Youtube videos 'not available'

Altoid · 2026-04-01 23:05:27

Hello:

All of a sudden (as of today 01/04) I am unable to watch YouTube videos and as a result cannot watch late night show snippets.
eg: Colbert, Kimmel, Meyers and Oliver.

All I get is 'video not available'.
Does not seem to be an AF joke.

Anyone having the same issue?

Best,

A.

brocashelm · 2026-04-01 23:14:10

No issues at all with FreeTube. Maybe it's your IP address?

Altoid · 2026-04-01 23:31:33

Hello:

brocashelm wrote:

No issues at all with FreeTube.

Never heard of it, downloaded the appimage put in the link but I get continuous/permanent SABR messages.
Other videos have the same problem.

brocashelm wrote:

Maybe it's your IP address?

This is the first time I've seen this.
Happens with FF, palemoon and LibreWolf, with or without Pi-Hole.

It was working perfectly yesterday.

Best,

A.

dzz · Yesterday 01:54:00

https://www.bitchute.com/ukregulation

Not necessarily saying the reason is related...

Last edited by dzz (Yesterday 02:13:40)

brocashelm · Yesterday 03:12:32

Sounds like it's time to start using a VPN...

Elyon · Yesterday 11:29:26

I'm using since yesterday. got a great offer at protonvpn. could watch couple of movies blocked in the EU. great stuff.

Duke Nukem · Yesterday 11:37:46

I'm not having a problem with YT, and I'm in the UK.

Calamity · Yesterday 12:05:08

Youtube is a bleeding nightmare to use in my country, but I still manage to access it occasionally.
Sometimes it's the ISP's fault, sometimes the site itself blocks certain videos if you don't have an account, try to watch through embedded link or use a frontend like Invidious.

Altoid · Yesterday 16:54:56

Hello:

Calamity wrote:

... use a frontend like Invidious.

Found out about it last night.
It seems to work but YT/Google is trying to foil their efforts.

Still have to see how to make using it more straightforward but for the time being it will do.

Best,

A.

Calamity · Yesterday 17:15:53

Invidious used to work great, now it's far less reliable - the big <G> is onto them (and here I also have to deal with the regional blocklist to even get to it).
Previously they nipped Hooktube in the bud, but this one is not going down so easy.

fanderal · Yesterday 17:59:33

Freetube worked at YT last night.

Was using invidious for a while: https://invidious.io/. If blocked by YT, was easy/quick to change to another invidious instance and watch the video.

Calamity wrote:

Invidious used to work great, now it's far less reliable

Noticed that, too.

Started using freetube last year. YT occasionally blocks it but an updated freetube is available within a day or two to a week. FWIW, it's the same occational YT block/fix for youtubedl-gui.

You might try the deb pkg from their site:
https://freetubeapp.io/#download

Calamity · Yesterday 19:27:00

Installed the deb, looks good - thanks for the suggestion!

dzz · Today 14:16:02

Another alternative to browser-based youtube. Nice gtk interface and is GPL:

https://github.com/trizen/pipe-viewer

Some salvation from *ogle surveillance and maybe a workaround for some blocked content.

Also mpv in conjunction with yt-dlp can stream youtube content directly, if you have the url.

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