () => {
    if (!location.href.includes('watch') && !location.href.includes('shorts')) return;
    navigating = false;
});

let focused = false;
window.setInterval(()=>{
    if (!location.href.includes('watch') && !location.href.includes('shorts')) {
        focused = false;
        created = false;
        refreshing = false;
        loaded = false;
        navigating = true;
        seeking = false;
        seekingId = 0;
        return;
    }

    if (!focused) {
        focused = document.hasFocus();
        return;
    }

    const vid = window.document.querySelector('video.html5-main-video');
    if (!vid) return;
    if (!created) {
        created = true;
        vid.addEventListener('seeking', () => {
            clearTimeout(seekingId);
            seeking = true;
            seekingId = setTimeout(() => {
                seeking = false;
            }, maxSeekingTime);
        });

        // refresh if no data for half sec
        const callback = () => {
            if (!loaded && vid.readyState === window.HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_NOTHING) {
                window.location.href = window.location.href;
            }
        };
        new Worker(refreshOnLoad).onmessage = callback;
    }

    // to prevent early page refresh
    if (vid.readyState === window.HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_CURRENT_DATA || vid.readyState === window.HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA) loaded = !navigating;
    const noData = vid.readyState === window.HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_CURRENT_DATA || vid.readyState === window.HTMLMediaElement.HAVE_METADATA;
    if (loaded && !refreshing && noData && !seeking && !vid.paused && +vid.currentTime.toFixed(0) >= +vid.buffered.end(0).toFixed(0) - 2 && +vid.currentTime.toFixed(0) < +vid.duration.toFixed(0) - 2) {
        refreshing = true;
        const callback = () => {
            if (seeking) {
                refreshing = false;
                return;
            }
            window.location.href = window.location.href.split('?')[0] + '?t=' + (+vid.currentTime.toFixed(0)) + '&' + window.location.href.split('?')[1];
        };
        new Worker(seekingDebounce).onmessage = callback;
    }
});