passiveVid

[heliosj]

I've added something nifty to the site as an experiment.

Now when you post a link to most video sites like YouTube, it will automatically display the play box within the post...

E.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITwqqE72N8

[moans]

looks quite cool...keep up the goood work jefff.

[chgorman]

Sweet! Good stuff!

[secol]

nice....but couldn't you embed it or something like that?

[ih8music]

thanks... made the song of the day and funny video threads even more of a time-wasting, procrastination-from-work tool! :mad: ;)

[nyrblue2]

thanks... made the song of the day and funny video threads even more of a time-wasting, procrastination-from-work tool! :mad: ;)
Not if Youtube is blocked at work....damnit...

[Spartan]

Thanks Jeff, good upgrade there.

[Pensrockman02]

Nice job! Can't wait to see the new "Official Hot Girls Thread" :)

[flock-raven]

wow, that sick. Great job! HI is become high tech!

[Sponge Bong Beer Pants]

WICKED, I always wondered if that was possible like on the space or facebook! But does that kind've setting kill your bandwidth, or does it have no affect whatsoever? Either way, great job!

:yes:

[heliosj]

Nah, the only affect is slow loading of pages with lots of video -- and that's because your computer is having to render/load them all..

[Roy Hinske]

Cool.

[heliosj]

I turned this off, it was causing a lot of problems for some users (including myself).

[WIS]

I turned this off, it was causing a lot of problems for some users (including myself).
I haven't heard people complain about it. It worked fine for me at all times.

[ih8music]

:cry:

[heliosj]

I haven't heard people complain about it. It worked fine for me at all times.I have. :) People with slower computers, especially, seem to hate it.

Sorry to disappoint. Maybe I can look into enabling it per user -- some sort of profile option.

[WIS]

I have. :) People with slower computers, especially, seem to hate it.

Sorry to disappoint. Maybe I can look into enabling it per user -- some sort of profile option.
I understand. As long as the product is universally distributed among the population fairly then that's what counts the most. It just sucks when you have something better and you downgrade you know? I think it's like that in all walks of life.

[heliosj]

I did mention in my first post that it was an experiment. ;)

Yes, I understand -- but for example, when I go into the 'funny videos' thread, the damn thing just freezes, makes it hard to scroll... I think it's also a product of how many posts a person is displaying per page. I've heard this from others as well.

[WIS]

I did mention in my first post that it was an experiment. ;)

Yes, I understand -- but for example, when I go into the 'funny videos' thread, the damn thing just freezes, makes it hard to scroll... I think it's also a product of how many posts a person is displaying per page. I've heard this from others as well.

Yeah I can understand how that thread could be a problem. With so many videos on one page it would take forever just to load the page itself.

[nyrblue2]

I thought it was great, but I guess I can understand how some of the stone-age computer people would be annoyed.

If you could make it a user option, though, that would be sweet.

[WinnipegWingnut]

I loved the feature! That would be amazing if it would work user specific though.

I'm sure the requirements aren't that high to make it run fairly fast, I know my boat anchor computer here at work doesn't have a problem. Although I did notice the Boston - Montreal thread loaded a few seconds slower with the video's, but I can handle waiting a few seconds :).

[looch17]

I understand where Jeff is coming from. I used to have a slow computer up until recently. Its a cool feature to have if you have a fast computer, but it can be a BIG pain when you are running on a slower system. If you can manage a way for it to be turned on or off in our profiles that would be great, if not it not the end of the world...trust me.

[Hawkeye]

Jeff let it on and just buy yourself a new PC with the tons of money you receive from the PayPal donations :rolleyes:

;)

[heliosj]

My PC is actually not slow. I suspect it has more to do with the type of Flash player I'm using -- the slow computer complaints came from others.

[keyboard]

I did mention in my first post that it was an experiment. ;)

Yes, I understand -- but for example, when I go into the 'funny videos' thread, the damn thing just freezes, makes it hard to scroll... I think it's also a product of how many posts a person is displaying per page. I've heard this from others as well.Same thing happened to me.

I thought it was great, but I guess I can understand how some of the stone-age computer people would be annoyed.

If you could make it a user option, though, that would be sweet.I have a really powerful computer but for the life of it it can't seem to handle multiple videos on the same page.

My PC is actually not slow. I suspect it has more to do with the type of Flash player I'm using -- the slow computer complaints came from others.It would be ideal if it didn't show a preview but the embedded player or popup player appeared after the link was clicked.

[Hamsterkill]

My PC is actually not slow. I suspect it has more to do with the type of Flash player I'm using -- the slow computer complaints came from others.

Linux I'm guessing? Yeah, it's still not slow enough for me to complain about but I notice it is slower on Linux vs. windows... but then so is firefox :lol:

[WIS]

Linux I'm guessing? Yeah, it's still not slow enough for me to complain about but I notice it is slower on Linux vs. windows... but then so is firefox :lol:
And I thought Linux was all the rage.

[Hamsterkill]

And I thought Linux was all the rage.


Adobe hates having to support flash for linux, so it just runs slower. No one knows why firefox is slow on linux.

[heliosj]

I'm not using anything from Adobe. :p

[Hamsterkill]

I'm not using anything from Adobe. :p

Yes, well, I've had other problems from gnash.

[keyboard]

I don't know if this forum is a democracy but if we put it to a vote do you think people would want passiveVid back? I know I would. You just have to avoid that one thread with a bunch in there.

[ih8music]

I don't know if this forum is a democracy but if we put it to a vote do you think people would want passiveVid back? I know I would. You just have to avoid that one thread with a bunch in there.
:yes:

[Hawkeye]

I don't know if this forum is a democracy but if we put it to a vote do you think people would want passiveVid back? I know I would. You just have to avoid that one thread with a bunch in there.

I agree :beer:

[keyboard]

And I think that's majority. What's the verdict, Jeff? :lol:

[Hawkeye]

And I think that's majority. What's the verdict, Jeff? :lol:

:evilgrin:

[WinnipegWingnut]

Here's for another :yes:

If your computer can't handle video's like this, then it's time for an upgrade as there are more applications it wont be able to handle as well. :cool:

[secol]

I also liked it......maybe have a toggle in User CP or something of the sort similar to the show/hide you sig option

[keyboard]

Here's for another :yes:

If your computer can't handle video's like this, then it's time for an upgrade as there are more applications it wont be able to handle as well. :cool:I remember reading above that people with capable computers were running into issues, which is what caused it to be taken away. The toggle idea is a darn good one.

[secol]

I remember reading above that people with capable computers were running into issues, which is what caused it to be taken away. The toggle idea is a darn good one.
not the first time it's been mentioned either hehe.....but would make it great for sure

[Hamsterkill]

Here's for another :yes:

If your computer can't handle video's like this, then it's time for an upgrade as there are more applications it wont be able to handle as well. :cool:

Those who run Linux machines will have slowdown issues even if they have a decent computer. Linux flash players really suck. And that seems to be what Jeff uses (at least some of the time).

I remember reading above that people with capable computers were running into issues, which is what caused it to be taken away. The toggle idea is a darn good one.

Not sure if this is a possibility in vBulletin.