Streaming Video Ad issues....

christopher · Dec 30, 2013

The crew at Harris Publishing / SnoWest has been following along all of the user comments and a long detailed letter I sent them this morning.
A few moments ago I think they made a change to the video stream.

Question:

It appears that a small change has been made to the streaming video ads.
The default now appears to be Audio = OFF, rather than ON.

Are any of you getting the streaming audio now without clicking on the speaker icon in the video box??

I need to confirm this with a cross section of Free and Premium members to make sure it it actually happening.

christopher · Dec 30, 2013

Several people are reporting in the Chat Box that the default audio is no longer being pushed to their desktop.!!!

Is ANYONE out there getting the audio stream FORCED to them???

mtsummitx · Dec 30, 2013

Mine just says loading player now. So does this mean the video is still going to run, just with no audio??? If so what about the point made by me and a few others of the auto running video burning up our allowed data usage. Video ad should not run at all unless clicked on, no clicky no audio and no video.

christopher · Dec 30, 2013

We reached a reasonable compromise with the advertising department.
The video will remain, but the audio will now be set to OFF as the default.

May have more news for you in a week or so.

mtsummitx · Dec 30, 2013

Guess it's back to poaching my neighbors internet signal when I want to get on SnoWest. That is, until my subscription runs out.

diggerdown · Dec 30, 2013

At least that noise is off, now lets work at getting a full page back!
On another note, why am I having trouble loading pics guy's post. I have to click on them then click them off and back on again to get them to load?

skidoorulz · Jan 1, 2014

I am still getting audio at times. And when that happens I can not scroll untill the ad quits

03RMK800 · Jan 2, 2014

Christopher,
Thanks for carrying all the feedback to Harris.

Its working for me, but I would hate to be on dial-up if the video still loads.

christopher · Jan 2, 2014

I agree completely.
We are working on two different solutions to this issue for our members.
Will post real details after I know we have been able to make it work.

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 pro.

christopher · Jan 15, 2014

Christopher,

Here's the response from Springboard Video regarding the video audio problem on the forum.

[FONT=&quot]There is a slight possibility that some of your users still have the previous version of the players config file cached in their browsers so this could be the reason why they still hear sound once the player starts video playback. A clear of their browsers cache could help in that case.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]If this still keeps on happening please ask them for the following information: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1. [/FONT][FONT=&quot] The exact browser version where this is happening?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]On what OS is this happening? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]And what flash version is installed on their machine?
This is the URL where flash version can be checked: [/FONT]http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html

Update Your Adobe Flash Player here.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

christopher · Jan 16, 2014

Did that make a difference for ANYONE?

the fix-it guy · Jan 20, 2014

For me the audio comes on about half the time now. this is with google chrome.

05900 · Jan 20, 2014

christopher said:
We reached a reasonable compromise with the advertising department.
The video will remain, but the audio will now be set to OFF as the default.

May have more news for you in a week or so.

So video and no chat box,ads that double & triple stack is reasonable?
Seems most are disgruntled because this is not what we paid for and now the advertising dept is in charge?:crazy:

How do we change this? Install Ad blockers different OS's etc etc?
Can't access live chat as it is... getting less forum and more ads for paid membership seems like a non sustaining business plan.

There are already a number of members remembering " when it worked and was fun" Do we have to wait for "remember SnoWest" before something is done?

With the recent member disention...when??

the fix-it guy · Jan 27, 2014

With the pantene bitch the audio is always:face-icon-small-sad on. If other ads come up they seem to have the sound off unless I mouse over.

egesledder · Jan 30, 2014

Video is always on for me with firefox. Just cleared cache and history, no changes. Pantene commercial still making noise. Definitely not what I paid premium membership for.

05900 · Jan 30, 2014

Who doesn't love pohm haah ?

the fix-it guy · Feb 17, 2014

That pantene bitch is still :mad2::mad2: me off!!!

I think I am going to record her and make a continuous loop like what plays on my computer and bring it to the next snow show that Snowest is at. Put it in a boom box and play it all day long.

CO 2.0 · Feb 27, 2014

This is pissing me off. I still get audio on all the time. Stupid as $hit when WE PAY MONEY TO BE ON THIS SITE AND STILL HAVE TO LOOK AND HEAR ADVERTISMENTS ALL OVER THE PAGE. This crap should be turned off to people who pay. Push your advertisements onto people who don't pay to be on this site. Paying AND getting advertisements this annoying is complete BS.

shelbwyo · Feb 27, 2014

I wasnt getting the audio unless i put my mouse on the ad. But NOW I get this 'Game of Arms' advertisment from AMC. It expands to cover atleast half of my search button next to the search type bar. HOW ANNOYING! Anybody else get this?

paulharris · Feb 27, 2014

what the F**k is up with the arm wrestling advertisement that comes spilling across the screen preventing you from clicking on anything? So we are being force-fed advertisements now on a paid forum? B.S., money hungry snowest. this is my last year paying for premium, luckily i have only paid for one year

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