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@farristhewheel: Appreciate the suggestion. But at this point I wonder how big a hard drive I would need to download all the premium content I'd like to keep forever.

Back to the topic, this issue seems to be fixed for me? I've been able to watch some old happy hours and UPFs fine with the embedded player, and it's been saving my progress too.

Has this fix been communicated anywhere? Although I think today or yesterday my Chrome was updated, so maybe that had something to do with it? Either way I'm happy about it.

Don't suppose anyone found a fix for this? Old premium videos were working fine for me until a couple weeks ago, but now I just get the reported black screen but with audio playing.

Only way I can actually watch these video is if I click the download link at the bottom, but that doesn't save my progress.

Well now I'm getting the bug where videos are playing audio but the video is just a blank screen. My cookies are still set correctly.

Seriously what is going on with this website?

Unfortunately, I agree with this. Along with other replies in this thread.

This issue is a serious issue for me, and the fact that it's been largely ignored for this long, doesn't make me feel good for the future.

Along with the podcast feed missing full years of the bombcast. I have no idea what's going on with this site these days.

If I didn't want to keep access to the video archive, I would have unsubscribed after Jeff was "let go"

@ben_h: @zombiepie:Nope. It's been this way for maybe 6 months? Only way I can get it to save is if the video I'm currently playing is using the classic player or using youtube.

Edit: Looks like my first post about the broken player was in February of last year, so I guess it's more like almost a full year of this issue.

@ben_h I'm assuming you mean the setting cookie preferences to use functional cookies only? That what I set a few months ago when no video was loading for me. That fixed that specific issue.

Any more updates on this? (#2)

Videos still aren't saving any positions except some premium videos like old UPFs and happy hours. Still currently going through the 2010 catalogue.

I don't really watch the new stuff, I'm just staying subscribed to watch the back catalogue. Maybe the new videos are using a better player?

Still on Chrome.

Edit: I'm curious if this is only affecting me or it's occurring for other folks too. I'm probably the only one watching older content these days, but I'm wondering if it's the player or just my setup.

Chrome.

Some videos use the old player which save my progress, like whiskey media happy hours, and some use the youtube player, but it's inconsistent on which videos use which player. I'd prefer youtube for everything, but I suppose not every video was uploaded there.

Are there any updates to this?

I've been working my way through old (2010 currently) GB videos and most of them are still using the crappy player that doesn't save my progress through long videos, resulting me in having to take a picture with my phone on where in the video I am when I need to leave. Not ideal, obviously.

@eccentrix: @theeliminator: This fixed the issue for me on Chrome, thanks!

You don't have to wait until they ask you to accept or reject cookies, there's a link at the bottom of the site that says manage preferences and you can select performance cookies there.

Same here. I've tried chrome and edge and neither are loading the player. Doesn't seem to matter if it's new videos or old.