Missing Videos

Sailor Steve · 05-20-17, 01:27 PM

For the past week or so I can't see any video links on SubSim. When someone puts up a video in a thread all I can see is a black square. Clicking on it does nothing.

Any ideas?

Onkel Neal · 05-20-17, 01:31 PM

Hmmm... What browser?

Aktungbby · 05-20-17, 01:42 PM

IEII ??? perhaps as with Moonlight and me?

Onkel Neal · 05-20-17, 03:47 PM

And with chrome?

u crank · 05-20-17, 04:27 PM

They are working for me with Opera.

Commander Wallace · 05-20-17, 05:41 PM

It seems to work with Firefox. Could it be internal such as a firewall not allowing the video to open ? What OS are you using Steve ?

Moonlight · 05-21-17, 07:11 AM

If anyone has the spare time could you check your default IE browser and visit The SUBSIM Music Thread to see if you experience the same problems that AktungBBY and I are having with it.

The Problem.
I'm getting a black screen where the videos should be in The SUBSIM Music Thread when I'm using IE11, it doesn't happen anywhere else and it didn't use to happen here either, all the other browsers I've tried are OK so it's a specific fault to IE and this site.

I've checked at least a dozen different sites out with IE and the videos are displaying and playing correctly so what if any settings has been changed on here. I do mention the settings on here as being the problem as nowhere else on the internet is having this problem with IE11.

I will assume it all started with that BREADFISH debacle or the recent SPAM attacks we've been having, so, if you can find time to have a look at what might have been changed you will have my gratitude in advance.

All input is welcome, even if I find it to be a worthless post on the matter it will still be welcomed.

vienna · 05-21-17, 07:30 AM

Try checking these two possibilities:

1) Try disabling hardware acceleration

2) If you are using something like Ad Blocker, check if permission has been OK'd for YouTube

3) Clear your IE cache and history and add YouTube to trusted sites and then reload

4) Open the clip by right-clicking and open in new tab

There have been reports over the years of this problem happening and sometimes the bug just goes away by itself after a bit of time; had it happen a few years ago and it just came and went...

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonlight

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All input is welcome, even if I find it to be a worthless post on the matter it will still be welcomed.

Have you considered a career in motivational speaking?...

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Moonlight · 05-21-17, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vienna

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Have you considered a career in motivational speaking?...

I've uninstalled everything to do with IE11 and reinstalled it to no avail, numerous suggestions and possible fixes have been tried, and I've even tried your suggestions again and it still won't work right.
It's not often that one of these PC glitches has me beat but this one has.

Do you think I'd be any good at this motivational thingie that you've mentioned?

Jimbuna · 05-21-17, 09:36 AM

I've been looking into the matter for Aktung for a few days now and am at a total loss. I'm on IE11 and Chrome and everything is working fine at this end.

I can only presume the issue is connected to updates.

Aktungbby · 05-21-17, 09:46 AM

ATTN moderator: lets combine this thread with Sailor Steve's ongoing one for bandwidth savings and greater forum topic cohesion. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2485583&postcount=1

Moonlight · 05-23-17, 07:36 AM

The browser I asked about was IE11 and not Chrome, Firefox or bloody Opera but IE11, sheesh can someone shoot me now.

Please try using your default Windows Internet Explorer version in The SUBSIM Music Thread, I already said there were no problems with any other browsers or any other web sites just this one, therefore this site must be at fault. Thank you for any assistance in this matter it will be appreciated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonlight

If anyone has the spare time could you check your default IE browser and visit The SUBSIM Music Thread to see if you experience the same problems that AktungBBY and I are having with it.

The Problem.
I'm getting a black screen where the videos should be in The SUBSIM Music Thread when I'm using IE11, it doesn't happen anywhere else and it didn't use to happen here either, all the other browsers I've tried are OK so it's a specific fault to IE and this site.

I've checked at least a dozen different sites out with IE and the videos are displaying and playing correctly so what if any settings has been changed on here. I do mention the settings on here as being the problem as nowhere else on the internet is having this problem with IE11.

I will assume it all started with that BREADFISH debacle or the recent SPAM attacks we've been having, so, if you can find time to have a look at what might have been changed you will have my gratitude in advance.

