Trouble With Playing Vimeo Videos. What Should I Do?

I've got the same issue. I updated Windows 10 to the latest patch level, but with no progress. Solution mentioned by Joshg22 works perfect. Many thanks, Joshg22!

Hi @aztechowski,

Follow my instructions above and let us know if they are helpful:

Also, have a look at Gjoksi's comment:

It seems that Vimeo doesn't like the Anti-tracker much 🙂

Regards

I've just turned off Anti-Tracker. I can't imagine to myself, that we need to dozen of customers, that they need to do, what h've described. It's to complex for them.

Kim, I deleted you email address, this is a public world wide forum, and I would hate to see you get spammed. Please know that any useful information that has been posted and can be provided here, is a safer way to go.

@Alexandru_BD besides what's already been posted, is there anything new to add to this discussion?

Thank you.

That's a very good question asked and a good way to go about it. Go to your Profile page and click on Account Privacy Settings (right hand side), then again on the right hand side is a Notification Preferences option, click that and on the left hand side scroll down to Posts, and it will give you both options if desired of an email notification and forum notification.

Cheers

You're welcome :)

Alexandru may reply tomorrow, but, we could still be at where this thread and it's solutions ended, so there may not be anything new to report.

You can contact support from here, tick How-Tos and Troubleshooting and go through the prompts until you get the black Contact Support box, then I would start with Chat, as they can head you in the right direction more quickly.

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/

Hello @KimStruve,

The error message "Sorry, because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here" typically occurs on Vimeo when the video owner has set privacy restrictions that prevent the video from being embedded or played on external websites or platforms. This error is often encountered when someone tries to embed a video from Vimeo onto another website, and the video's privacy settings do not allow it to be played outside of Vimeo's own platform.

Here are a few reasons why this error might occur:

• The video owner has chosen to restrict access to the video, allowing it to be viewed only on Vimeo's website and not embedded or played elsewhere.
• Vimeo offers options for video privacy settings at the domain level. If the domain where the video is being embedded is not whitelisted by the video owner, the video will not play outside of Vimeo's platform.
• The video owner may have explicitly disabled embedding for the video, which means it cannot be embedded on external websites or platforms.
• Sometimes, the permissions granted for embedding a video might expire or be revoked by the video owner, leading to playback restrictions.

If you encounter this error message while trying to watch a video on a website other than Vimeo itself, it's likely due to one of the above reasons. In such cases, there isn't much you can do to override the privacy settings set by the video owner, as respecting these settings is crucial for protecting the content creator's rights and preferences.

IF you are encountering the error while trying to watch content on the Vimeo platform itself, it typically means that the video's privacy settings are configured to restrict playback in some way. The video may be set to "Private," meaning it's only accessible to users who have been granted permission by the video owner. If you're not logged in or if you don't have the necessary permissions, you won't be able to watch the video. The video owner may have restricted playback to specific domains. If you're trying to watch the video from a domain that is not authorized, you'll encounter this error. The video owner may have set restrictions on where the video can be played, such as limiting playback to certain regions or countries. If you're trying to watch the video from an unsupported location, you may see this error. The video may be password-protected, or the permissions have expired or been revoked by the video owner.

So as you can see, there are many possible reasons behind this and the antivirus may not actually be the culprit here. This is not something that's been happening for years, it's a behavior whose root cause may be related to any of the reasons explained above, including but not limited to the anti-tracker extension, as one of our members found out.

Regards,

Alex