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Altoid

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Youtube videos 'not available'

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

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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

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Altoid

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

Hello:

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.

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

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From: Exmouth, South West England

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

https://www.bitchute.com/ukregulation

Not necessarily saying the reason is related...

Last edited by dzz (2026-04-02 02:13:40)

brocashelm

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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

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Elyon

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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

Duke Nukem

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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

Calamity

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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.

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Altoid

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

Hello:

... 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

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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.

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fanderal

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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.

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

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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

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dzz

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From: Exmouth, South West England

Registered: 2016-12-01

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

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.

Altoid

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Re: Youtube videos 'not available'

Hello:

All of a sudden (as of today 01/04) I am unable to watch YouTube videos ...

Don't know just what may be going on, but ...

All of a sudden (as of today 03/04 17:20 GMT -03:00) I am able to watch YouTube videos again.

Now ...
Was it a glitch that got fixed?
Was there backlash and the block was rolled back?
No idea.

Let's see how long it lasts.

Anyhow, thanks to all those who chipped in.

Best,

A.