YouTube has been playing around with trying to block ad blockers recently and I assume that that's what caused the recent hiccups with Downie. They typically fixed it within a day. You just need to update Downie after they fixed it. Sometimes it's annoying that you have to wait a day to get it up and running again. More @Wikipedia
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