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 More options Jul 20 2008, 10:22 am
From: ggm11
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Jul 20 2008 10:22 am
Subject: Re: Not able to play a video? What's your error message?
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I typed the error message into Google, and found a YouTube "not
available" video with 293 comments on it, to which I added my thanks
to xsmitzonianx whose advice to IE users was to add the characters
&fmt=18  to the end of the URL at the top of the page.

On Jul 18, 1:34 pm, YouTube Anna wrote:

> It seems like many of us here are having trouble with watching videos,
> and there's also some confusion regarding the error messages. I'm
> going to try and simplify things:

> 1. Error message: Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an
> old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player

> We recommend: Following the steps listed athttp://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57669

> Additionally, you could try clearing your browser's cache and cookies
> and try again.

> If this doesn't fix it please continue reading.

> 2. Error Message: We're sorry this video is no longer available (the
> steps below are also applicable to the previous error message)

> We recommend: Disabling software such as Google Web Accelerator which
> might be causing this issue. We have found that users with ad-blocking
> software enabled may not be able to see videos due to a conflict with
> the flash detection code.

> Please add to this thread with quick fixes that helped you with the
> issue.

> 3. Error message- “Your video is unavailable”-

> We recommend:  Editing your video's tags, title or description. This
> might help you play it. Please remember this is only for a video that
> our site said was Live!. Also, it's only applicable to a video that
> was uploaded by you. In this case,

> For updates on this, please visit our Current Site Issues Page athttp://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs

> Please know we're working on making all this work without a glitch and
> would love to hear any workarounds from you. In the
> meanwhile, we appreciate your patience, and truly regret the
> inconvenience.

> Thanks,
> YouTube Anna


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