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mgravitt2
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5 years ago

RAW=1 link no longer working for videos in Chrome

Hi,   For MP4 videos, when I share links, I change the dl=0 at the end of the link to raw=1.  This no longer seems to work in Google Chrome as of the past few days.    Was there something cha...
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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi Luc-FJ, thanks for posting here today! 

 

You mentioned that this happens in specific browsers, right? What error are you getting when trying to open that URL? Does the normal dl=0 link work? What device are you using to access the links?

 

Keep me posted!

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Justin J.10
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3 years ago

I can confirm as of 4/25/2023 1:08PM EST raw=1 is not working on ALL current Chromium browsers. 

We have to move all of our content to an AWS bucket in the mean time to get around our media not playing back.

 

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    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi Justin J.10, thanks for reporting this! 

     

    Does this happen only on Chromium browsers? Does it work on any different browsers? 

     

    Keep me posted!

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      Justin J.10
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      3 years ago

      Yup this is seems to be with all Windows and Linux browsers. Even a simple QT C++ app also can't render raw=1 content at the moment.

       

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