Hey Jim,

thanks for your concern and solutions to fix this. Fortunately I can still see all your videos

Greets,
Martin

By Martin from Hamburg on Jul 13, 2008

I’ve had a similar problem on my blog with one of my youtube posts but when returning to the video later in the day it was functioning again.

By stew on Jul 13, 2008

I saw this a couple times on Friday; but in each case I was able to see the video if I clicked through the Library instead of through the blog post.

By Charles Jones on Jul 13, 2008

Hey Jim,

I see this consistently when I do the following: (1) load a page into another tab; (2) wait a long time; (3) go to the tab and try to play the video.

The solution? Refresh the page, and the video will play.

By NormMonkey on Jul 14, 2008

Hi Jim,

I think “This video is no longer available” is just the default error message when the video stream can’t be loaded. I just reload the page until the video works. (I use the “popout” or “subscribers can view video here” link so I don’t have to refresh the entire page.)

Sometimes it’s taken as many as 12 refreshes, but I’ve yet to find a “no longer available” video which wasn’t actually there. (There are other messages, of course, such as ‘terms of use violation’ which mean the video really isn’t there.)

So, basically what NormMonkey said before me: keep refreshing and it’ll play.

I really appreciate the excellent site, Jim.
- Wynn

By Wynn on Jul 14, 2008

read part 1 and part 2 here. there’s no real solution yet.

http://www.techxiety.com/techxiety/2008/06/rectification-for-were-sorry-this-video-is-no-longer-available.html

By JoJo on Aug 9, 2008