diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/MediaPlayerManager.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/MediaPlayerManager.kt
index ecd7ff0..eec1910 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/MediaPlayerManager.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/MediaPlayerManager.kt
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ class MediaPlayerManager(
         exoPlayer?.stop()
 
         youtubeWebView?.apply {
-            settings.javaScriptEnabled = true
-            settings.domStorageEnabled = true
-            settings.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture = false
-            webViewClient = WebViewClient()
-            webChromeClient = WebChromeClient()
+            com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.configure(this, "YouTube")
             setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.BLACK)
-            loadUrl(embedUrl)
+            // Load via an embed wrapper with a valid youtube.com origin (Error 153 fix).
+            val html = com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.youtubeEmbedHtml(embedUrl)
+            if (html != null) loadDataWithBaseURL(com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.YT_BASE, html, "text/html", "UTF-8", null)
+            else loadUrl(embedUrl)
         }
     }
 
@@ -78,12 +77,7 @@ class MediaPlayerManager(
         exoPlayer?.stop()
 
         youtubeWebView?.apply {
-            settings.javaScriptEnabled = true
-            settings.domStorageEnabled = true
-            settings.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture = false
-            webViewClient = WebViewClient()
-            webChromeClient = WebChromeClient()
-            setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT)
+            com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.configure(this, "Widget")
             loadUrl(url)
         }
     }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/ZoneManager.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/ZoneManager.kt
index 070197c..68c435b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/ZoneManager.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/player/ZoneManager.kt
@@ -155,10 +155,13 @@ class ZoneManager(
                 container.addView(webView); zoneViews[zone.id] = webView
                 if (multi) scheduleZoneAdvance(zone.id, durationMs, advance)
             }
-            // YouTube - render in WebView
+            // YouTube - render via an embed wrapper with a valid origin (Error 153 fix)
             mimeType == "video/youtube" && !remoteUrl.isNullOrEmpty() -> {
                 val webView = createWebView()
-                webView.loadUrl(remoteUrl); webView.layoutParams = params
+                val html = com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.youtubeEmbedHtml(remoteUrl)
+                if (html != null) webView.loadDataWithBaseURL(com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.YT_BASE, html, "text/html", "UTF-8", null)
+                else webView.loadUrl(remoteUrl)
+                webView.layoutParams = params
                 container.addView(webView); zoneViews[zone.id] = webView
                 if (multi) scheduleZoneAdvance(zone.id, durationMs, advance)
             }
@@ -245,11 +248,7 @@ class ZoneManager(
 
     private fun createWebView(): WebView {
         return WebView(context).apply {
-            settings.javaScriptEnabled = true
-            settings.domStorageEnabled = true
-            settings.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture = false
-            setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT)
-            webViewClient = WebViewClient()
+            com.remotedisplay.player.util.WebViewSupport.configure(this, "Zone")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/util/WebViewSupport.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/util/WebViewSupport.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9cbcd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/util/WebViewSupport.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package com.remotedisplay.player.util
+
+import android.webkit.ConsoleMessage
+import android.webkit.WebChromeClient
+import android.webkit.WebResourceError
+import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
+import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse
+import android.webkit.WebSettings
+import android.webkit.WebView
+import android.webkit.WebViewClient
+
+/**
+ * Shared setup + helpers for the player's WebViews (zone widgets, fullscreen
+ * widgets, YouTube). Centralizes:
+ *  - JS / DOM storage / autoplay-without-gesture,
+ *  - mixed-content ALLOW (self-hosted servers are often http on the LAN; without
+ *    this an https page embedding http - or vice versa - is silently blocked into
+ *    a black broken-frame),
+ *  - error/console logging piped to DebugLog so a failing web frame shows the
+ *    real reason in the live debug panel instead of just a black broken-page view,
+ *  - a YouTube embed that loads with a valid youtube.com origin (fixes Error 153).
+ */
+object WebViewSupport {
+
+    const val YT_BASE = "https://www.youtube.com"
+
+    fun configure(webView: WebView, tag: String) {
+        webView.settings.apply {
+            javaScriptEnabled = true
+            domStorageEnabled = true
+            mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture = false
+            mixedContentMode = WebSettings.MIXED_CONTENT_ALWAYS_ALLOW
+        }
+        webView.setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT)
+        webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
+            override fun onReceivedError(view: WebView?, request: WebResourceRequest?, error: WebResourceError?) {
+                if (request?.isForMainFrame == true) {
+                    DebugLog.e(tag, "WebView load error ${error?.errorCode} ${error?.description} url=${request.url}")
+                }
+            }
+            override fun onReceivedHttpError(view: WebView?, request: WebResourceRequest?, errorResponse: WebResourceResponse?) {
+                if (request?.isForMainFrame == true) {
+                    DebugLog.e(tag, "WebView HTTP ${errorResponse?.statusCode} url=${request.url}")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        webView.webChromeClient = object : WebChromeClient() {
+            override fun onConsoleMessage(msg: ConsoleMessage?): Boolean {
+                if (msg?.messageLevel() == ConsoleMessage.MessageLevel.ERROR) {
+                    DebugLog.w(tag, "JS error: ${msg.message()} @${msg.sourceId()}:${msg.lineNumber()}")
+                }
+                return super.onConsoleMessage(msg)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun extractYoutubeId(url: String): String? {
+        val patterns = listOf(
+            Regex("""embed/([A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,})"""),
+            Regex("""[?&]v=([A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,})"""),
+            Regex("""youtu\.be/([A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,})""")
+        )
+        for (p in patterns) p.find(url)?.let { return it.groupValues[1] }
+        return null
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * HTML wrapper for a YouTube embed. Loaded via loadDataWithBaseURL(YT_BASE, ...)
+     * so the iframe has a valid youtube.com origin/referer (a bare loadUrl of the
+     * embed gives Error 153 "player misconfigured"). Returns null if no video id.
+     */
+    fun youtubeEmbedHtml(url: String): String? {
+        val id = extractYoutubeId(url) ?: return null
+        val src = "$YT_BASE/embed/$id?autoplay=1&mute=1&controls=0&rel=0&modestbranding=1&loop=1&playlist=$id&playsinline=1"
+        return "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1\">" +
+            "<style>html,body{margin:0;padding:0;height:100%;background:#000;overflow:hidden}iframe{display:block;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}</style>" +
+            "</head><body><iframe src=\"$src\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen></iframe></body></html>"
+    }
+}