bluecrab Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I have been seeing elsewhere that the Sony Insider Forums are no more. Doesn't seem to be the case here. Just to add an MD comment, I've been having good results streaming to MD (SP) from a site using 64kpbs...not sure what the codec is, exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Where on earth did you read that? Someone having a bad day, or someone who thought they'd maybe taken us out (there have been several attempts over the last few years). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted February 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 It started, apparently, in the following (https://www.reddit.com/r/minidisc/comments/f521um/a_new_community_wiki_minidiscxyz/) and was propagated manually to an MD F/b group, where it was asked of me: "Do you actually see the forum contents? The CSS and database don't load, on multiple IPs and multiple web browsers." Though I've had no issues myself on this computer, I did indeed have a problem myself from another IP address. I am going to check the other IP right now...yup, still not accessing. But fine right here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Someone out there got banned and doesn't like it (or us). Funny place, the internet - all these different ways to diss those you don't believe in. I can take a look if you send me privately any IPs that don't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted February 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Not sure that's the issue, as of my three machines, only this one can access. The others ones (also reported by other folks) see this. One of the people reporting is, I'm pretty sure, in good standing here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalkie Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 I get for a number of weeks the same screen with Error EX145, but after sign in I get a normal view. Maybe a bug in Mozilla FireFox?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargaso Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 The same thing is happening to me and I use google chrome. Except I don't get any error code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK_xyz Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 I made it! There's no salt here, the site is broken when not logged in. Getting an account made required messing with some URLs and following a lot of error'd out links. If you're not already signed in, the site is entirely broken. I would advise that Admins dig in phpMyAdmin before slandering good-natured MiniDisc fans It's getting error EX145 (database issue), same as this example: https://lavag.org/topic/19934-error-accessing-site-when-not-logged-in/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 Fixed Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK_xyz Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 hours ago, sfbp said: Fixed Sorry about that. All good; I'm glad you've got the site back to where it should be. Your profile says Vancouver - if that's BC rather than WA, I'm in North Burnaby so if you wanted to grab a beer or a burger on me, feel free to be in touch and we can discuss retro tech or just make sure water is under the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 What a great forum guys! Good job all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 5 hours ago, SpecialK_xyz said: All good; I'm glad you've got the site back to where it should be. Your profile says Vancouver - if that's BC rather than WA, I'm in North Burnaby so if you wanted to grab a beer or a burger on me, feel free to be in touch and we can discuss retro tech or just make sure water is under the bridge. Sounds good. I was just in the middle of composing a message commenting on your proximity - which never got sent because Chris got my message and did his thing with updates at the precise moment I pressed "Submit Reply". I take no credit for the fixes but I have a hunch that ultimately the set of security changes that browsers are going through (and sites like this one) are driving the migration (there have been a lot of update notifications from Invision lately) of sites. TBH I'm always a little wary when someone unfamiliar happens along and tells me the world is round (when I know it's flat) - or vice-versa. Thanks for persisting with this, and I look forward to sharing stories. Stephen PS there is no sign that Eric Woudenberg has "given up" on the minidisc.org site - there just isn't that much more to add these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK_xyz Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, sfbp said: Sounds good. I was just in the middle of composing a message commenting on your proximity - which never got sent because Chris got my message and did his thing with updates at the precise moment I pressed "Submit Reply". I take no credit for the fixes but I have a hunch that ultimately the set of security changes that browsers are going through (and sites like this one) are driving the migration (there have been a lot of update notifications from Invision lately) of sites. TBH I'm always a little wary when someone unfamiliar happens along and tells me the world is round (when I know it's flat) - or vice-versa. Thanks for persisting with this, and I look forward to sharing stories. Stephen PS there is no sign that Eric Woudenberg has "given up" on the minidisc.org site - there just isn't that much more to add these days. We all owe Eric more gratitude than I can express here. If he ever wanted anyone to cover his costs for domain and keeping the site up for 20+ years, I'll be the first to volunteer. But sadly a lot of the external links (reviews, 3rd party articles, etc) are dropping off the web, through no fault of Eric's. Things will only get worse as time goes on - not every webmaster is as reliable as Eric is. What does make me want to update the compendium mostly is the new trend of professional releases (in the *wave genres) which are bringing lots of new interest and collectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 About 15 months ago, Eric W. stated explicitly, "I have no plans to retire this site" (minidisc.org). But that was the last I heard. Now, what is all this about burgers in Vancouver!? You guys need a visit to Boston, where the burgers are good, the seafood even better, and best of all—in range for me. Oh well, if you're ever nearby, LMK. :-) Good to see the issues resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjollo Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 A few times it has seemed like the site was down, I assumed was for maintenance? re burgers it seems there are a few decent ones in the UK. https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/britains-best-burgers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 12th April 2020 To my surprise I was able to edit a post. Those of you who have the rights, please think VERY CAREFULLY before doing so yourselves. The situation is that I haven't heard a word back from the site's owner, Christopher. Except that the site