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Since when is YouTube "region specific"?

Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:46 pm
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36373 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:46 pm
I can't watch this video and I suspect you guys can't either..

LINK
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:48 pm to
1. Get Hola
2. Add it to Firefox
3. Set it to video's country of origin
4. ????
5. Not profit... cuz now you're watching tons more youtube.
Posted by StormTiger
Norwich, England, but from TX
Member since Dec 2003
4892 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:49 pm to
I get that all the time, I can watch that one because I'm in the UK, but there are loads I can't watch from the U.S., really pisses me off, ha.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99019 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:49 pm to
For a few years at least. I can remember not being able to watch a Lily Allen or Mark Ronson video because it was region based and that's been since 2007-08ish.
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:49 pm to
^^ Hola unblocker works the same in reverse... Watch US videos from UK.

It's an IP mask.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35541 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:50 pm to
Hola works for Chrome too fwiw. I use it to watch British Netflix.
Posted by StormTiger
Norwich, England, but from TX
Member since Dec 2003
4892 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:50 pm to
Thanks, I'll give that a try next time!
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38734 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:51 pm to
Thanks Obama?
Posted by StormTiger
Norwich, England, but from TX
Member since Dec 2003
4892 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:52 pm to
Do you think it would work on the cbs sec games?
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35541 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:54 pm to
It basically functions to assign you an IP address to whatever region you want to appear to be from. So...if you could normally watch something in the US and tell Hola to make you appear to be in the US, then yeah.
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36373 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 4:59 pm to
Thanks!

I googled "Hola" and went to the .org site and downloaded and installed into Firefox and it worked!

Good work, OT!
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92876 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 5:03 pm to
Yup, just get Hola and change it to UK and the video plays
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92876 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 5:04 pm to
Now that you have it try Netflix while setting Hola to a different country, you get a totally different selection of movies.
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36373 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 5:11 pm to
I was too hasty to say "Thanks"... It says, I'm "Browsing from UK" but it still doesn't work... I've restarted Firefox and everything
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92876 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 5:57 pm to
Weird, the video played for me? I use Chrome FWIW
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30164 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:02 pm to
When it asks you if it's working - Say "no" and try it again. Try it from Germany and other European countries.
Posted by TheGasMan
Member since Oct 2014
3141 posts
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:09 pm to
Can also use Hola to stream HD NFL games once you pay for the NFL package from say, New Zealand
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