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Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-05-10, 03:25
by CodeLurker
I'm here rocking the final version of Basilisk (still holding out for CAA compatibility, or at least good substitutes for the CAA extensions I'm using); so most Pale Moon extensions don't work for me (yet). I tried the UBO custom filter
but it resulted in the search not working, and being unable to see comments; although the video would play. I tried toggling GreaseMonkey on and off between the Bitchute home page and the search page; and then back on to play the vid for a very short while. However, CoffeBreak's suggestion to try the GreaseMonkey script by Kris_88 at
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=27596&start=20#p223975 worked. It appears to work 100%. It appears to be the case for most PM/Basilisk users that Bitchute does not work; but with that GreaseMonkey script, I strongly suspect it will. I thus suggest that that is the definitive solution. I tried to hack the given UBO rule; but couldn't figure out to make it apply to pages starting with "bitchute.com/video" but not "bitchute.com/search". It must be easy for those who are more familiar with writing rules for UBO. The GreaseMonkey script does it for me.
Now, I'll add the part that many technically adept helpers (including many at least semi-technically adept ones) shamefully forget (in sum causing many user-hours scratching one's head and searching in forums): how to use it!!! I found the easiest way was to go into GreaseMonkey, go back to the post with the script and copy it to the clipboard. Then, in the GreaseMonkey Manage User Scripts page (actually the "about:addons", in the "User Scripts section", click "New User Script", and if yer OS hasn't already cleared yer clipboard, as Windows is prone to unpredictably, click "Use Script from Clipboard".
I missed that solution myself, since there was so little response to it; but I think it will solve all such problems, if they solved mine. My problems always seem far more vexing than those of other people - not usually just for skimming over solutions, but because what I am trying to do is so technically intractable (e.g. try finding a light-weight, cross-platform way to kick off a thread in Qt, and return a class with yer results for many threads ... just try it sometime; or figure out what to do when QNetwork keeps locking up).
*** EDIT:
It looks like it may be only a temporary solution. It encodes version numbers in its source; so if BitChute changed player versions it used, it would break. The technique right now works beautifully, however - at least for me. It might be modified to use some kind of pattern matching.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-08-26, 07:25
by KlarkKentThe3rd
Small question. Is it currently possible to make BitChute work again, or is the solving of the problem something on their end?
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-08-26, 08:23
by Kris_88
GreaseMonkey script:
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// ==UserScript==
// @name bitchute
// @namespace btc1
// @include https://www.bitchute.com/*
// @run-at document-start
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
if(window.location.hostname == 'www.bitchute.com') {
document.addEventListener("beforescriptexecute", function(e) {
var s;
if(e.target.src == 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/p2p-media-loader-core@latest/build/p2p-media-loader-core.min.js') {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
// skip p2p-media-loader-core.min.js
};
if(e.target.src.indexOf('/js/common.js') >=0 &&
e.target.src.indexOf('www.bitchute.com/static/') >=0 ) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
// patch common.js
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", e.target.src, false);
xhr.send(null);
if(xhr.status === 200) {
s = document.createElement('script');
s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.innerHTML = xhr.responseText.replace('catch{}', 'catch(e) {}');
s.async = false;
e.target.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e.target.nextSibling);
};
};
if(e.target.src.indexOf('/plyr.polyfilled.min.js') >= 0 &&
e.target.src.indexOf('/plyr/3.3.9/plyr.polyfilled.min.js') < 0) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
// replace plyr.polyfilled.min.js
s = document.createElement('script');
s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.src = 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/plyr/3.3.9/plyr.polyfilled.min.js';
s.async = false;
e.target.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e.target.nextSibling);
// replace plyr.min.css
var lnk = document.getElementsByTagName("link");
for(var l of lnk) {
if(l.href.indexOf('/plyr.min.css') >= 0)
l.href='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/plyr/3.3.9/plyr.css';
};
};
}, true);
};
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-08-26, 08:42
by KlarkKentThe3rd
Why thank you, mysterious stranger, that does fix everything!
