Something wrong YouTube

@iwrite (5034)
Singapore
April 19, 2010 8:45am CST
I wonder if you have encounter the same problem with YouTube. Recently I have been trying to view some videos and I keep getting this error message. "An error occured, please try again" Is youtube running out of bandwidth?
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@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
19 Apr 10
There was this bold word "UPGRADE" in mine last Friday. And no matter how much I tried it just wouldn't go away nor upgrade. Not sure why. I ended up not being able to view any.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
21 Apr 10
You mean you have to pay next time to view youtube, tomitomi? I am not sure if I would stick with them, there are other video sharing sites.
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
21 Apr 10
Something was definitely wrong with YouTube last friday morning during the thunderstorm, at least for me. I wouldn't pay for any if asked to. Thanks.
@maikeruk (405)
• Germany
19 Apr 10
most of the time is not youtube but your own ISP. usually doesnt know how to make QoS in the streaming video and thats why you get that msg. specially with those hd videos
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
20 Apr 10
maikeruk so what I like to know is, why is it sometimes I get to see the videos and sometimes there are errors.
@maikeruk (405)
• Germany
20 Apr 10
errors like what? i know that sometimes the video just stop dowlnoad and you have to refresh the website. or in other cases that the video is no longer available due some copyright law. if you can explain better would be easier to understand
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
21 Apr 10
NOpe, i have not encounter errors like that with youtube.. Most of the time, i'm able to wactch the videos i wanted, unless it's not available in my country.. hehe ^_^ BUt i do encounter the same problem as u, when i'm trying to access youtube with my iphone instead.. haha =D BUt the vidoes will work for me, when i retry it again on the 2nd attempt.. hehe
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
25 Apr 10
Well good for you, kun2349, after so many discussion, I guess they are targeting me, perhaps they do not like me. Haha just kidding.
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• United States
24 Apr 10
No iwrite I haven't yet. Yet I have been on sites that have had that problem and yes I believe it's from lack of bandwidth. They need to delete some of their old video's or buy a bigger package (hosting company) to handle their growing population.
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• United States
19 Apr 10
I've been noticing that problem a lot lately too. It's not huge. Just come back to the video again in a few minutes. I think ever since they changed their lay-out they've been having some crazy problems. My subscription videos that I'd already watched wouldn't go away for the longest time.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
20 Apr 10
allyoftherain so we all have the problem, I wonder is it location base. I wonder People in the united states have the same problem.
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• United States
20 Apr 10
I'm in the united states, so yes. We do have the same problem.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
21 Apr 10
I've not experienced any problems with youtube lately. However, on my husband's computer which is on the same network and even in the same room as my own he has been having problems. Sometimes he is not able to open up the videos and there are other times that he is able to open up the videos but they are extremely slow to load. I hope that they aren't running out of bandwidth, but if they are, then I hope that they will increase it in the near future.
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@gtargirl (5376)
• United States
20 Apr 10
Now that's an interesting thought. YouTube running out of bandwidth? But no, I haven't gotten an error message on YouTube.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
25 Apr 10
Well gtargirl, I did not use to have that problem until recently, that could be because many more people are trying to access the site at the same time.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
19 Apr 10
I have not encountered that problem so far. But again I seldom watch youtube.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
21 Apr 10
zandi458 good for you, I hope you get to watch some nice videos some time or another.
• United States
20 Apr 10
I haven't been getting this error thing on you tube so I don't know what's going on. I like to go there.
@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
25 Apr 10
well that would be great, it is just I was facing the issue and thought to ask if anyone else are facing the some issues. It seem some do and some do not and it is not location base as some one in United States too face the same problem.
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
I dont really know how that kind of stuff works but I do get that error message sometimes. When that happens I just refresh the page and after a while the video that I was planning to watch would finally load. Maybe it is because of the bandwidth. They do have to upgrade their servers and keep up the maintenance of the site in response or in preparation for the ever growing number of videos that are being posted on their site. More and more people would want to have their 15 minutes of fame and Youtube could give them that. I do hope they come to a resolution to this problem soon.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
20 Apr 10
I have tried that many times bjcyrix. however I seem get the same error message, however today everything seem to be normal again. I am ready to see all the videos again.
@maxilimian (3099)
• Indonesia
20 Apr 10
Hmm maybe it's because your browser? because when seeing the sites, there is pop window which command us to updates the browser, or maybe it's right, because there is so many user watching the same video, or the user who upload it already deleting the video, i don't know for sure sorry
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
25 Apr 10
never thought of it that way maxilimian, I would check out the rest of the other browbers to see if it works. But I am glad to announce, I am not face the issue for the past three days.
@pratheep87 (1227)
• India
19 Apr 10
hai I took get this error message sometime but too rare. There may be any technical issue in the server where the video is hosted. Also you can try to delete cookies and try to play the video again. Cheers
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
21 Apr 10
I notice recently it happens a lot more, however I would try what you have mentioned, pratheep87. Lets see what happens, as today I do not have any issues.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
I just viewed the link you provided in you other discussion and it looks OK and funny too.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
25 Apr 10
ybong007 Glad you like it, however it is not always showing, at time it seem ok, other times it just show the error message.
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
Yeah I've experienced that as well. Maybe they're having maintenance but I think Youtube is okay now. I could search videos again.
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@iwrite (5034)
• Singapore
25 Apr 10
Saranggola sometimes I realise only certain videos are affected, I am not too sure but perhaps different files are stored in different places. So that server might have some issue but not the others.