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veggie

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🦟 Bug report: Videos not working
#27935696 - 09/05/22 04:32 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I find new embedded videos 🎞️ in posts as well as existing videos are no longer working.
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Ythan
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27935766 - 09/05/22 05:09 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I did make a change to how videos work but I can't reproduce this, what browser/version are you using when you encounter the problem?
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veggie

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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: Ythan]
#27935796 - 09/05/22 05:24 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I am using Firefox ver. 88. I also tried with Seamonkey ver 2.53.13. Tried adding a youtube video and also an invidious version of same video, and pulling up old posts with videos. In account settings, I have tried both ticking/unticking the new 'Play Youtube videos using an Invidious frontend?'
I just noticed embedded videos do work on my (android) phone. It is only affecting my desktop.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27935807 - 09/05/22 05:30 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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That would probably be why, Firefox 88 is the last version without support for the CSS aspect-ratio property which is what videos use now. Is there any particular reason you're running such an old version? It's no longer supported by Mozilla and contains a number of unpatched security vulnerabilities.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: Ythan]
#27935828 - 09/05/22 05:42 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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It was working with 88 until today. I do have a very old computer with an old version of Linux which doesn't allow me to easily update FF any longer. I used to stay on top of these things better. I know what I need to do now. Thanks for looking into it!
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27935840 - 09/05/22 05:52 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah we were relying on a hacky workaround to add aspect-ratio functionality for old browsers, but it adds a bit of overhead to each page load. I wanted to eliminate the workaround since most browsers have native support now and every bit of performance helps, especially on mobile. But I can roll back the change and keep the workaround for a little longer if it's a big issue for you to update. I might need to roll that back overnight since it would lock up the BB for a couple minutes. But I really do recommend running a current browser if you can, just for the security improvements.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27935881 - 09/05/22 06:17 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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No, you go ahead and eliminate the hacky workaround. I'll do what I have to do on my end to update my OS and browser, up to and including a getting a new(er) pc or laptop, which I have needed to do for a while anyway. When I brought this up, I thought this affected more people than just me. I'll get it worked out on my end. Thanks for the help, Y!
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27935891 - 09/05/22 06:25 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Hah, well if you want an excuse to update your hardware don't let me stand in your way! But I didn't realize this would actually affect anyone, let alone a VIP. I looked at our browser stats before rolling out the change, and I figured it would go unnoticed. But obviously that wasn't the case and it was probably premature of me to kill this particular workaround. Stand by and I'll get it sorted out, the old way worked fine and wasn't hurting anything.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: Ythan]
#27935924 - 09/05/22 06:46 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Okay should be fixed, I'm sorry about that! Thanks for the reminder that just because browsers are in a faster upgrade cycle these days, I shouldn't be so eager to throw out something that's working.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: Ythan]
#27935986 - 09/05/22 07:23 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks, Ythan! Videos are working as they were before. I will get things sorted on my end as soon as I can and let you know when that is completed.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: Ythan]
#27940921 - 09/08/22 06:07 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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All updated on my end. My PC is still ancient, but I was able to upgrade the OS to a more recent version and FF to the latest and greatest. I'm all good now with security updates and browser upgrades until April 2025. Sorry for the hold up.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27941773 - 09/09/22 10:37 AM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Oh sweet! That's great news. Hope it went smoothly and the update is working well. Thank you for letting me know, I'll re-deploy the new code and this time you shouldn't even notice.
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27951253 - 09/15/22 11:58 AM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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This has been happening to me as well Been saying vid not found & the sound is lower thru here than on Utube app !shrug -Carl
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27951255 - 09/15/22 11:59 AM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Also icannot add more than 1 vid link @ a time -Carl
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Re: 🦟 Bug report: Videos not working [Re: veggie]
#27951282 - 09/15/22 12:12 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I can't reproduce this, could you please give me a link to a video that isn't loading for you and I'll take a look?
Also, posting multiple videos is definitely supported, what kind of error are you getting when you try?
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