Videos are not playing in Podcasts (JRE)

[Dmitry_in_ua]

Plan

Premium Family

Country

Ukraine

Device

all devices & web browser

For some reason, there is no video in Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Spotify. I tried both app (latest iOS), Desktop (MacOS) and Web (Chrome latest).

There is simply no option to play the video, could you please assist and explain why this is happening?

[Eni]

Hey @Dmitry_in_ua, 

Thanks for getting in touch about this here in the Community. 

We've taken a look backstage and we're afraid that the ability to watch video podcasts on Spotify isn't currently available in your region, but hopefully, we’ll have it there soon.

If you need a hand with anything else, the Community is here for you. 

[Nikatos]

So how many years do we have to wait for this to be available? It took 2 years just to launch podcasts in Ukraine, and by this logic we should wait until 2025 so this "feature" (which is supposed to be there from the start) be available in Ukraine.

Can you please explain actually what is going on and why certain countries are being denied the video podcasts option? Please don't give your standard reply of "Yes, there are certain licence issues..." this is your standard reply and does not explain anything. Explain to your community what is actually going on and why specifically you have "licence issues". Many thanks in advance

[Dmitry_in_ua · Accepted solution]

I did some research and figured out why. The thing is that Spotify is an
'audio' platform. So when they signed with Joe, they thought it was a good
idea to stream just the audio, like they do with everything else. However,
they soon realized it wasn't working as they had hoped. They began
searching for a solution and decided to launch video on a platform designed
primarily for audio. The distribution of the video content was also focused
on audio. Building something similar to YouTube overnight is unimaginable.
To address this, they created a workaround by hosting the videos
expensively in the US and made them available only in the US, primarily for
traffic and other reasons. This approach remains the same to this date.

[BenedictN]

• Plan

Premium

Country

Kenya

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

Video option for Joe Rogan podcast not available

[TikoMinasyan]

Plan

Premium

Country

Armenia

Device

iPhone 14 Pro Max; PC

Operating System

iOS 17.0.3; Windows 10

My Question or Issue

I cannot watch videos for podcasts. I tried Distractible and Joe Rogan Experience. Both of them have videos available, but I cannot access them. I tried using both iPhone and PC, but neither works. I checked common fixes for this (i.e., disabling Audio Only, restarting, etc), but since it works neither on my iPhone nor on my PC, it might be another issue, maybe country-related.

[Julle2]

I sometimes get the video on JRE, but I almost always have video on Lex Fridman’s podcast. I find it very weird that it suddenly changed on JRE, because I always had video before. Btw, I live in Denmark.

[Evis74]

I cannot currently watch or listen JRE. Yesterday everything was fine, and today I cannot continue the episode I was watching or start any other episodes? Same happens both on Android App and on Spotify Windows App.

[CCWHITE71]

I have the same issue.  Workaround is to download the episodes then they will play.  No video though

[MadNodHop]

I was trying to watch some of Joe Rogan's podcasts, but run into problem, that i just can't watch it on Spotify. Maybe it's just doesn't supports in my country yet, but i wanna double check it here.