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Title: Forum weirdness
Post by: nrshida on September 09, 2016, 09:33:13 AM: Just lately, when I open a thread which contains YouTube videos (I think), I get tiny text files downloading instead and blank spaces in people's posts. The files are titled something like 'lYf-JwzvYJA' and my Mac thinks they're text files. They contain gibberish like this:-

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Which looks like my typing when I'm really tired and my dyslexia comes to the fore. It wasn't always this way. Don't think I've changed anything on my computer which could explain this.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: The Fugitive on September 09, 2016, 10:35:53 AM: I get the same thing on my phone. I dont get YouTube videos on these boards, just that file, though i have no trouble watching videos AT YouTube
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: Mar on September 10, 2016, 03:42:26 PM: This has something to do with embedding utub videos. I believe that file contains instructions for the embedded video player (or whatever it is) on how to find and play the utub video, but the player isn't there so the browser just downloads it as a file.

However, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Really annoying either way.
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: Skuzzy on September 11, 2016, 05:57:02 AM: Anyone got a link to a post showing this?
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: Chalenge on September 11, 2016, 06:13:07 AM: I have heard this can happen on Mac if the Cuda driver release is buggy, or if the drivers are not properly installed.
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: nrshida on September 11, 2016, 07:26:40 AM: Quote from: Skuzzy on September 11, 2016, 05:57:02 AM
Anyone got a link to a post showing this?

This 'un:-

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,378114.930.html
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: Skuzzy on September 11, 2016, 07:43:37 AM: Quote from: nrshida on September 11, 2016, 07:26:40 AM
This 'un:-

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,378114.930.html

That is a topic. How about the link to the specific post?
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: nrshida on September 11, 2016, 08:04:13 AM: Quote from: Skuzzy on September 11, 2016, 07:43:37 AM
That is a topic. How about the link to the specific post?

This you mean?:-

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,378114.msg5078429.html#msg5078429

Isn't it Sunday in America? :D
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: nrshida on September 11, 2016, 08:10:47 AM: Yet this one:-

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,381411.msg5079004.html#msg5079004

Is fine :headscratch:
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: Lusche on September 11, 2016, 09:00:14 AM: The first one is pointing to a flash version of a youtube film. Doesn't show for me either (I don't have flash installed). If I view that post without being logged in my browser (firefox) is offering me to download this cryptic, 'unknown' filetype.

The second one is a html5 version of a youtube film. Those play just fine with about all modern browsers with no additional install like flash.
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: Skuzzy on September 11, 2016, 10:06:30 AM: Lusche nailed it.
Title: Re: Forum weirdness
Post by: nrshida on September 11, 2016, 01:00:28 PM: Okay. I think my Flash is out of date.

Can just click 'quote' to get the links I found.

Thanks.