NY Times video problem

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mchaoulideer
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NY Times video problem

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Hi,

I recently noticed that the loading circle on nytimes videos does not fade away once the video has started and that I cannot pause the video either (the progress bar at the bottom doesn't disappear either, and although the video is playing the progress bar still displays the "play" button as opposed to the "pause").

I uninstalled ABP and the problem was resolved. When reinstalling I have the same problem. I haven't experienced difficulties with any other website.

I'm running Safari 8.0.5 and Mac OS X 10.10.3
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks very much!
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mapx
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Re: NY Times video problem

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what's your ABP version ?
filter lists enabled in ABP ?
check also if you have any custom filter for nytimes

anyway, you can disable ABP for the page you want (you don't need to remove ABP)
thuja
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I'm having the exact same problem. When I contacted NYT about it, they recommended I 1) remove Adbloc; 2) reset Safari; 3) switch my browser.
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-answer the questions above
-then, go into safari console copy what-you-see-there and paste here
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-and provide a link to a page you are testing
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APB 1.8.12

Filter lists enabled: EasyList, Easy Privacy

no custom filter for NYT

<!doctype html><html itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" lang="en"><head><meta content="Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for." name="description"><meta content="noodp" name="robots"><meta content="/images/google_favicon_128.png" itemprop="image"><meta content="origin" id="mref" name="referrer"><title>Google</title> <script>(function(){window.google={kEI:'6sUzVZjGCOKHsQTnwYGADA',kEXPI:'3700304,3700362,4011550,4011555,4011556,4011558,4011559,4017578,4020347,4023709,4026110,4026624,4028717,4028932,4029515,4029815,4030440,4031409,4031622,4031637,4031735,4031737,4031789,4032409,4032440,4032479,4032500,4032621,4032642,4032644,4032909,4032925,4033094,4033114,4033256,8300096,8500394,8500572,8500972,8501247,8501280,8501295,8501312,8501350,8501367,8501393,8501406,10200084,10200793,10201004,10201085',authuser:0,j:{en:1,bv:21,pm:'p',u:'50eb9',qbp:0,rre:false},kSID:'50eb9_21'};google.kHL='en';})();(function(){google.lc=[];google.li=0;google.getEI=function(a){for(var b;a&&(!a.getAttribute||!(b=a.getAttribute("eid")));)a=a.parentNode;return b||google.kEI};google.getLEI=function(a){for(var b=null;a&&(!a.getAttribute||!(b=a.getAttribute("leid")));)a=a.parentNode;return b};google.https=function(){return"https:"==window.location.protocol};google.ml=function(){};google.time=function(){return(new Date).getTime()};google.log=function(a,b,e,f,l){var d=new Image,h=google.lc,g=google.li,c="",m=google.ls||"";d.onerror=d.onload=d.onabort=function(){delete h[g]};h[g]=d;if(!e&&-1==b.search("&ei=")){var k=google.getEI(f),c="&ei="+k;-1==b.search("&lei=")&&((f=google.getLEI(f))?c+="&lei="+f:k!=google.kEI&&(c+="&lei="+google.kEI))}a=e||"/"+(l||"gen_204")+"?atyp=i&ct="+a+"&cad="+b+c+m+"&zx="+google.time();/^http:/i.test(a)&&google.https()?(google.ml(Error("a"),!1,{src:a,glmm:1}),delete h[g]):(window.google&&window.google.vel&&
window.google.vel.lu&&window.google.vel.lu(a),d.src=a,google.li=g+1)};google.y={};google.x=function(a,b){google.y[a.id]=[a,b];return!1};google.load=function(a,b,e){google.x({id:a+n++},function(){google.load(a,b,e)})};var n=0;})();google.kCSI={};
google.j.b=(!!location.hash&&!!location.hash.match('[#&]((q|fp)=|tbs=rimg|tbs=simg|tbs=sbi)'))
||(google.j.qbp==1);(function(){window.google.sn='webhp';google.timers={};google.startTick=function(a,b){google.timers[a]={t:{start:google.time()},bfr:!!b};window.performance&&window.performance.now&&(google.timers[a].wsrt=Math.floor(window.performance.now()))};google.tick=function(a,b,c){google.timers[a]||google.startTick(a);google.timers[a].t=c||google.time()};google.startTick("load",!0);google.iml=function(a,b){google.tick("iml",a.id||a.src||a.name,b)};})();google.aft=function(){};(function(){'use strict';var g=this,aa=function(a){var c=typeof a;if("object"==c)if(a){if(a instanceof Array)return"array";if(a instanceof Object)return c;var b=Object.prototype.toString.call(a);if("[object Window]"==b)return"object";if("[object Array]"==b||"number"==typeof a.length&&"undefined"!=typeof a.splice&&"undefined"!=typeof a.propertyIsEnumerable&&!a.propertyIsEnumerable("splice"))return"array";if("[object Function]"==b||"undefined"!=typeof a.call&&"undefined"!=typeof a.propertyIsEnumerable&&!a.propertyIsEnumerable("call"))return"function"}else return"null";else if("function"==c&&"undefined"==typeof a.call)return"object";return c},h=Date.now||function(){return+new Date};var l={};var ba=function(a,c){if(null===c)return!1;if("contains"in a&&1==c.nodeType)return a.contains(c);if("compareDocumentPosition"in a)return a==c||Boolean(a.compareDocumentPosition(c)&16);for(;c&&a!=c;)c=c.parentNode;return c==a};var ca=function(a,c){return function(b){b||(b=window.event);return c.call(a,b)}},u=function(a){a=a.target||a.srcElement;!a.getAttribute&&a.parentNode&&(a=a.parentNode);return a},v="undefined"!=typeof navigator&&/Macintosh/.test(navigator.userAgent),da="undefined"!=typeof navigator&&!/Opera/.test(navigator.userAgent)&&/WebKit/.test(navigator.userAgent),fa=function(a){var c=a.which||a.keyCode||a.key;da&&3==c&&(c=13);if(13!=c&&32!=c)return!1;var b=u(a),d=(b.getAttribute("role")||b.type||b.tagName).toUpperCase(),e;(e="keydown"!=a.type)||("getAttribute"in b?(e=(b.getAttribute("role")||b.type||b.tagName).toUpperCase(),e="TEXT"!=e&&"TEXTAREA"!=e&&"PASSWORD"!=e&&"SEARCH"!=e&&("COMBOBOX"!=e||"INPUT"!=b.tagName.toUpperCase())&&!b.isContentEditable):e=!1,e=!e);if(e||a.ctrlKey||a.shiftKey||a.altKey||a.metaKey||"INPUT"==b.tagName.toUpperCase()&&b.type&&b.type.toUpperCase()in w&&32==c)return!1;if(a.originalTarget&&

