• Can anyone here in North America actually play any of these:

    From August Abolins@2:460/58 to All on Sun Dec 6 19:59:26 2020
    Can anyone here in North America actually play any of these:

    https://www.filmas.lv/latvijas-filmu-klasika/

    I get an error:
    https://brorabbit.g0x.ru/pic/5fcd0deb.jpg



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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to August Abolins on Sun Dec 6 14:58:20 2020
    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    Can anyone here in North America actually play any of these:

    https://www.filmas.lv/latvijas-filmu-klasika/

    Nope, doesn't work for me either. I turned on translate and got:

    "Media could not be loaded due to a failure on the server or network or the format is not supported"

    https://imgur.com/a/Jg0hBba

    Jay

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Sun Dec 6 16:13:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 14:58, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    Can anyone here in North America actually play any of these:

    https://www.filmas.lv/latvijas-filmu-klasika/

    Nope, doesn't work for me either. I turned on translate and got:

    "Media could not be loaded due to a failure on the server or network or the format is not supported"

    https://imgur.com/a/Jg0hBba

    Thanks for the report. I figure it is probably a project
    running off one teeny pc, or the service was short-lived.

    BTW, my browers don't seem to like imgur.com The site seems
    to be heavily dependent on scripts to allow progress, or it
    takes too long to respond - and then the browser gives up.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Sun Dec 6 17:56:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 14:58, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    https://www.filmas.lv/latvijas-filmu-klasika/

    Nope, doesn't work for me either..

    I friend just tried in on their smartphone, and the films
    started to play.

    Could the play-feature be configured to only operate for
    tablets and smartphone and exclude standard pc browsers?

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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to August Abolins on Sun Dec 6 18:08:04 2020
    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    BTW, my browers don't seem to like imgur.com The site seems
    to be heavily dependent on scripts to allow progress, or it
    takes too long to respond - and then the browser gives up.

    Yeah, I'm going to have to find something else. They want you to watch a 30 second ad now to upload one picture, F@(# that nonsense.

    Jay

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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to August Abolins on Sun Dec 6 18:18:20 2020
    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    I friend just tried in on their smartphone, and the films
    started to play.

    Could the play-feature be configured to only operate for
    tablets and smartphone and exclude standard pc browsers?

    Just tried on my iPhone and it didn't work either. I turned on a VPN and set it to Europe/Lithuania and then they started to play on my phone.

    Jay

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Sun Dec 6 19:39:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 18:08, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    BTW, my browers don't seem to like imgur.com..

    Yeah, I'm going to have to find something else. They want you to watch a 30 second ad now to upload one picture, F@(# that nonsense.

    I find that http://pics.rsh.ru/ is the friendliest. No
    scripts. No ads.
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Sun Dec 6 19:51:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 18:18, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    Just tried on my iPhone and it didn't work either. I turned on a VPN and set it to Europe/Lithuania and then they started to play on my phone.

    VPN was the next thing I was going to suspect was required. I
    don't use any VPN services, yet. I can't justify it for the
    long-term.

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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to August Abolins on Sun Dec 6 20:33:56 2020
    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    VPN was the next thing I was going to suspect was required. I
    don't use any VPN services, yet. I can't justify it for the
    long-term.

    I use Windscribe. They're Canadian & offer 10GB free per month (after verifying your email address):

    https://windscribe.com/features/use-for-free


    Or use my link and get 11GB free per month: ;)

    https://windscribe.com/?friend=dhbgs621


    You can can even get another 5GB per month free by tweeting about them if you have Twitter:

    https://windscribe.com/myaccount/tweet4data


    Jay

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Wed Dec 9 08:39:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 18:18, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    Just tried on my iPhone and it didn't work either. I turned on a VPN and set it to Europe/Lithuania and then they started to play on my phone.

    One other person (the person who provided the info of those
    films in the first place) says they are not using a VPN and it
    works fine - sometimes - from their Windows pc. Sometimes
    certain films start up, others fail. But then at another time
    they would work again. But every time I try them, they always
    fail to start. :(


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Wed Dec 9 08:52:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 20:33, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    VPN was the next thing I was going to suspect was required. I
    don't use any VPN services, yet. I can't justify it for the
    long-term.

    I use Windscribe. They're Canadian & offer 10GB free per month (after verifying your email address):

    https://windscribe.com/features/use-for-free

    Never heard of it. Thanks! Might be worth a try to use when I
    want to exercise a bit more privacy.


    Or use my link and get 11GB free per month: ;)

    https://windscribe.com/?friend=dhbgs621

    I don't think that I would ever need that much internet data
    access. I can't do movie streaming anyway - I only use mobile
    data at home. Other internet service options would exceed
    $100/mo and are just not worth it. I'd rather read a book or
    plop in a DVD if I am desparate for entertainment. Some of the
    older TV series offered on YT are fine. So, there is plenty of
    "stuff" to watch without having to resort to spending more $s.

    There is some recent chat about the original Twilight Zone,
    it's revived series and the alternative Outer Limits, Ray
    Bradbury Theatre, Night Gallery, and similar shows.. all
    obtainable with youtube-dl so that I can watch them whenever I
    want.


    You can can even get another 5GB per month free by tweeting about them if you have Twitter:

    https://windscribe.com/myaccount/tweet4data

    I don't think I will ever bother with Twitter. I don't
    understand the necessity for it. The whole notiion of
    following and tweeting seems to be just a sad commentary of
    people seeking validation.


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  • From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/5858 to August Abolins on Wed Dec 9 21:07:58 2020
    Hi, August!

