If you have Google Accelerator, turn it off. It’s creating a conflict with YouTube giving you the errors.

Thanks everyone!
All that reloading and the problem was google accelerator!

Lisa

thanks so much with the google accelerator tip. been frustrated by this for weeks! completely resolved the problem.

You could have connection issues Jay

I have 5 web browsers on 2 different PC’s in tha same house. Both systems had the same problem with the error. When I tried Flock I had no problem at all. One browser would say ‘we’re sorry this video is no longer available ‘and Flock would play it just fine at the exact same time.

OMG! Thank you so much for the Flock tip! I can finally, finally (after weeks of searching for a tip) watch ALL videos on youtube once again! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I am having the same problem and no it is not Google accelerator because I’ve never used it. Plus it’s not my connection because it used to work fine with exactly the same modem/router and a different PC. It stopped with my new PC which I suspect means there is software or a setting on here that is not on the other.

FYSer, Leo, you more than likely have connection/network issues. You could try viewing through AOL Video.

Yes Goggle accelerator was the problem for me. turning it off was the fix, i was so frustrated that one time I almost restored my comp thanks again guys

Steve, I suppose anything is possible but installing Flock did not change my or anyones DNS and it did fixed the problem. That open source DNS server has nothing to do with ‘open fetch slots’ as alleged over at techxiety.

I see you are in the UK Robert, all I can suggest is to try viewing during non peak hours or giving AOL video a shot. A 3rd party virus scan like that over at pandasoftware.com might help too.

In the case where an entire site has the same issue like that Meghann, typically it’s from packet loss due to excessive retransmission. It’s possible that you have either defective equipment or a system with a virus. You could try a free online virus scanner like the one at pandasoftware.com

Meghann, packet loss is lost data that needs to be re-transmitted. Many times the cause is from outside sources too. You can also try logging into your router and checking its log file. You may find that an outside system is spamming your network. This happens allot from say a neighbors laptop that has a virus and is trying to gain access to you wireless network. This causes your router to become overloaded, initiating the packet loss.

Hi Jim.

My machine: P-IV 2 GHz, 512 megs Ram, with minimal open programs.

I ran a virus scan as per your suggestion above to others, and was shocked to find it said I DO have viruses!

I’m running:
1) AVG (up to date, scans set to “deep” (slow).
2) COMODO DOClean.
3) CCleaner (”Crap” Cleaner) (Run weekly)
4) MS Pop-up stopper (set to stop ALL pop-ups)
5) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
6) Spybot Search and Destroy
7) A-Squared NetLimiter Pro
9) SUPERAnti-Spyware
10) Spyware Blaster
11) Norton Systemworks Systems Utilities - Disc Doctor and Windows Doctor run regularly. (Note I do not use Norton Anti-Virus as it is resource-heavy).

I have NO “add-ons” running on my web browser (tool bars, etc), and all “service packs” are all up to date.

Yet the machine takes FOREVER to run, and especially start applications, change from one window to another, etc.

The Internet activity icon shows activity each and every time I run ANYthing, yet AVG, and previously NOD32 and Norton Anti-Virus never show any viruses.

I am at a loss why this machine is sooooo slow, and now why these “latent” viruses: Bck/VB.XB, JS/Kak.Worm, plus a number of “Tracking Application”, “Dialer”, “Joke”, and “Adware” all showed up when I ran an on-line virus-scan using your suggested Panda Security check.

HELP!!

Thanks,
Bob

Hi. My daughter is having the same problem with YouTube videos. We’ve isolated the issue to Vista’s parental controls. When I turn off controls, she can see the videos in any browser. When I turn them on (medium setting), she can’t view ANY youtube videos. I’ve tried various configurations of custom settings to no avail, so we’ve had to disable parental controls on her computer.

We have a network consisting of about 300 machines. None of these machines can view youtube videos, and we would like to be able to. Youtube is not blocked by our firewall, or filtering software. We get the “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available” message. We have no google web accelerator, and flock receives the same thing.

If you are ademant about not using a really great new web browser then you could try to download the latest version of Flash and rebooting your network router etc. too, that might help. Also make sure that none of your systems are spamming your network by running a free online virus scan from places like pandasoftware.com.

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Same problem here for about a week now. YouTube videos fail on all computers and all browsers (IE7, FireFox, and Chrome). Tried all the above “fixes.” Glad it works for you but sorry, no joy here.

I now think it’s some kind of filter or “accelerator” put in our path by our ISP, perhaps a malfunctioning caching proxy server. I suggest using one of the many proxies out there

I’ve got an EeePC 1000H that I normally dual boot into Easy Peasy (yuk, what a name!) Ubuntu based Linux and I’ve been suffering from You Tube not functioning with the “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available” error message. I was using FF3 and Flash 10 and I was tearing what’s left of my hair out trying everything I could to sort the problem. In a moment of despair I downgraded Flash 10 to Flash 9, rebooted, and lo and behold You Tube now works!

Of course, this means I can’t make use of any ‘enhancements’ introduced by Flash 10 unless there’s some way of making it more compatible with the other software that it is apparently clashing with when running You Tube videos