How to Watch YouTube Videos Blocked in Your Country
March 19, 2008 by Mike Abundo
Filed under Computers
Can’t watch a certain YouTube video because it’s “not available in your country”? Yeah, I know the feeling; I’d like to watch the BBC on YouTube, too. Fortunately, Kevin Nalts posts a hack from Jischinger that lets you watch YouTube videos not available in your country.
Just copy the alphanumeric code from the video page URL (the one after the “=” sign) and paste it after this: http://www.youtube.com/v/
So this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLN59ZOweUE
…becomes this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/pLN59ZOweUE
The resulting video player fills your browser window, sans autoplay. Just goes to show that geographic scarcity is a fragile and artificial illusion inside online video.
Great!
this is not Truth
Yes it is! Works for me.
When the whole website is blocked, it does not make a difference how the URL is formatted.
Many countries have youtube blocked and only way around it is via a proxy.
Hmmm, i always thought this had something to do with Youtube india being formed, time for a correction post it seems.
Also thanks for the tip, now i can listen to all the Jet songs i want to. :)
Nice hack friend..
Thanks
it works fine at first, but then instead of playing the video it says the video is no longer available..
“We’re sorry, this video is no longer available”
Tha hack doesn’t work anymore
Can’t somebody find a new workaround, as this trick doesn’t work anymore?
yep doesn’t work anymore. blank white page that says “done” at the bottom
This mot`herfuker video is not available in your god danm country. (and hopefully is never going to be there for you) Meanwhile, because we all know you’re about to explode of rage, we are going to be nice with you and let you chose one from the four shity videos below. Have a nice day ;)
any1 nos a proxy for youtube coz not all proxies work with it?
this only works with videos that allow embeding codes, most of the “not in your country” videos disable them :(
try google chrome instead of mozilla/internet explorer. :D
Its an absolute load of wank why should videos only be allowed to view in certain countrys?
Bah! I used to think that I am receiving this “not available in your country” message just because of sanctions imposed on us (as we are used to see such messages along with the Access Denied pages caused by governmental censorship)! Now I see it’s another story itself!
thanks, but i can’t download the HQ18/mp4 version. Pls help.
so…..
Embedding Disabled by Request
now what…
Didn’t work for me.
I still get the same message when I hit the Play. :(