Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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jaustinj
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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I have the same problem with my Macbook. Had it ever since the site went "beta."
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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I still can't play ANY videos on the Young Woman lessons!!! Its very frustrating! This happened back in May as well and now again. I noticed that LDS.org has been updated so I am assuming that is what it is. I have tried, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer! ALL browsers don't work! I am on lesson #2 for July about Covenants. None of the videos work! WHY?
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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nsingleton wrote:I still can't play ANY videos on the Young Woman lessons!!! Its very frustrating! This happened back in May as well and now again. I noticed that LDS.org has been updated so I am assuming that is what it is. I have tried, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer! ALL browsers don't work! I am on lesson #2 for July about Covenants. None of the videos work! WHY?
I assume you're taking about this page.

The videos do play for me, but the "pop over" viewer is really touchy. Any click on the video will pause/unpause. Any click outside of the video frame will close it entirely. More frustrating, there's a pop-over to the video that advises downloading if used in a meetinghouse (a very good idea), but frequently trying to click the "close" button will cause the video to pause/unpause.
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anderkur000
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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I think this might have something to do with device-specific user agent settings.
I'm not sure if the issue is with the Chrome browser or the lds.org website (although, I get the exact same issue using firefox).

But, I've found that if your device is touch-capable you can get the link to work just fine by activating it with your finger via the screen touch.
I have no idea why this works, but I've tested it with 4 different touch-capable laptops and it worked on all of them.

While it's slightly annoying for those of us that usually use a mouse, it's still more convenient than having to switch browsers.


I just figured I would share this in case it helps anyone out.
rickroeling
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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Seeing similar issues 20 Jan 2019

Some lds.org videos cannot be downloaded. The Download link button below the right bottom of video does not popup anything. Observed Sunday Jan 20 2019. Two different laptops - Windows 10 w Chrome, MacOS w Chrome, MacOS w Safari. Windows 10 w Edge works. Chrome developer tools console shows that the "#download-popup" reference is having problems (below). Most but not every video page has this issue. E.g.

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video ... 9?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video ... u?lang=eng

Rick

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at loadVideo (https://www.ldscdn.org/cdn2/csp/ldsorg/ ... 0.js:30:25)
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at loadVideo (video-collection.2.0.0.js:30)
at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (video-collection.2.0.0.js:299)
at j (<anonymous>:2:29999)
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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I suddenly am having the same problem downloading videos on LDS.org. I am a seminary teacher who regularly downloads videos on my apple ipads. I click on the download button and nothing happens.
brodersl
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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Same here. Interesting thing is, I downloaded a different browser (Firefox) and the download pop-up worked in that for the video that didn't work in Chrome.
cherilynbacon
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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Post by cherilynbacon »

While this thread is from several years ago, this is an update. I'm an early morning seminary teacher and I frequently run across a video that I cannot download and insert into a PowerPoint presentation. So I simply play the video from the source instead of downloading. One example of this is the video President Nelson - Hearken.
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Re: Some video downloads not possible from LDS.org

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cherilynbacon wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:56 pm While this thread is from several years ago, this is an update. I'm an early morning seminary teacher and I frequently run across a video that I cannot download and insert into a PowerPoint presentation. So I simply play the video from the source instead of downloading. One example of this is the video President Nelson - Hearken.
While this may work sometimes, make sure you have a backup plan in case you're unable to stream the video during your lesson. If you're on church internet, it might not be working. You might have to stream from a personal device at your expense (depends on your plan).

I've found that videos may sometimes be in multiple locations. The embedded videos for lessons (such as Come, Follow Me) often times aren't downloadable, or are downloadable with very poor quality). If I search, I can often times find a better, downloadable version of the video on the church website (or sometimes I find it on You Tube). However, some videos aren't available as a download. I think the church uses the Brightcove player. If you search for how to download videos from Brightcove, you'll see some suggestions. I don't know if they work or not. I have a tool that lets me download videos from a few different players, but Brightcove isn't one of them.
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