HD download link missing from latest Beast in the East

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/beast-in-the-east-yakuza-0-part-16/2300-12061/

Doesn't show the video in the iOS Video Buddy either. Probably uses the same file/address.

Bump. This breaks Giant Bomb Video Buddy. @rorie, did you know that?

This happened with Bring Your B-Game, too, and can confirm this breaks my apps.

@tigerdx: @okinopolytrans: @thisisacooltag: It appears to be working for me? May have just taken some extra time to encode.

@rorie: Hovering over the download options, I can see that the high & HD versions of Beast in the East episode 15 are 3200 & 4000 bitrate, respectively. High & HD versions of episode 16 both point to the 3200 version of the video.

@thisisacooltag: Alright, I'll see if Vinny or someone else can take a look at it.

@thisisacooltag: @okinopolytrans: I just installed Video Buddy and it looks like the video is showing up there? In what way is this breaking it?

@rorie: I've got Video Buddy on iPad & my Android phone. Neither of them have the Beast in the East video listed, but work fine with other videos.

Also maybe related? If I go to premium videos list on the website, BitE episode 16 doesn't show there. If I select the Beast in the East videos list, it is listed.

@thisisacooltag@tigerdx@okinopolytrans Try now.

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/beast-in-the-east-yakuza-0-part-16/2300-12061/

But how was this breaking? Was HD node missing from the API results altogether? I get that 4000 is not 3200, and hence 'wrong', but want to know how that broke anything, as opposed to working, but showing the wrong quality.

If you have seen others, just ping me with the links and I'll look at them.

Thanks for any information you can share.

The video encoding issue wasn't related to it not appearing in the Premium tab; it just wasn't saved that way by an editor. It was still in the Latest tab, which is where I saw it. It should be in Premium now, though.

Thank you! It is showing up in the Video Buddy now.

@rorie@waterlovinguy So you know, this is related to a check that @soup_menu put into GBVB before there was an easy API premium check. As far as I know, he based the premium (you can download) logic on whether there is an HD link in the API results for the video. If there isn't an HD option, the user isn't premium, and thus should not be able to download.

Obviously, this is not ideal, since it leads to situations like this, and I'd prefer it if the app was updated. But I have no idea what would go into an update, and the temporary fix is for GB to always post an HD video on time. Not saying I have any idea why that can't always happen, and really, the reason why it's so problematic for me is the fact that an HD version missing is so rare!

I don't think it matters if the HD link is the correct bitrate. Heck, I don't think it matters if it's valid! For GBVB, it just matters that it's present.

Bumping this thread since the most recent ep is missing an HD link again

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/beast-in-the-east-yakuza-0-part-20/2300-12344/

@neodyn: I'll see if I can look into this; it doesn't look like it's the same issue as last time.

Issue remains unresolved for Beast in the East Part 20.