{"id":149700,"date":"2025-12-02T00:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=149700"},"modified":"2025-12-02T00:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:21:51","slug":"netflix-video-not-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/netflix-video-not-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Video Not Playing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-422723974\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>I&#8217;m not really into wrestling or sports, in general, but I have relatives who are. They were trying to watch a wrestling match, but the video wouldn\u2019t play. There were no error messages. All the other videos seemed to be working.<\/p>\n<p>I first assumed that because the broadcast date was the same as the day they were trying to watch it, maybe it wasn\u2019t available yet. They waited. A day later, and it still wouldn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>The fix was simple, and this should work for any misbehaving apps on an Android TV box, smartphone, tablet, and so on.<\/p>\n<h2>The Fix: Restart The App<\/h2>\n<p>On my TiVo Android system, I first had to click the \u201c<strong>TiVo<\/strong>\u201d button on my remote, and then onscreen I would select the following:<\/p><div id=\"daves-3950393536\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-149701\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"tivo-menu-device-settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Menu-Settings-Device-Settings.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MENU<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>SETTINGS <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Device Settings<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Apps<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>See all apps<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Show system apps<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Netflix<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Force stop<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>OK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-149702\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps-640x373.jpg\" alt=\"tivo-settings-apps-see-all-show-system\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps-640x373.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps-350x204.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Apps-See-All-Show-System-Apps.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-149703\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK-640x383.jpg\" alt=\"tivo-netflix-app-force-stop-ok\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK-640x383.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK-350x210.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TiVo-Netflix-Force-Stop-OK.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then start up Netflix. Go to the video. Now it plays.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, restarting an app should resolve any issues with an app that&#8217;s not functioning properly.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t want to mess with the menus, pull the power cord for about 30 seconds, then plug it in. It should have the same effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=tivo\">For more TiVo stuff, click here.<\/a><\/p><div id=\"daves-877757266\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=netflix\">For more Netflix stuff, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-1947020770\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not really into wrestling or sports, in general, but I have relatives who are. They were trying to watch a wrestling match, but the video wouldn\u2019t play. There were no error messages. All the other videos seemed to be working. I first assumed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2084,"featured_media":142825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,427,17],"tags":[13975,1309],"class_list":["post-149700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android-apps","category-android-hardware-mobile","category-how","tag-android-tv","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149733,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149700\/revisions\/149733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}