# YouTube Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055 "2008-05-12T17:28:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055/1 "2008-05-12T17:28:15Z")

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When I go to play a video in YouTube all I can get is a message “This video is no longer available”, or the video just dosen’t load at all. I can’t even get the YouTube “help” video. Yet when there’s a link to a YouTube video from another site I get the video just fine.  
Help!

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055/2 "2008-05-12T17:52:30Z")

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Is this every video you try? Video no longer available or not loading usually occurs when something copyrighted has been taken down- does the same thing happen when you try and watching someone playing with their hamster, for example, as opposed to TV or movie clips?

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055/3 "2008-05-12T19:39:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]  
Is this every video you try? Video no longer available or not loading usually occurs when something copyrighted has been taken down- does the same thing happen when you try and watching someone playing with their hamster, for example, as opposed to TV or movie clips?  
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Yes, everything. I get nothing. Do I need to subscribe to something?

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055/4 "2008-05-12T20:11:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Jake]  
Yes, everything. I get nothing. Do I need to subscribe to something?  
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No, I’m not a subscriber. So if someone sends you a link that takes you to a video on the youtube page, and not a youtube video linked on another web page, it works, but not if you go there directly?

Maybe try [this](http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html)?

(download and run Windows Flash Player 9 Active X control content debugger for IE. Also download the Flash projector content debugger for windows )

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-question/449055/5 "2008-05-12T20:55:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]  
No, I’m not a subscriber. So if someone sends you a link that takes you to a video on the youtube page, and not a youtube video linked on another web page, it works, but not if you go there directly?

Maybe try [this](http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html)?

(download and run Windows Flash Player 9 Active X control content debugger for IE. Also download the Flash projector content debugger for windows )  
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Thanks, **Wee** , I’ll try this and cross my fingers. 😉