It’s in a Firefox browser btw. Not sure if that makes any difference.
I’m getting the same thing, also Firefox 114.0.1 (64-bit) Windows 11.
Edit: just let Firefox update to 114.0.2 (64-bit) and same thing.
Do you have auto media preview on? That might be why it’s grabbing that playlist.
Yes I do! I’ll try disabling that and see what happens when I’m back at the office tomorrow
Do you have some sort of playlist/media downloading add-on enabled on Firefox? Because that is what the extension listed is for.
I’m using Firefox as well and don’t get that, the next thing I would look at is a possible malware infection.
Edit: changed extension to add-on. I’ve got chrome on the brain at the moment.
.m3u8 is a file format for video streams. It works like a playlist, it’s a file that defines a collection of individual video files, each being one small part of the stream.
m3u8’s can’t be played natively by a browser, and if the OP has enabled autoplay media, kbin is probably directing the browser to that URL, the browser can’t play it in-tab, so it downloads it as a file instead.
Quirky little bug you found there OP. Codeberg would love to know.
There’s another post about this that has a codeberg issue placed.
Neat, I’ve made much ado about nothing lol. Still not sure what a codeberg is, suppose I should look at that too.
Actually, it just did it again as I was scrolling through All…anytime this post about the debris field near the titanic loads, it downloads the file. I’ll search through my firefox settings and see what I can see.
That is very strange, does explain why I’m not seeing this issue though. I have most of the us/generic news magazines blocked.
I’m not a kbin developer or web developer, but this issue has my curiosity piqued.
Do you get it when you go to the CBS news site for the story itself? Maybe it’s something to do with the instance itself or a bug in the link?
I haven’t tried going directly to the site, you’re right it may have something to do with the CBS link trying to load the preview on Kbin. Seeing as it doesn’t actually display anything that’s a good hunch. Unfortunately I’m going to be away from the computer until tomorrow, and I’m not having an issue with it on mobile. I’ll save that post and try then.
I know you said you’re not a developer, but do you know how to get notifications for these replies? I have them checked in settings, but they don’t seem to be functioning. I just keep coming back to this post to see if there are any other comments.
I don’t believe so. The only extensions I have are bitwarden, multi-containers, uBlock, and Dark reader. It actually has stopped now after I logged out of Kbin and then back in. I suppose I’ll associate it with some sort of user error, because I don’t see the problem being posted aside from me. Thanks for the suggestions