Strange play button icon in my menubar, won't let me view youtube videos

[212rikanmofo]

Not sure where this icon appear from, but I notice it some time shows up and goes away when I'm on youtube.com in Safari.

I can't watch any videos in youtube. It gives me a playback error with an ID. I tried clearing my cookies, cache, restarted my computer and it's still not working.

I feel as though it has something to do with that fishy icon in my menubar. I've never seen it there before and don't know how to get rid of it.

 

[annatheg]

I honestly don't know.

 

[Brian33]

I don't know what it is, either, but here are some things I'd try:

Look in Safari-->Preferences-->Extensions... is there an extension there you don't recognize?
Try the Firefox browser... does it play youtube videos ok?
Look in System Preferences-->Users&Groups-->Login Items... is there a login item in there you don't recognize?
Create another user account (just for testing--you can delete it after)... can the new user play youtube videos in Safari?
Download Malwarebytes and use the free scan for malware/unwanted programs (you can uninstall after)

 

[Solenoid289]

It's "Now Playing Feature" of Big Sur Beta 10.
You can disable it from "Settings" > "Dock & Menubar" > "Now Playing" > uncheck "Show In Menubar".

Also I'm sure that YouTube error is not related with this feature.

 

[212rikanmofo]

Solenoid thank you so much! I just updated to Big Sure beta 10 so that definitely was it!

 

[Solenoid289]

Solenoid thank you so much! I just updated to Big Sure beta 10 so that definitely was it!

You’re welcome 😉