YouTube Won't Play...

[darita]

Whenever I try to play a video from YouTube, the iphone tells me "This movie could not be played." I have the lists of movies, but cannot play them. Any solutions?

[princess_80854]

Is it every movie you try to play or just one?

[monkeysrock0622]

Originally Posted by darita

Whenever I try to play a video from YouTube, the iphone tells me "This movie could not be played." I have the lists of movies, but cannot play them. Any solutions?

yah that happens to me a lot too. my guess is there are no solutions yet but it is probably on youtubes part. maybe they didnt encode it right or something

[mdixon1988]

you know what, mine did that too.....i downloaded that ibeer video to show people at work, after it played it said would you like to delete to conserve space? so i answere yes, then it said you may now play you tube.....then the you tube started working again after a hard reboot....dont know why....

[iJohn]

Originally Posted by mdixon1988

you know what, mine did that too.....i downloaded that ibeer video to show people at work, after it played it said would you like to delete to conserve space? so i answere yes, then it said you may now play you tube.....then the you tube started working again after a hard reboot....dont know why....

Thats very strange, I don't see the connection between a video that you downloaded to your ipod and the functionality of YouTube.

I have also experienced this problem with a few videos, and agree it is probably something to do with improper encoding, etc.

[darita]

Called iphone support. He had me reboot and the problem is solved. I can now play YouTube videos.

[fosterhere]

I cant view MY OWN youtube videos I get a message that the video can not be played. Whats up with that ??? Are there some youtube videos that are in a special iPhone encoding ?

[Tinman]

Originally Posted by fosterhere

I cant view MY OWN youtube videos I get a message that the video can not be played. Whats up with that ??? Are there some youtube videos that are in a special iPhone encoding ?

Yes indeed: the ones that work on the iPhone have been re-encoded, and not all are done.

I believe I read that all will eventually be converted, perhaps not until fall however.

And mine don't play either. I don't share mine, they are mostly for friends and family (i.e., they haven't been viewed by others too often). I suspect they are converting the older stuff based on popularity (WAG).


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Mike

[Alexander]

Mine recently started doing this - certain movies that DO appear on the iPhone's YouTube widget give me this error.