Youtube – “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available”

July 27, 2008 14:46 by Marc in Uncategorized

I’m getting pretty annoyed with the Youtube Error – “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available”- that seems to be popping up more and more regularly these days.

So here are a couple of fixes:

Easiest way is to do a CTRL-F5 which will totally refresh the page from the Youtube Server
Append one of the following tags onto the end of the URL
&fmt=6
&fmt=18
&fmt=16
So the following URL -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJV_khosQCk would become http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJV_khosQCk&fmt=6
If you a SAIX ADSL account add the following proxy server into your settings in Firefox or IE
dsl-cache.saix.net Port 8080
If you got any Firefox plugins like Google Download accelerator set them to bypass youtube.com domain.

Hope this helps :)

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13 Responses to Youtube – “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available”

Dimitrio July 28, 2008 at 09:06
Thnx Buddy, It has been working on my nerves as of late as well!
Michelle Gartner July 30, 2008 at 19:11
That’s cool – I use a lot of videos on my site. I had been thinking it was me or something, because the videos I pick are kid friendly and wouldn’t get pulled or anything.
Lester Hein August 2, 2008 at 12:57
Thank you! I thought i was going friggin crazy, uploading and re-uploading and relinking. This will save some of my sanity.

Lester Hein
Vierotchka August 7, 2008 at 19:56
I don’t get that problem with single embedded videos, but I do get it with embedded playlists. Should I put videos that include &fmt=18 into the playlist?
Christopher J Combrink August 12, 2008 at 12:18
This error is prevelent everywhere..

It’s on my site atm actually. A flippin funny video that I uploaded myself has “gone”. I didn’t delete it.. Google….bleh.

To make it worse, it sometimes works if you crtl F5.. pushing up the page impressions…
sg26 September 3, 2008 at 04:37
thanks man…its really annoying…
Tristan Fourie September 11, 2008 at 22:22
Thanks a ton man, the SAIX proxy setting worked instantly for me, why the hell is this info not available elsewhere? you are a saint!
buginafug October 1, 2008 at 00:59
YouTube now goes “Sasasasasasasasasasasasasasa SA!” when a video is broke and there is a dancing ballerina. :O
Ceramicman November 12, 2008 at 00:46
Easy fix, for all windows vers. In internet explorer go into Tools/Internet Options/Connections Tab/Lan Setting. Once in Lan Settings, uncheck all boxes. ALL youtube videos will load now.

Pass it on.
Chris November 12, 2008 at 21:15
THANK YOU SO MUCH CERAMICMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ceramicman November 13, 2008 at 07:03
NO problem Chris…. the fix is so simple even some of the techies haven’t figured it out….

PASS IT ON!!!!
John January 31, 2009 at 21:47
This is extremely helpful, thank you!
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