There is more than one video hosting on the Internet for a wide variety of users. Until recently, there was no such diversity. In the mid-2000s, it was problematic to upload a video somewhere; many Internet resources simply did not give such an opportunity. The world does not stand still, everything is developing, technologies are improving. Let's talk about the most famous video service today. You probably know about him for a long time. It's about YouTube video hosting. The people call him YouTube. Now he is known to a huge number of people. Some have come up with the fact that YouTube does not work. What could be the reason for this? What to do Let's try to figure it out, but first a little history.
How YouTube appeared
The popular video hosting service of our day is YouTube, owned by a well-known company called Google. It was founded by three capable guys who previously worked at PayPal, where they met each other. A year later, with a small site bought Google for a lot of money. Now this project allows you to upload your video files, watch other people's videos, and also make good money. YouTube is a large service, a very large number of different specialists work with it, but it is known that there is no ideal. There are situations in which YouTube does not work. For some users, the resource does not load.
How to solve a problem?
Consider an example from life. You received a letter in the mail with a link to a funny video, for example, from a friend. We tried to view it, opened it in a browser, and saw only a blank page. Why doesn’t YouTube work?
Here are the steps to take.
- Check if you are connected to the Internet. Of course, you just received a letter, there was a connection, but it could break. Make sure this does not happen.
- To use some other browser, it happens that it is in it the reason.
- Pay close attention to updates to Adobe Flash Player. Thanks to this application, we can view videos on websites. On the Adobe website, you can always download this player in the desired section. It is completely free; if you are asked for a cell number or send a message, then
s on a fraudulent site.
Be careful, make sure that you are on the official website of the developer before downloading anything. Google Chrome has an add-in that automatically updates the player.
When a virus interferes with video viewing
The above are the actions that need to be taken in the event that YouTube does not work. But there is one sophisticated problem that many users wandering around the network have to deal with. So you may encounter a virus that changes the contents of the file in which the database of domain names is stored for translation to host addresses. The file is called "hosts".
The user will notice that the video does not work on YouTube. And this happens due to the fact that when you try to go to YouTube it will go to another resource, which, for example, is blocked or disabled. A person sees an empty window, believes that YouTube is not working.
Do not worry, the problem can be solved. Find hosts, delete those lines that are under the entry 127.0.0.1. Save your changes, run the antivirus so that it scans the entire computer.
It happens that the video cannot be watched due to the high server load. But this phenomenon is temporary. Providers specifically prohibit access to a number of resources. There is a theoretical probability that YouTube itself does not work, but it is extremely small!