Problems and Feature Requests

Hey guys! I'm getting a whole lot of 'video unavailable' on youtube embedded videos. Any idea what's causing this all of a sudden? I'm on a Mac, using Chrome, so you'd think youtube videos would just work?

 

Example post?

 

So for example, this works:

But this doesn't...

 

Works for me. Is it region locked? Can you view the video on youtube itself? Are there any errors in your browser console?

 

Weird. This is from the HALO youtube channel that was premiere event video. The link which works is also from that channel from 3 years earlier. It doesn't seem to be any geolocation locking that I can tell. The post is embedded using the following media tag, and the embedded video Share link has the following url when using Android Tablet Chrome:

Code:

[MEDIA=youtube]fax-YPAvuq0[/MEDIA]
https://youtu.be/fax-YPAvuq0

Code:

[MEDIA=youtube]Fmdb-KmlzD8[/MEDIA]
https://youtu.be/Fmdb-KmlzD8

Code:

[MEDIA=youtube]XCbMVbeKlCg[/MEDIA]
https://youtu.be/XCbMVbeKlCg

 

Check your browser privacy settings. If you have "strict" tracking protection enabled, see if adding the site link to the Exceptions makes a difference.

This has happened to me very few times and setting the Exception worked.

 

So here, the first one doesn't work but the other two do...

 

Sorry... can you spell that out for me? Not sure I get it...

 

So thats consistent with your initial report, as first one was what Didn't work for you, second one was what worked for you, and 3rd one was from today's premiere.

 

If you are using MS Edge or another browser you might need to make a change in the browser "Settings" and change the level of tracking protection.

For my example I'll use Microsoft Edge:
Open browser
In upper right hand corner click on the "..." (three dots)
In drop down menu select "Settings"
Under Settings header (left hand side) select "Privacy, search and services"
Under "Tracking Protection" see what is selected for level of protection ( Basic, Balanced or Strict)
Just below levels of protection is an option for "Exceptions". This is where you can put excluded website urls.

In my case I have "Strict" tracking protection chosen and noticed sometimes youtube videos or websites would not open. Excluding these in "Exceptions" resolved the issue. (currently about 3 websites)

An easy way to test if this is the problem is change your level of tracking protection to "Basic" and see if the problem occurs.

 

For Chrome (on Windows) to get to the general area:

1. Upper right hand corner click on the "..." (three dots)
2. In drop down menu select "Settings"
3. Under Settings header (left hand side) select "Privacy and security"

But then I can't find anything really related to Tracking Protection except for things related to Do Not Track and Cookies:

 

Is @London Geezer using Chrome?
Here's what the page looks like in MS Edge.


Edit: From above I see @London Geezer is using Chrome.
Try turning off tracking protection to see if it helps. Using @Brits screenshot, turn off ("Send a Do Not Track Request with your browsing traffic")

 

I don't think Chrome has the same tracking protection levels like Edge, Vivaldi etc. since Google don't really want you blocking the things that make them money. And you don't really want to turn off things globally, just for specific sites you trust, but again not sure how much Google allow that in Chrome.

I usually have B3D unblocked though it seemingly reset recently as it's back to blocking ads and trackers, but Youtube stuff is still working fine for me.

 

I’m using Edge and a few embedded videos are being blocked. Do I need to add B3D or YouTube to the exceptions list?

 

Best to link the problem videos so others can test for the problem.

 

So I did this... didn't help. So weird, it only happens on my Mac, but not on my ipad or phone...?

 

safari and chrome?

 

I'm at a loss. I didn't have any problems or make any browser changes getting the site you posted above to work. Might be some other software (anti-phishing) that works in conjunction with your browser causing the issue, though not sure.

 

Even weirder - it happens on Safari AND Chrome, on the same videos. So confused.

 

If your on IOS, every web-browser is using webkit engine, so it wont matter if you use safari or chrome.