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Did you try that URL? When I go there it says it's not available and directs me to the source URL.
by frenchy 4y ago
Did you try that URL? When I go there it says it's not available and directs me to the source URL.
- Animats 4y ago"This video is not available on this instance. Do you want to be redirected on the origin instance: https://video.hardlimit.com https://video.hardlimit.com..."
- remram 4y agoIt works if you're logged in. There's no real reason you would want to watch a video on an instance that is neither yours nor the author's.
- remram 4y ago(too late to edit) Actually this works with other videos so I probably just stumbled on an instance that disabled this. There are plenty for remote videos on framatube.org, for example: https://framatube.org/videos/trending https://framatube.org/videos/trending
- zdunn 4y agoExcept in situations exactly like this one. A user shouldn't have to worry about local vs remote videos if they want to share the link outside the fediverse and someone clicking that link definitely shouldn't have to know about instances, federation, etc to be able to watch the video. Clicking the link should take them to a watchable video; if for some reason, it's not available for watching on the instance, it should use a http redirect instead of loading an intermediary page