OT: We’re sorry, this video is no longer available
I came across this Youtube problem a few days ago. Videos embedded in a Norwegian online newspaper didn’t work. Although the preview photo was still there, when I clicked on the video to start it, I got the message:
We’re sorry, this video is no longer available
But when I clicked on “menu”, I got the URL for the Youtube page for that video, and when I went there, the video worked.
And today, the embedded video works again - in that same online page!
A video I found today on a Myspace profile didn’t work, yet when I found the link on the Youtube page for pages linking to the video, I found that it DID work when embedded - on Facebook!
This problem has been reported at least since late December. And some have correctly noted that there are Youtube users who elect to not allow embedding of their videos, or if the video is set to private. But none of these videos had those settings enabled.
So something’s wrong over at Youtube. And since I haven’t found any explanation for it, I’m opening up the floor for suggestions, speculation and maybe downright solving this?
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:54 pm
It’s a bug at YouTube, probably caused by the merger of YouTube and Google Video. They know about it and are presumably working on it.
February 6th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Oh the joys of bugs! It is weird how one way you can’t see something but you’re able to find another way. I recently noticed that to get to Tripod you have to type the www because it won’t show up otherwise. Well hopefully YouTube will fix it quick since that’s a busy place.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
This happens on IGoogle too, I reported it to them 3 weeks ago. Thought it was just the Computer at work that does not allow Flash and most Internet Video sites.
March 21st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
This happens if you leave the page open for more than 15 minutes. Hit refresh on the page and the video will work. Dumb, huh?
May 6th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Well,
On the ACTUAL YouTube page, 9/10 !!!! videos present this problem for me now… I have no idea what to do…
Help…
Alex