mysteriously came back to (read-only) life more than once after completely crashing where it won't display anything except an error. It's still not possible to add any replies or start new topics (actually a topic will start and the heading is made but the content is always thrown away). Until he comes back from wherever and does something, we are stuck. The good news is, the site still works for downloads and reading any existing content. Happy Easter, y'all! sfbp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Good to see the forums are back up and running! Thanks to whoever got it sorted. I was beginning to worry they were gone for good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 4 hours ago, BearBoy said: Good to see the forums are back up and running! Thanks to whoever got it sorted. I was beginning to worry they were gone for good... Ditto! Just Replying (gently!) to check it's working from my side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Has something happened to the forum (or my profile)? I don't seem to have the option to reply to many threads any more and only some posts have the option for me to "like" them. e.g. in this thread I can "like" the posts by bluecrab and freddyjollo above but not those by sfbp and kgallen. I seem to be able to reply to this thread but not the one about the BBC article Kevin started in the News section (there are many others I cannot reply to either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I seem to have some sort of shield symbol on my icon. Christopher, the site owner, is back I wonder if the forum has been upgraded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 So you have! Maybe that protects you from me replying to or liking your posts ;-) I think it's because you are a Moderator? If you hover your cursor over the shield it says "kgallen is a moderator". I noticed Christopher had posted a "test" message in the Announcements forum so maybe something has been upgraded. I think things look a little different this morning. Although that could be my failing memory playing tricks on me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 42 minutes ago, BearBoy said: I think it's because you are a Moderator? If you hover your cursor over the shield it says "kgallen is a moderator". Stephen put me on some list to be able to delete spam. I don't think I'm a fully fledged Admin type (I'm still "Members") - that would be dangerous, I don't know what I'm doing on these forum things. But it would explain why no-one likes me :-( :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hi folks, yes, an upgrade was installed yesterday. Let me see if I can figure out what the issue is..I'll investigate today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hi Christopher. I think I've worked out the issue with me being able to reply to threads. It's just threads in the Announcements and News sub-forums I cannot reply to and I suspect that might be by design rather than any sort of fault. I seem to have lost the ability to "like" any posts made by moderators/administrators but the option is still there for posts by normal members. Like the new look and many thanks for keeping this place running! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 53 minutes ago, Christopher said: Hi folks, yes, an upgrade was installed yesterday. Great one cheers Christopher! Thanks too for keeping us going, we have a new lease of life! Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Hello everyone. Looks like we're back :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Yes, it has been quite a journey but we are back..forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Great to see the place back. Thanks for getting it all sorted Christopher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, Christopher said: Yes, it has been quite a journey but we are back..forever. Fantastic! I like the "forever" bit! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, kgallen said: Fantastic! I like the "forever" bit! 🙂 Yep, I second that. Thanks Chris (and whoever else was involved) for bringing us back from the dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Richard said: Yep, I second that. Thanks Chris (and whoever else was involved) for bringing us back from the dead Glad you’re back too Richard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 16 minutes ago, kgallen said: Glad you’re back too Richard! Likewise, it's good to be back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderIII Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 Nice to see SIF back up. Why was it down? It was quite a long time. I think many people have given up on it. That http://www.minidisc.wiki has turned out pretty nice btw. Still has a ways to go, but it has data on some devices not found anywhere else in English. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Anyone else having issues with the site since its latest resurrection? On my PC (Windows 10) I can, once bypassing all the security warnings about the certificate expiry, access the site okay using Edge but with Chrome I get: Quote This site can’t be reached The web page at https://forums.sonyinsider.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_FAILED On one of my phones (iPhone 12 using Safari) I can, once bypassing all the security warnings about the certificate expiry, access the site okay but on my other phone (iPhone XR using safari) I get: Quote Safari cannot open the page. The error was: "FetchEvent.respondWith received an error: TypeError: Load failed". Access via this phone has been working on and off since the site came back up but has been "off" for about 3 days now. Anyone else experienced anything similar? Any suggestions (I'd rather be using Chrome on my PC and the iPhone XR as the iPhone 12 is my work phone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Same here - I am forced to use Edge. Chrome doesn't let me in. I believe it's an issue with the certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Cheers @Richard At least it’s not just me. I cleared out the cache on my iPhone XR and it’s working on that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, BearBoy said: I cleared out the cache on my iPhone XR and it’s working on that now. That lasted about an hour before I started getting the error message again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Chrome on my iPhone SE has worked for read most of the time the site has worked at all. Now it’s working ‘ok’. Chrome on PC doesn’t want to know, so I installed Firefox and that’s ok once the certificate expiry is bypassed. If only we could get the certificate updated I think we’d be properly back up and running… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Yeah, it's dated to expire on something like 31/Oct if you take a look. There must be a setting......... https://www.technipages.com/google-chrome-bypass-your-connection-is-not-private-message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 We back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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