Not sure what you mean by a test page, but here's an example of a NYT video where the throbber never goes away & the pause button will not work:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/fashion/10 ... lacement=0
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Did you open the console when on nytimes page ? console and not resources / elements

https://developer.apple.com/safari/tools/

What if you disable easyprivacy and keep only easylist ?
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EasyPrivacy is something I enabled earlier today while trying to sort out the problem, so I don't think it alone could be the source of the problem I've been having on the NYT site for the past 3 weeks.

Sorry, the whole console thing is new to me--this is how it reads on the NYT url I supplied:

[Warning] Invalid CSS property declaration at: * (base.min.css, line 1, x20)
[Warning] Invalid CSS property declaration at: * (watch.min.css, line 1, x11)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (watch.min.css, line 1)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden) (cropped-60200694.jpg, line 0)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (vhs.css, line 1, x8)
[Warning] Invalid CSS property declaration at: * (vhs.css, line 25)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (vhs.css, line 25, x2)
[Error] ReferenceError: Can't find variable: errStatus
(anonymous function) (vhs-2.x.min.js, line 5)
[Error] TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'NYTD.pageEventTracker.getParentDatumId')
n (app.js, line 139)
s (app.js, line 139)
o (app.js, line 139)
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1. Could you disable all the lists but still keep ABP enabled ?

other test:
2.disable ABP for nytimes, see what happens (click ABP icon, click "enabled for this site")
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Thank you,

Your first option, disabling the lists, immediately rectified the situation.
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unfortunately this means ABP is not working (ABP is working only using the filters) ...but at least we know there is a "wrong" filter in easylist.
so, enable again easylist then try adding this filter:

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@@||fw.nytimes.com/ad/g/*
see if works

I can't reproduce the issue in firefox or chrome (and I can't test safari).
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