    06 дек 20 19:39, August Abolins -> Jay Harris:

    I find that http://pics.rsh.ru/ is the friendliest. No
    scripts. No ads.

    (c) 2007-2020 Gremlin AKA 2:5020/545 ;)


    Have nice nights.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Stas Mishchenkov on Wed Dec 9 18:20:00 2020
    Hello Stas!

    ** On Wednesday 09.12.20 - 21:07, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to August Abolins:

    I find that http://pics.rsh.ru/ is the friendliest. No
    scripts. No ads.

    (c) 2007-2020 Gremlin AKA 2:5020/545 ;)


    Good to know. Thanks!

    Another one that I noticed someone using is based on a SUSE
    website or something like that. The message with a link to a
    photo was posted just recently, but I don't remember what echo
    it was in.


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Wed Dec 9 18:40:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 14:58, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    Can anyone here in North America actually play any of these:

    https://www.filmas.lv/latvijas-filmu-klasika/

    Nope, doesn't work for me either. I turned on translate and got:

    "Media could not be loaded due to a failure on the server or network or the format is not supported"


    Someone else was telling me that they have no trouble getting
    them without a VPN - but the success rate to start a stream
    was not 100%.

    I am also guessing that the feed is designed to only support
    certain versions of browsers.

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Thu Dec 10 13:56:48 2020
    Hi August,

    On 2020-12-09 18:20:00, you wrote to Stas Mishchenkov:

    Another one that I noticed someone using is based on a SUSE
    website or something like that. The message with a link to a
    photo was posted just recently, but I don't remember what echo
    it was in.

    That was me. The site is: http://susepaste.org/


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu Dec 10 09:12:00 2020
    Hello Wilfred!

    ** On Thursday 10.12.20 - 13:56, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

    Another one that I noticed someone using is based on a SUSE
    website or something like that. The message with a link to a
    photo was posted just recently, but I don't remember what echo
    it was in.

    That was me. The site is: http://susepaste.org/


    Thanks. I eventually found it. You used it in AUDIO echo.

    I like the option to delete the file after a certain time.


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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Thu Dec 10 15:21:18 2020
    Hi August,

    On 2020-12-10 09:12:00, you wrote to me:

    Another one that I noticed someone using is based on a SUSE
    website or something like that. The message with a link to a
    photo was posted just recently, but I don't remember what echo
    it was in.

    That was me. The site is: http://susepaste.org/


    Thanks. I eventually found it. You used it in AUDIO echo.

    I like the option to delete the file after a certain time.

    That's kind of the gist of it. It provides temporary publication...

    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Richard Miles@2:460/58 to August Abolins on Fri Dec 11 15:39:30 2020
    2:221/1.58@fidonet eb421977
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 20:33, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    On 06 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    VPN was the next thing I was going to suspect was required. I
    don't use any VPN services, yet. I can't justify it for the
    long-term.

    I use Windscribe. They're Canadian & offer 10GB free per month (after verifying your email address):

    https://windscribe.com/features/use-for-free

    Never heard of it. Thanks! Might be worth a try to use when I
    want to exercise a bit more privacy.


    Or use my link and get 11GB free per month: ;)

    https://windscribe.com/?friend=dhbgs621

    I don't think that I would ever need that much internet data
    access. I can't do movie streaming anyway - I only use mobile
    data at home. Other internet service options would exceed
    $100/mo and are just not worth it. I'd rather read a book or
    plop in a DVD if I am desparate for entertainment. Some of the
    older TV series offered on YT are fine. So, there is plenty of
    "stuff" to watch without having to resort to spending more $s.

    There is some recent chat about the original Twilight Zone,
    it's revived series and the alternative Outer Limits, Ray
    Bradbury Theatre, Night Gallery, and similar shows.. all
    obtainable with youtube-dl so that I can watch them whenever I
    want.


    You can can even get another 5GB per month free by tweeting about them if
    you have Twitter:

    https://windscribe.com/myaccount/tweet4data

    I don't think I will ever bother with Twitter. I don't
    understand the necessity for it. The whole notiion of
    following and tweeting seems to be just a sad commentary of
    people seeking validation.


    --
    ../|ug

    Twitter is like Reader's Digest for the current age.


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/6 to Richard Miles on Tue Dec 15 16:03:32 2020
    On 12/11/2020 3:39 PM, between "Richard Miles - August Abolins":

    https://windscribe.com/myaccount/tweet4data

    I don't think I will ever bother with Twitter. I don't
    understand the necessity for it. The whole notiion of
    following and tweeting seems to be just a sad commentary of
    people seeking validation.

    Twitter is like Reader's Digest for the current age.

    I'd say Twitter is more like a combination CB radio + POTS party line. When too many people are on a channel, it can be a nightmare to follow the 40char posts. I think more people are just spending their time validating themselves as both followers and followees.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/6 to Jay Harris on Tue Dec 15 16:05:24 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 18:08, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    BTW, my browers don't seem to like imgur.com The site seems
    to be heavily dependent on scripts..

    Yeah, I'm going to have to find something else. They want you to watch a 30 second ad now to upload one picture, F@(# that nonsense.

    Another one that might be useful (although my adblocker kicked
    in) is:

    https://imgbb.com/

    --
    ../|ug

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Tue Dec 15 08:34:00 2020
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Sunday 06.12.20 - 18:08, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    BTW, my browers don't seem to like imgur.com The site seems
    to be heavily dependent on scripts..

    Yeah, I'm going to have to find something else. They want you to watch a 30 second ad now to upload one picture, F@(# that nonsense.

    Another one that might be useful (although my adblocker kicked
    in) is:

    https://imgbb.com/

    --
    ../|ug

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