Even in the online gaming industry, there are celebrity gamers that you can look up to. These online personalities proved themselves as one of the best and most skilled in their respective gaming niche. With their reputation, it is no wonder that many budding gamers are ecstatic to watch them play.
Seeing their moves and learning from their strategies, many amateur players learn to harness their gameplay through celebrity gamers. You can watch them on Twitch as they play their games live online. Twitch allows and enables you to interact with them through the chat window.
But, Twitch also has its share of errors that disrupts your streaming experience. For instance, you may encounter Twitch errors 1000, 2000, 3000, or 4000. These common error codes may point to corrupted cache and cookies or a connection issue with your network. They may also be due to decoding problems in the platform or errors with the Autoplay feature on Twitch.
Users encounter these error messages when playing videos and watching streams on Twitch:
- “Error 1000: Media Playback Aborted” or “The Video Download was canceled. Please try again.”
- “Error 2000: Network Error”
- “Error 3000: Media resource decoding error”
- “Error 4000: Resource format not supported” or “This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser. (Error #4000)”
Any of these Twitch network problems and media resource playback or decoding issues happen on different web browsers most notably on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, or Mozilla Firefox.
Fixing Twitch Error Code 1000, 2000, 3000 or 4000
So, how do you fix the Twitch error codes 1000, 2000, 3000, or 4000 on Windows 10/11, Linux, or macOS computer? Follow the solutions below one at a time and see if it works for you.
Solution #1 – Exit the Browser and Try Again
In any error you encounter on Twitch, the first thing you can do is to close the browser. Wait for a few seconds before you relaunch it. It will help refresh your connection and processes. Now, try reloading Twitch.
Solution #2 – Power Cycle your Devices
You can also power cycle your devices to refresh your network connection.
- Turn off the computer device where you stream on Twitch.
- Unplug your router and browser.
- Wait for at least 1 minute before plugging them back in.
- Now, turn on your device and connect to the Internet.
- Relaunch Twitch and check if it works.
Solution #3 – Know if Twitch Server is Down
Once the server of Twitch is having a problem, it will affect everyone using the app. However, Twitch will also try to resolve the error. Until then, you can simply wait. You can check the server status of Twitch by going to https://status.twitch.tv/. Scroll down and see if everything under Systems is operational. It means that the server is working fine.
Solution #4 – Clear your Web Browser Cache Data
- On your Google Chrome browser, click the More settings button.
- Select More Tools.
- Choose Clear browsing data.
- Check the boxes next to cookies and cache.
- Click Clear Data.
- For the Firefox browser, select the Open menu.
- Go to Library.
- Select History.
- Click Clear Recent History.
- Check the boxes next to cookies and cache.
- Click Clear Now.
- If you are using Microsoft Edge, go to the Settings menu.
- Select Privacy and services.
- Go to Clear browsing data.
- Check the boxes next to cookies and cache.
- Click Clear Now.
Solution #5 – Update your Browser
You can update your browser by going to the Help section and selecting the About page of your browser. From there, you can check for available updates and install them on Windows 10/11 PC or Mac computer.
Do you have other methods that will help fix the Twitch errors? Please share them below so that other users will know as well.
