Add some big ol nags about no support for gdrive

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Calvin Montgomery 2021-08-08 09:49:20 -07:00
parent adfe26aad1
commit 337e8cd1d3
4 changed files with 48 additions and 15 deletions

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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
"author": "Calvin Montgomery", "author": "Calvin Montgomery",
"name": "CyTube", "name": "CyTube",
"description": "Online media synchronizer and chat", "description": "Online media synchronizer and chat",
"version": "3.78.0", "version": "3.78.1",
"repository": { "repository": {
"url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync" "url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync"
}, },

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@ -57,3 +57,30 @@ a userscript in order to play the video."""
alertBox.parentNode.removeChild(alertBox) alertBox.parentNode.removeChild(alertBox)
alertBox.insertBefore(closeButton, alertBox.firstChild) alertBox.insertBefore(closeButton, alertBox.firstChild)
removeOld($('<div/>').append(alertBox)) removeOld($('<div/>').append(alertBox))
window.tellUserNotToContactMeAboutThingsThatAreNotSupported = ->
if document.getElementById('prompt-no-gdrive-support')
return
alertBox = document.createElement('div')
alertBox.id = 'prompt-no-gdrive-support'
alertBox.className = 'alert alert-danger'
alertBox.innerHTML = """
CyTube has detected an error in Google Drive playback. Please note that the
staff in CyTube support channels DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR GOOGLE DRIVE. It
is left in the code as-is for existing users, but we will not assist in
troubleshooting any errors that occur.<br>"""
alertBox.appendChild(document.createElement('br'))
infoLink = document.createElement('a')
infoLink.className = 'btn btn-danger'
infoLink.href = 'https://github.com/calzoneman/sync/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#why-dont-you-support-google-drive-anymore'
infoLink.textContent = 'Click here for details'
infoLink.target = '_blank'
alertBox.appendChild(infoLink)
closeButton = document.createElement('button')
closeButton.className = 'close pull-right'
closeButton.innerHTML = '&times;'
closeButton.onclick = ->
alertBox.parentNode.removeChild(alertBox)
alertBox.insertBefore(closeButton, alertBox.firstChild)
removeOld($('<div/>').append(alertBox))

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@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ window.VideoJSPlayer = class VideoJSPlayer extends Player
@player.src(@sources[@sourceIdx]) @player.src(@sources[@sourceIdx])
else else
console.error('Out of sources, video will not play') console.error('Out of sources, video will not play')
if @mediaType is 'gd' and not window.hasDriveUserscript if @mediaType is 'gd'
window.promptToInstallDriveUserscript() if not window.hasDriveUserscript
window.promptToInstallDriveUserscript()
else
window.tellUserNotToContactMeAboutThingsThatAreNotSupported()
) )
@setVolume(VOLUME) @setVolume(VOLUME)
@player.on('ended', -> @player.on('ended', ->

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@ -3,18 +3,21 @@ extends layout.pug
block content block content
.col-md-8.col-md-offset-2 .col-md-8.col-md-offset-2
h1 Google Drive Userscript h1 Google Drive Userscript
h2 Why? h2 Disclaimer
p. .alert.alert-danger.messagebox
Since Google Drive support was launched in early 2014, it has broken strong Unsupported
at least 4-5 times, requiring increasing effort to get it working again p.
and disrupting many channels. This is because there is no official API This functionality is provided <strong>as-is</strong> for backwards
for it like there is for YouTube videos, which means support for it compatibility for existing users for whom it already is known to work.
relies on undocumented tricks. In August 2016, the decision was made There are many reasons, known and unknown, for which it may
to phase out the native support for Google Drive and instead require <strong>not</strong> work for you; please note the staff in CyTube
users to install a userscript, which allows to bypass certain browser support channels cannot provide any troubleshooting assistance and you
restrictions and make the code easier, simpler, and less prone to failure will be asked to simply use a different video provider.
(it could still break due to future Google Drive changes, but is less p.
likely to be difficult to fix). This functionality was originally added so that users could share their
own personal videos stored in their Drive. No support whatsoever will
be provided to users attempting to use it to circumvent copyright
restrictions on third-party video hosts.
h2 How It Works h2 How It Works
p. p.
The userscript is a short script that you can install using a browser The userscript is a short script that you can install using a browser