Cannot watch videos from YouTube.com on iPod Touch 2G 8GB

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Cannot watch videos from YouTube.com on iPod Touch 2G 8GB

I used to be able to watch videos on YouTube.com (due to the YouTube app not having every video that's on YouTube) and I can no longer do that. When I try to watch YouTube.com, the videos have a play button with a slash over it and are unclickable. Is this for everyone or only me?

iPod Touch 2G 8GB, iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted on Dec 16, 2009 4:08 PM

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luvlabs

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Dec 17, 2009 6:45 AM in response to JimmyMD

This is for everyone. YouTube uses Flash encoding on their website and this is not compatible with the touch or iPhone.

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Dec 20, 2009 11:10 AM in response to JimmyMD

You can go to Zamzar. They convert almost any file format to any other file format. YouTube can be converted to either video of audio for iPod.

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footie

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Dec 24, 2009 2:02 PM in response to JimmyMD

I just tried a youtube video of a Harvard lecture ( at justiceharvard.org ). The video loads and the video plays.

The controls pop up at the very beginning of the video, then once gone can not be made to return.

Is this a broken iPod touch, or just Apple being mean. This nerdy over control of functionality makes this product just a little fruity to me.

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