Why videos on YouTube randomly don't work?

Youtube videos dont work on my computer anymore..help?

• I have a brand new hp laptop, and when i first got it i could watch youtube videos fine, and actually now that i think about it, it started off slow. Some of the videos i wanted to watch would just say, sorry this video is no longer avalible, but now ALL of the videos say that, and i try changing my security settings but nothing works. What is wrong!?

• Answer:

  The famous message "WE'RE SORRY THIS VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE" is most often associated with stupid software that claims it can virtually "accelerate" video buffering. This includes crap like GWA, SpeedBit, Trident, Jaton, ATI, Diamond Fire and Easy Video Accelerator. They all make YouTube behave in strange and conflicting ways. Of course nothing "accelerates" streaming video files. Even the people at YouTube, Google and Macromedia know this, and write that in their own FAQs. Thus if you have any kind of "accelerator"...then dump it, burn it, kick it, rip it, trash it, uninstall it; do everything you can to get as far away from it as possible. If you do not have one of those moronic utilities, something on your computer is interfering with YouTube. Thus, please consider any of these possibilities: Not much in terms of playing YouTube vids has changed in the past 2 years. If anything, all the newer flash players are causing lots of YouTubers some kind of grief, especially all 8 variations of version 10. It's crazy that there is a 10.0.525, 10.1.218, 10.2.26, 10.2.54, 10.12.10, 10.12.36, 10.15.3, as well as 10.22.87. You can always count on updates for one sure-fire thing: software conflicts. I have never strayed away from 9.47, and many "flashers" still swear by 9.45. Think of those 2 as Windows XP compared to Vista. Please look at the "Asker's" comment to this other "Best Answer" of mine: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081125075929AABZpVS You may also wish to consider these alternate possibilities: → Tools → Internet Options → Connections (tab) → LAN Settings (which is the very last button) → uncheck "Automatically detect settings" → Tools → Internet Options → Advanced (tab) → scroll down until you reach "Multimedia" → check-mark all but "Show image download placeholders" Two people have written to me saying after they got rid of a certain software, things seemed to work all right afterwards: One person got rid of his "nVidia" drivers; the other trashed his "ad blocking" utility. Do you perhaps have either or both of these on your computer? I've saved my favorite other solution for the end. YouTube is at its best when you clear all your "Cookies", "History" and "Temporary Internet Files". My cool "CHTIF" triple-cure has resolved hundreds of people's problems, so why not yours? Close out YouTube, do the following, then shutdown/reboot: Internet Explorer 6: → Tools → Internet Options → Delete Cookies → OK → Delete Files → OK → Clear History → Yes → OK Internet Explorer 7: → Tools → Internet Options → Delete... → Delete files → Yes → Delete cookies → OK → Delete history → OK → Close (browsing history window) → OK Mozilla Firefox → Tools → Clear Private Data [x] Browsing History [x] Download History [x] Saved Form and Search History [x] Cache [x] Cookies → Clear Private Data Now I hope my multiple answer is helpful for you. If you are able to determine the "cause" and its "cure", I would appreciate it if you could please let me know, either by clicking on my avatar or emailing me at "[email protected]". IMPORTANT: ANOTHER POSSIBLE CAUSE IS FIREFOX 3 AND ITS INTERACTION WITH YOUTUBE'S (GOOGLE'S) "CACHE" SERVERS THAT REFUSE THE PLUG-IN'S REQUEST FOR VIDEO FILES. THIS RETURNS A FALSE ERROR CODE TO YOUTUBE SAYING THAT IT CAN'T FIND THE VIDEO, OR THAT THE REQUEST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. OF COURSE, THE VIDEOS ARE REALLY THERE, BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, YOUTUBE RETRANSMITS THE ERRONEOUS CODE TO A "THIS VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE" MESSAGE. WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? NOBODY KNOWS, BUT IT IS A FIREFOX AND YOUTUBE ISSUE. IF YOU'RE USING FIREFOX 3, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY A DIFFERENT BROWSER. One person recently emailed me that he downloaded/installed a more recent version of DirectX, and that it apparently resolved his problems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en