u/ayylmao99

In the olden days of the previous site, there was a short time where instead of importing a video, they would import a pointer (m3u8 link) to the video. You could put the pointer link into VLC or mpv video players and it would stream the video directly from the Patreon source. The pointer size was <1kb.

The downside is a constantly changing "key" that bricked the link until it was re-imported, users would flag content for re-import in the same way they do now.

But there would be several days of the m3u8 link being functional, and during that time it was relatively seamless, just an extra step for the end-user.

Is this functionality returning to Pawchive a possibility? Maybe exclusive to reaction channels since they're putting so much stress on the service?

SFW reaction channel Yaboyroshi [link], gets constant updates but the content is empty besides a few words, or at best a png.

There isn't a file size warning on any of the posts. And many other reaction channels have functional MP4s posted with longer videos and fewer favorites (if that matters?).

Was curious what is causing this as it seems YaBoyRoshi doesn't have a single video posted on Pawchive.