This movie could not be played - YouTube

Hi all

I have gotten off the phone to apple and we did these things and fixed the issue:

Back-up
Transfer purchases
Restore
Sync apps

all in itunes of course here is a help doc that they emailed me too.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US

i hope this helps it certainly doesn't explain why!!

best
jamil

Having the exact same problem too.

I have the same problem but after restoring, youtube is working fine.

Interesting -- I started having this problem last night. I'm relieved that it's not just me. But wiping it clean and restoring is a weekend project.

I have the same problem. I've had the lastest version of iTunes but reinstalled to make sure that wasn't the problem. Yet still my Youtube will not work, always to say "This movie could not be played", I don'ty know what else to do. 😟

I have a brand new 16 gig 3G and am having the same exact issue. I'm assuming they are upgrading the servers or something. I really don't want to restore already...

Ive just restored my iPhone 3G, and the youtube still doesn't work.

same thing here-
I just got my iphone Friday. The app was working up until yesterday. Videos that I was able to view before now give me an error message. The movie cannot be played. It works however if i got o the m.youtube.com through safari. I think its a problem with the app...
tried on 3g, wifi and edge...

Hmmm...if this was a content issue then ALL iPhone users would be having the same problem but sadly it seems only a select few of us seem to be enduring this. Two other Iphone 3G's in my house, using the same wireless connection and with the same firmware versions, are NOT having this problem. I've also tried with the wireless at work, Edge and 3G and still have the same problem with my iPhone.

I'm reluctact to go through all the hassle and time of restoring if there's no certainty it will fix the issue.

No response from Apple / YouTube?

I got mine working again after a restore....I know for some people this has worked, for some it hasn't. I'd give it a shot.....
I am still curious about what caused this.

I have the same problem on THREE different iTouchs. The same movies all play fine through safari on the device, but if you try going through the YouTube app, you get the message "This movie could not be played". Sounds like this is a problem with the App. I am speaking with support at Apple as I type this, and they do not have any knowledge of this problem. I have heard from others that a full restore does NOT fix this problem. Please let me know if you hear of a fix.

I've got the same thing others are describing - brand new iphone 16g - bought activated last Wed. YouTube app worked fine for the first day, and I've received "This movie could not be played" for all clips since then. I can use YouTube Mobile through Safari and it's fine. There may only be 28 of us posting this problem but I'm going out on a limb and guessing that there are more than 28 iphones with this issue.

Anyone out there get any answers from Apple? Except those who have done the restore - since I'm not ready to try that yet - rather try to reinstall the app. (???)

Hi All,

I had the same issue on an 8GB 3G that I purchased about 3 weeks ago.

I was able to play UTUBE movies, from the UTUBE icon until about 1 day ago.

After I did a backup/wipe/restore, all is well. I was always able to go to the UTUBE Website from Safari and play the videos.

I am slowly replacing apps from the app store to see if the is an issue with one of the free apps that I downloaded.

Regards,

Scott

Interesting. This happened to me last night. I've tried my phone, my wife's iPhone, on the in-house wifi and on the 3G network....nothing. Neither of us have downloaded any new apps in the last week.

Not that I have anything to offer in the way of solutions....just wanted to chime in as another person who started having this "random" issue yesterday (2/23).