Not a native solution, and not Bitchute Support actually lifting a finger, but it is A solution.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-09-24, 16:05
by dtoxic
@Kris_88 thank you kind stranger for the bitchute fix
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-09-24, 17:20
by gepus
Hmm. Tested now with Waterfox Classic (based AFAIK on Firefox 56) and so far all videos I click are playing.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 13:39
by CodeLurker
The GreaseMonkey script was working for me for a while, but it looks like they broke it again.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 18:03
by Kris_88
Works fine for me.
p1.jpg
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 18:57
by CodeLurker
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https://www.bitchute.com/search/?query=test
gives me
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13:45:31.947 SyntaxError: invalid regexp group 1 plyr.polyfilled.min.js:1:104691
Yep. A regex. Some CloudFlare stuff. The URL is cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/plyr/3.6.9/plyr.polyfilled.min.js.
That's on the search. Same error when I try to play. Same stuff that old Greasmonkey script that got it working temporarily was tweaking, different version.
Here's the offending method:
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.match(/^.*(?:vimeo.com\/|video\/)(?:\d+)(?:\?.*&*h=|\/)+(?<hash>[\d,a-f]+)/)
Perhaps the Windows Regex libs are a little different, or some compiler optimization bug? Maybe this will help someone more familiar with it.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 19:11
by Kris_88
I am using the script from this post:
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=27596&p=232526#p231569
p2.jpg
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 19:18
by CodeLurker
Yep. That's the one that used to work for me, but stopped working. Changing the occurrences of
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/plyr/3.3.9/plyr.polyfilled.min.js
to 3.6.9 or leaving it unchanged didn't fix it for me.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 19:26
by Kris_88
Check that the script is enabled:
p3.jpg
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 19:36
by CodeLurker
My PMPlayer says "No video on page, or window already open." when hovering on the button on the toolbar; even when at the URL of the vid. It's enabled. I suspect it needs to be fixed at the Win Regex lib. level, or an issue report to CloudFlare, not a GreaseMonkey hack; although I'm open-minded on it.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 19:42
by Kris_88
I do not use PMPlayer. This script is for the
www.bitchute.com site.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-01, 20:49
by Kris_88
CodeLurker wrote: ↑2022-10-01, 19:36
I suspect it needs to be fixed at the Win Regex lib. level, or an issue report to CloudFlare, not a GreaseMonkey hack;
Apparently, the script does not work for you for this reason...
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-05, 20:44
by CodeLurker
They got it working now in PM 31.2.0.1 on Win7 SP1 x64; without a special GreaseMonkey script. This should also fix a lot of other sites that use CloudFlare (far too many, IMHO, as it intentionally breaks tons of sites for TorBrowser - i.e. every site that uses it). This issue appears to only apply to Windows builds. This is surely a big milestone for PM. Great job, guys1
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2022-10-07, 03:35
by CodeLurker
Nope. Somehow I thought it was working, but I got the same regex error at the same point again. However, it was working, then apparently wasn't working, and now does work again. I don't know if I failed to refresh while testing, and was mistaken; but from my experience, it seems that the above GreaseMonkey script was working, stopped working, then PM didn't need it after an update, and now it only works with the script again. Maybe something's changing at CloudFlare to break it and unbreak it; but the above RegEx is still erroring out on Windows.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2023-01-30, 20:07
by Zantar
Oh queso, my Win10 PC recieved the latest update (32.0.0 64bit) and suddenly, bitchute videos play (and other page content, ie. comments display) without the use of the "||bitchute.com^$inline-script" filter...
Is this issue now 'closed' ?
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2023-01-30, 20:35
by Moonchild
since it was because of regexes and those are now fully supported thanks to Martok, yes.
Re: BitChute videos no longer display
Posted: 2023-01-30, 21:37
by Zantar
But wait, there's more...
Comparing the 'non-filtered' playing of bitchute videos, to the 'filtered' play, I found that the 'player controls' appear to be different, and the 'full-screen' control only works 'when filtered'...