(Newswire.net — March 27, 2018) — Having a YouTube video blocked due to regional restrictions can be frustrating and irritating. Various videos on YouTube are only available in certain countries, for example, videos from US cable channels are often unavailable outside of the US and some content from the BBC in the UK is not available to the rest of the world. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways that you can circumvent regional restrictions and watch the videos you want. Here are a few of them.
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A Browser Plugin
If you are regularly trying to watch regionally restricted content, then one solution is a browser plugin which will run in the background and instantly unblock the videos that might otherwise be unavailable in your country. If you’re using Google Chrome to watch content on YouTube, there are also browser extensions that will automatically change your IP address for free so that you can watch videos with regional restrictions.
What’s great about this is that once you have installed the plugin, you can sit back and enjoy roaming YouTube without any hassle. However, these plugins could slow down your computer or even provide a backdoor for malicious programs.
Download Blocked Videos
A better option for bypassing restrictions is using a YouTube block download tool that allows you to download blocked videos. Downloading a regionally restricted YouTube video this way will allow you to watch it on your computer at any time you want. There are a few blocked video downloaders available online, such as Freemake video downloader, that allows you to copy and paste a link to a video that is restricted and then download it straight onto your computer.
Convert Downloaded Videos
Once you download a YouTube video, you may wish to convert the video to a different format. There are several companies that make a good youtube to mp3 converter. Try one of these converters to get you downloaded videos into a more useful format.
Unblocking Websites
If you don’t stumble across blocked YouTube videos often, then using websites that provide direct access to blocked videos could be a good option. There are a number of sites available that have servers in the US, UK, Europe and across the world allowing you to instantly watch a video on YouTube by simply copy and pasting the link, select the video quality you want and watch all the videos you want. But again, many of these sites may not be the safest and could expose you to malware of all sorts.
Use A VPN
Virtual Private Networks allow you to mask your computer’s IP address and hide it behind another IP address in another country. You can create your own VPN and change the region or country of it, or you can also use a VPN that has been created by a friend. It is key that the IP address is associated with a country that the content is available in. This is useful if you regularly watch content that is only available in one country but is not the best option if you often browse a variety of content from across the world.
Conclusion
Whilst stumbling across regional restrictions on YouTube can ruin the fun, there are a number of simple ways to easily bypass this common problem. Choose which ones are best suited for your type of utilization and consider safety as well.