Problems with the flash players

[TheOnlyOne12315]

I am having problems with the Flash players. I patched the Flash player (2006 - 2008 is the one I want to use) and it just says Loading... forever and doesn't load the video. Side note this is not due to flash emulators not working as I'm using pale moon.

[TheOnlyOne12315]

Sometimes it also shows the classic loading circle

[ftde0]

make sure you've patched correctly. if not using h264 (enable at the bottom of /toggle_f) you'll have to wait before the video starts playing. open the network tab in your browser before loading the video. make sure the urls requested by the player (for 2006-2008 it will just be /get_video) are reachable. (if not, base_url set incorrectly perhaps?)

[TheOnlyOne12315]

How do I get to the network tab? (On pale moon)

[TheOnlyOne12315]

I also enabled h264 (Don't know if it will help) and it didn't help

[ftde0]

open devtools (right click -> inspect element) and look for the Network tab on the top of the devtools window. once you click it load a video on yt2009.

here's how a proper network tab log will look like:

1. 2006.swf - the player itself
2. get_video - the initial request for the video. this is most likely where your issue lies. make sure nothing is amiss by right clicking the get_video request and opening it in a new tab.
3. channel_fh264_getvideo - a h264 handler for flash, redirects there if you have h264 enabled
4. crossed out bc irrelevant
5. the video mp4 itself, once that comes through the video should start playing.

[TheOnlyOne12315]

It's showing stuff but none of the ones you listed

[ftde0]

you could try setting up a crossdomain.xml. there is an older /crossdomain.xml in the repo used in early development, feel free to mess around. https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/AppSec/xdomain.html#typical-policy

if that fails, most likely a bad patch.

[TheOnlyOne12315]

Can you leave a download link for cross-domain Idk how to make XML files properly

[TheOnlyOne12315]

The SWF file is sending messages to vidlii

[ftde0]

crossdomain allowing everything for troubleshooting:

<cross-domain-policy>
    <allow-access-from domain="*" secure="false"/>
</cross-domain-policy>

save to your crossdomain.xml. if that works make a proper crossdomain if you're hosting a public instance.

if still fails, bad patch. read the flash player doc CAREFULLY. don't patch it to vidlii!!! you want to patch it to your yt2009 instance.

[TheOnlyOne12315]

Thanks for the code, what I mean by "The SWF file is sending messages to vidlii" is that when I was patching the SWF file it had the links set to vidlii and not youtube "Yes I did change the links to the localhost IP"

[TheOnlyOne12315]

Where should I put the crossdomain

[TheOnlyOne12315]

I just figured the file I used was the vidlii player from when they used Flash. I need to find the original player and see where the problem goes. Do you know where I can find it?

[ftde0]

i'm lost, the original 2006 swf (with a different url at most) and the instructions to patch it are in the repo (alt-swf). the instructions are at flash_player_patch.md. how you're messing around with vidlii? what does vidlii have to do with all of this?

read the flash player patch CAREFULLY and THOROUGHLY.

[TheOnlyOne12315]

The 2006 swf file I was using was the vidlii player not the original. And yes I read the instructions

[TheOnlyOne12315]

crossdomain crashed node.js what happened?

[ftde0]

i'm concerned you're doing something wrong.

crossdomain.xml won't crash the whole frontend.

did you follow the instructions i gave you previously? i mentioned looking through the network tab to pinpoint what's going wrong and you didn't seem to use the info from that.

please repatch the player. if a crash keeps happening send the full log so i can get an idea of what's happening.

[TheOnlyOne12315]

Fixed it player's working now :D

[TheOnlyOne12315]

Bruh patched it right now