All input is welcome, even if I find it to be a worthless post on the matter it will still be welcomed.

Dowly · 05-23-17, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonlight

The browser I asked about was IE11 and not Chrome, Firefox or bloody Opera but IE11, sheesh can someone shoot me now.

Please try using your default Windows Internet Explorer version in The SUBSIM Music Thread, I already said there were no problems with any other browsers or any other web sites just this one, therefore this site must be at fault. Thank you for any assistance in this matter it will be appreciated.

Have this issue with IE11 on Windows 7. Tested two other sites that use embedded Youtube videos and they worked fine.

EDIT: Number of vBulletin forums are having this issue, starting May 11 of this year. Perhaps something has changed in IE that makes it not play nice with the embed code.

propbeanie · 05-23-17, 09:25 AM

I'm almost certain it came in with the Windows "Security" updates for the ransomeware "WannaCry" or whatever it was called, though I have no direct evidence. It has trashed more than videos on my computer ~IF~ I use IE11 (which I don't), and not just on this site... It's probably a configuration setting in IE11 itself that "closed" a "hole". You could try looking through the "Advanced" tab of IE11's Internet Options, though if you're like me, I do not understand most of it... I wonder if YouTube has anything in its forums yet?...

Sailor Steve · 05-23-17, 10:20 AM

I can see them fine with Chrome. Problem there is I don't like Chrome.

So the problem seems to be with vBulletin? Maybe that needs looking into.

05-20-17, 01:27 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Missing Videos For the past week or so I can't see any video links on SubSim. When someone puts up a video in a thread all I can see is a black square. Clicking on it does nothing. Any ideas? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-20-17, 01:31 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Hmmm... What browser? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-20-17, 01:42 PM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,979 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	IEII ??? perhaps as with Moonlight and me? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-20-17, 03:47 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	And with chrome? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-20-17, 04:27 PM	#5
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	They are working for me with Opera. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-20-17, 05:41 PM	#6
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	It seems to work with Firefox. Could it be internal such as a firewall not allowing the video to open ? What OS are you using Steve ?

05-21-17, 07:11 AM	#7
Moonlight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,517 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	IE11 Users If anyone has the spare time could you check your default IE browser and visit The SUBSIM Music Thread to see if you experience the same problems that AktungBBY and I are having with it. The Problem. I'm getting a black screen where the videos should be in The SUBSIM Music Thread when I'm using IE11, it doesn't happen anywhere else and it didn't use to happen here either, all the other browsers I've tried are OK so it's a specific fault to IE and this site. I've checked at least a dozen different sites out with IE and the videos are displaying and playing correctly so what if any settings has been changed on here. I do mention the settings on here as being the problem as nowhere else on the internet is having this problem with IE11. I will assume it all started with that BREADFISH debacle or the recent SPAM attacks we've been having, so, if you can find time to have a look at what might have been changed you will have my gratitude in advance. All input is welcome, even if I find it to be a worthless post on the matter it will still be welcomed. __________________

05-21-17, 09:36 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,446 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've been looking into the matter for Aktung for a few days now and am at a total loss. I'm on IE11 and Chrome and everything is working fine at this end. I can only presume the issue is connected to updates. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-21-17, 09:46 AM	#11
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,979 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	ATTN moderator: lets combine this thread with Sailor Steve's ongoing one for bandwidth savings and greater forum topic cohesion. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2485583&postcount=1 __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 05-21-17 at 11:03 AM.

05-23-17, 09:25 AM	#14
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	I'm almost certain it came in with the Windows "Security" updates for the ransomeware "WannaCry" or whatever it was called, though I have no direct evidence. It has trashed more than videos on my computer ~IF~ I use IE11 (which I don't), and not just on this site... It's probably a configuration setting in IE11 itself that "closed" a "hole". You could try looking through the "Advanced" tab of IE11's Internet Options, though if you're like me, I do not understand most of it... I wonder if YouTube has anything in its forums yet?... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

05-23-17, 10:20 AM	#15
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I can see them fine with Chrome. Problem there is I don't like Chrome. So the problem seems to be with vBulletin? Maybe that needs looking into. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo