Periscope streams from Russia

Black Knight

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Jan 30, 2016, 4:29:21 AM1/30/16

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There is a problem since January 29 2016. (There was no issue like this before this date.)

My VDH 5.4.2 stopped recording Periscope streams (I use Mozilla Firefox 43.0.1). It says "No media to process". Both buttons are grey while I am viewing a broadcast.

So far I noticed, that this issue concerns mostly to streams from Russia, Belarus and some european countries. It concerns only to live streams (saved (ended) boadcast from gallery still can be recorded)
Note: When I get broadcast from Thailand or Hong Kong - VDH works just fine.

I dont know how to deliver you a link (periscope links die instantly). I'll give it a try:
https://www.periscope.tv/SunnyFox/1yoKMQBWwgoKQ?mode=couch&lang=ru
(this part of link "?mode=couch&lang=ru" turns on couch mode, that allows browse streams one by one. Add it to any address to turn it on)

mig

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Jan 30, 2016, 4:45:58 AM1/30/16

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Thanks for the feedback. A couple of other users recently reported issues with recording from Periscope, they did not specify if that was a specific to Russian streams.

We are currently rewriting the MP2T download method and we will address the Periscope issue at the same time (first see if this is "fixable").

Black Knight

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Jan 30, 2016, 5:03:27 AM1/30/16

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Thank you for you quick response. Is there a board, where you post updates on fixed issues? How can I track a progress on this problem.

P.S.:
There was some update of Periscope soft on Android yesterday.
I also want to mention, that periscope team often creates problems. For example, about a month ago all periscope broadcasts stopped working through Mozilla Firefox browser. They fixed it after notification in 2 weeks.

mig

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Jan 30, 2016, 5:19:22 AM1/30/16

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When we post a new dev release, we publish a topic at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/video-downloadhelper-5

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mig

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Feb 1, 2016, 12:50:44 PM2/1/16

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no sane engineer will ever answer that question :)

Black Knight

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Feb 2, 2016, 7:04:41 PM2/2/16

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Current situation: Recording of broadcasts by VDH resumed in Russia for no apparent reason (I did not update any soft), but recording of streams is unavailable on broadcasts from Korea and US.
(Periscope team is teasing us. LOL)

Black Knight

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Feb 3, 2016, 11:56:39 AM2/3/16

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Aaaaand it didnt last even for 24 hours. Stream recording doesnt work again. Sorry for multiposting.

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