Why won't my YouTube play videos?

Question

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe Flash Player. It's not working. When I click "Play," the little loading circle keeps going for about 10 minutes and then a message just pops up at the top, "We are sorry, this video is no longer avalible." I know that the video is avalible because when I have tried to play numerous videos on my iPod Touch, and that works perfectly. I have a computer with Windows Vista, I don't know if that may be the problem. Please don't give me a link to the YouYubte support website.

Answer 1

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I had a similar problem but it was that the video would just be a white box. I have surfed the internet and the most common thing to hear is to re-install adobe, needless to say that didn't work for me. Download file hippo

http://www.filehippo.com/

the link is at the top right of the web site, it will scan your computer and tell you which programs are outdated. Update anything that could be causing an issue, as a last resort download firefox3 beta. That is what did the trick for me and I love it and haven't had a single problem with it. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

probably network traffic is high, or something..

these will help you...

1. Use Opera browser, it will load faster and smoother, and re-install latest flash.

get the latest flash player, and install it.. make sure all the browsers are NOT running during installation...

OR..

2. It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.
Try watching it during off peak hours, the video will be smoother.

Or you could watch it offline smoothly... try using 'zillatube' .

It works well - Just yahoo or google search "zillatube" to get it.
http://www.ask.com/web?q=zillatube&searc…
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Answer 3

In this case, you can try to download the vid before watching.
I'm using Moyea flv downloader. It downloads very fast with high quality and supports full screen.

And it is FREE.
It is very easy to handle.

You needn't get the url when downloading the vid.
Just press "start recording"
Click in the page where the vid is playing
The downloader will automatically save it to your hard disk.

Then you can watch it with the embeded flv player.

You can search "flv downloader" on google.com for more info.

Answer 4

if you have vist a x64, you're either using the 64-bit version of internet explorer, or you just dont have flash player installed. try using the 32 bit internet explorer, like i do. go to start>start search and type in iexplore and press enter. The 32 bit interenet explorer will appear and use that.

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me

Answer 5

It could be a number of things.

1. check and see if the video is deleted by the owner or whatever.
2. find out if you have the update for flash player
3. check to see if your connection is good

Answer 6

Sometimes the video gets removed for copyright on youtube.

Answer 7

because your computer has a problem[=

Answer 8

Maybe that certain video has been deleted by its user. Try another video?

Answer 9

restart ur computer or check your connection

Answer 10

it might be your computer meomry is to small to read it

Answer 11

firewall filtering?

Answer 12

download the player

Answer 13

just be patient and it will go away.

Answer 14

what is your connection? high speed or dsl?

Answer 15

sumthing is wrong w/ ur cp........

Answer 16

i think ur computer is slow=[
or, its the version

Answer 17

Do you have the stupid Google Web Accelerator? If so, then
dump it...burn it...trash it...disable it...get rid of it...uninstall it --
do everything you can to get as far away from it as possible.
Clicking on "Don't Accelerate this Website" to try and bypass
GWA will not help you whatsoever.

That being said, my advice below may sound contradictory
to what I have just written above, but please follow it anyway.
(Just pretend it's 2007, and you had never installed GWA.)

If YouTube is slow or stuck -- or if you get strange messages
on your screen that don't make sense -- or if people tell you
to change, install or update stuff:....DON'T TOUCH A THING.

You should never mess with things like java scripts, firewall
settings, flash players, anti-virus programs, activeX controls,
pop-up blockers, browsers or registries. And stay away from
stupid add-ons, downloaders or utilities (like GWA).

Absolutely none of those things will help you, because your
computer/YouTube was working perfectly fine before, right?

The first rule of thumb and best option should ALWAYS be:
don't disable, erase, uninstall, separate, switch, download,
alter, install or change anything. Doing those will only make
matters worse for you. (GWA is a good example; you never
should have installed it.)

If your YouTube is always stuck or displays strange things,
empty your "cache" of its temporary internet files, cookies
and history. Things will probably be okay afterwards.

If you're not sure how to do this, or if you want extra tips on
how to make YouTube run even faster (all without having to
install, buy or change anything), then click on my avatar and
email me. I will guide you through "cache" clearing plus my
other tips in easy English with full explanations.

Note: longer videos sometimes only play when both "flash"
and "shockwave" are installed. Other than that, STAY AWAY
FROM THE BETA VERSION OF YOUTUBE, plus whatever
stupid utilities and downloads other people may be shilling,
because those things are totally unrelated to your problem.
(How can you "download" a video you can't even access or
watch?)

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For your reference, this is direct from Google's own website.
I have included the full URL web address, plus its direct link:

QUESTION 4 -- Does Google Web Accelerator speed up all
web pages?

ANSWER -- No, it doesn't....Google Web Accelerator won't
speed up pages encrypted with the HTTPS protocol. Also,
GWA only speeds up web pages, not data downloads such
as MP3 and streaming video files.

web accelerator . google . com / support . html # basics 4
http://webaccelerator.google.com/support…