YouTube errors with browser

[BattleToads]

I've been using Opera for years and years and have never had any issues. Now, however, whenever I launch a YT video, I get a playback error. 

 

An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: xhtL6NwuksNVWsOf)
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This error appears at the start of every video, but the video will then play after displaying this for about 15 seconds. I have cleared my browser cache and flushed my DNS cache but the problem persists. YouTube is the only site I'm having issues with. What else could be causing this? (No, I'm not switching to Chrome or FireFox, so don't waste your time posting that.) 

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24 minutes ago, BattleToads said:

I've been using Opera for years and years and have never had any issues. Now, however, whenever I launch a YT video, I get a playback error. 

 

An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: xhtL6NwuksNVWsOf)
Learn More

 

This error appears at the start of every video, but the video will then play after displaying this for about 15 seconds. I have cleared my browser cache and flushed my DNS cache but the problem persists. YouTube is the only site I'm having issues with. What else could be causing this? (No, I'm not switching to Chrome or FireFox, so don't waste your time posting that.) 

Could be the way YouTube is encoding videos. Or marking the encoding or something.  YouTube and chrome are owned by the same parent.  Something opera proper would have control over and will likely fix.