The Escapist Video Player

[Grand_Marquis]

I don't think there's a forum for the site itself, but if there is, let me know.

So...has anyone else noticed a slight change in the video player? About a week ago, I saw that pushing pause doesn't bring up that big play button icon over the video. That was nice. But starting this week, I began to notice a non-aesthetic change. The videos appear to be streaming now instead of preloading. Is that happening for anyone else?

Like, the light colored bar showing load progress is gone from the scrubber, and moving the player head thingy back and forth will cause lag and stuttering, rather than instantly continuing the feed like preloaded video would. It might just be a network error on my end, or a general Flash issue, so I was curious if anyone else was seeing something similar.

 

[Dragon_of_red]

I am seeing things simalar, but i dont really care, it still works.

I have it that everytime it loads the bar only goes up alittle then starts unloading itself, or atleast tahts what it looks like, it still plays great, just different

 

[Grand_Marquis]

Yeah, it doesn't change the video quality in any way, although every so often it hiccups because of my crappy connection.

 

[Puzzles]

All I've noticed different was the compulsory advert you need to watch before the video, its a little annoying but if it pays for the content I shouldn't complain.

 

[Kollega]

I have it that everytime it loads the bar only goes up a little then starts unloading itself, or atleast that's what it looks like

Same here - and i actually cannot watch videos past first minute or so.