Comments on: YouTube says they’re sorry. But are they?

By: Henk Kleynhans

Henk Kleynhans — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:52:19 +0000

@James, it’s possible that the PC it was working on had a proxy set.

Generally using a proxy solves this problem quick quick. (Though unfortunately in many cases using a proxy is not viable)

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By: James

James — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:46:45 +0000

I am experiencing this problem and belive it to be PC specific.I.e if I use another PC on the same network (so all network settings are the same) then it works fine. I recall this happening some time ago too (over a year) and it was a flash player problem. A reinstall of flash player would sort it. However that has nt worked in this instance. I look forward to hearing what the solution is.

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By: Derek Patton

Derek Patton — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:13:45 +0000

This problem persists with one of my videos “Google Me” (an original guitar instrumental) on my YouTube Channel AnchoriteProductions. I keep getting e-mails asking why I removed it. It does play if you type &fmt=18 after the URL, or if you click “play in high quality” just below the views count, and appears now to be an intermittent problem. I have sent numerous responses to YouTube under their “General Error Messages: We’re sorry this video is no longer…” They used to allow you to type a short comment after answering “No” to the fact the answer they provided was worthless. Now that option is gone. Also, this problem is not listed as one of the current issues they are working on. Bottom line, I have no idea why this is happening, but sure would like to know, and would like to see the issue resolved. So far, Youtube remains deafeningly silent on the issue, which make me cling to the idea it is a server issue, or due to some new software they are testing to try to go to “HQ” videos. At this point, I am looking at other options for posting my fingerstyle guitar videos. Again, I appreciate your article here Jason, and for all the feedback posted! Keep up the excellent research! Hopefully, there will be a solution soon! -Derek

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By: Don

Don — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:03:39 +0000

strange how few results I was able to get on google searches about this problem. i was convinced my computer had some kind of youtube virus. google searches like “multiple refreshes needed to view youtube” bring up very little.

google is really at the core of the evil. they claim to offer a real, quality search function, yet since the youtube buy out there are always at least a few youtube vids in the top 10 of any results, of course wikipedia and a few others. it’s as if the internet is just google, youtube and wikipedia.

i find youtube offensive. they have a total lake of respect for private property. the company is built on thievery, and exploitation under the guise the ability to create your own videos and put them online. don’t get me wrong, i think it would be wonderful to have a huge online video archive of so much music and popular culture, if the wealth was being shared with the rightful owners of the intellectual property -which it easily could be.

if we had any guts, we end-losers, we’d boycott youtube. personally i’ve never clicked on any ads and never will. but even better would be to stop visiting the site altogether.
power to the peephole

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By: Migs

Migs — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:42:40 +0000

Paranoid much? This is happening because you’re behind a load balancing router. You’re right that youtube should fix that, but it’s no conspiracy; it’s a bug springing from some weird quirk that happens when different IPs try to access the same content, or something weird like that.

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By: A person

A person — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:11:40 +0000

For some reason, my first “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available” experience was a video I had just watched hours ago before and wanted to see again. Now, I’ve uploaded a video on Youtube YESTERDAY and I’ve been trying to view it but it won’t let me. I tried to on the edit page and I got that message >_> It doesn’t make sense at all. It’s a very short video. Less than half a second long, and it won’t work.
Nice to know that I’m not the only person who’s encouuntered the message before though.

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By: youtuber

youtuber — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:19:44 +0000

part 1 and part 2 findings and temp solution here.. http://www.techxiety.com .. can’t remember the URL.. but it’s there….

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By: Derek Patton

Derek Patton — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:29:43 +0000

Thanks for the article Jason! Very well researched and written. The best I have read so far. I believe this is a YouTube issue, not a browser or some other kind of issue. I just encountered the problem this week with one of my videos “Google Me” (an original instrumental composition) on my YouTube Channel AnchoriteProductions. Strangely, it WILL play with &fmt=18 after the URL, or if you click “play in high quality” just below the views count. It made me wonder if YouTube was trying some new software in an attempt to improve their overall video quality…..and then, perhaps, something went terribly wrong?!?!? This might explain the deafening silence on the issue: They don’t want to give a press release that says “Hey, we screwed up! Now our service totally sucks!” Anyway, it’s just a thought. I sure would like to know what is going on! I really don’t want to upload anything else until they get this issue resolved. Although, I might upload “Google Me” again just to see what happens and take the first one down. I appreciate the information here Jason! Five stars! -Derek

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By: YouTube: We're Sorry Rather More Often Than Usual These Days » Needcoffee.com

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:50:35 +0000

[…] under maintenance or just having issues. But unless I’m missing something, this is starting to be a big pain in the ass. You might have seen it on this site, even: a YouTube video comes up with the black nothing and […]

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By: Widgett Walls

Widgett Walls — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:54:40 +0000

Just to add one data point, those people saying that it’s only outside the U.S.–well, it might have been, but that’s no longer the case. I’m in the southeastern U.S. and I’m seeing it and users in the NYC area are seeing it. And the video is “embed-ready” so that’s not the issue, but just as stated: refresh long enough and you’re fine.

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