Some Youtube videos are only viewable by visitors from specific countries. Users from other countries are greeted with a red error message stating that “This video contains content from [name]. It is no longer available in your country”. Companies and organizations limit the visibility of their videos on Youtube using country specific IP filters locking users out if they do not connect with a whitelisted IP. This does mean for instance that users from the United States who are on holidays overseas will be locked out as well even though they should be able to visit videos that are available for US Internet users.
Plenty of workarounds exist for bypassing country specific limits on Youtube and other Internet websites. Some websites like Hulu use advanced filters while sites like Youtube use basic filters that can be bypassed in many different ways:
- Web Proxies: One of the easiest options to view some Youtube videos that are blocked in your country. All that is needed is a web proxy that is being hosted in the country that the video is available in. A good starting point to find web proxies is Google or Proxy.org
- Google Translate: Google Translate can be used to view blocked Youtube videos. Simply paste the original url of the video into the Google Translate form. The video can then be watched on the translated page.
- Proxy Server: Proxy server need to be added to the web browser before they work automatically on every website that is visited by the user. It is usually a good idea to use a proxy switcher like Foxyproxy for Firefox to switch between the proxy and the default connection method without proxy. The disadvantage is that it is harder to locate a working proxy. A Google search is usually a good starting point.
- Switching DNS Servers (unverified): DNS servers have been in the news lately with the release of Google’s public DNS service. DNS servers basically turn website names (like ghacks.net) into IP addresses that are readable by computers. Using a DNS service that is located in the country the video is available in is said to be everything needed to view the video. Open DNS is one possibility.
- VPN (Virtual private network): One of the advantages of a vpn is that it makes it look like it is the endpoint that requested the connection. This means that web services that the user connects to with the computer believe that they are sending the data to the vpn server. A vpn in one of the allowed countries is needed for this to work.
The easiest way to view blocked Youtube videos are web proxies or Google Translate. Proxy servers and vpn might be the better solution for users who are regularly viewing videos on Youtube or other websites.
Do you know of other means to bypass the Youtube country limitations to avoid the “it is no longer available in your country” error?
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Yes your are when i search some video on You tube,i see that kind of massage in my screen.You tube is one of the my favorite site for online videos.now i know why you tube not show some video in different different countries.
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> Switching DNS Servers..
… not work in my Country (Poland)
Martin,
These are not new. My Chinese friends always complain about they can not watch Youtube. In China, government blocked most Google servers. About web proxy, it is not every one can watch Youtube video. Even for VPN, some VPN servers are not available in China. I think the best way is use SSH Tunnel.
Thanks was very helpful….
To switch the proxy server in the browsers quickly y and easily I’m using this free software called “IE Proxy Switch”. Its small software that if you work constantly with proxy you can pre-define you proxies and just switch the one you need. It also support multiple browsers such: IE, Opera, Safari, chrome and more. can be downloaded from: http://soft-net.net.
enjoy
Thanks this IE Proxy switch working fine for me…
It still doesn’t work :-( I tried almost all ways. I am from Czech Republic and I want sees this video Kasabian – Kasabian – Manchester Heaton Park Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/user/kasabiantour?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cth#p/u/3/6oJjh8rp6q4 .It is only for UK. Can you help me?
I am unable to open youtube videos in google news. Upon clicking on the article, I get a small black screen with a tiny logo(?) in the upper left corner. I am able to view other youtube videos.
try this if you want to access youtube again after it’s blocked:
http://www.tomatosoft.biz/blog/2010/04/11/download-youtube-while-its-blocked-by-isp/
I would like to know information update in this website.
if u need to view youtube videos that are blocked you can just use http://www.tubemirror.com it works pretty much always for me
hi i download proxy and switch the proxy but video in youtube still doesn’t work, what i have to do ?
I know this is 1 year old but, I’ll inform people who still look at this that Google Translate way don’t work :/
hai sir,
i am manoj in india.my college lot of website they are blocked.
please give any proxy website or any proxy server