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YouTube: Opening earlier capture redirects to parameterized URL

Open Stevoisiak opened this issue 5 years ago • 0 comments

Issue: When viewing an archived YouTube URL, opening an earlier capture will sometimes redirect to a separate parametrized version of the URL. This version may display a different number of captures than the original page.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open capture for SteamWorld Dig trailer for 2014-01-03.
  2. Note the number of captures. (6 at time of writing)
  3. Click the back arrow to open the earlier archive from 2013-09-15.

Expected result:

The archive URL is not changed. 6 captures are listed. (See https://web.archive.org/web/20180930071136/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TozS-qSYI)

Actual result:

The archive URL changes to a parameterized version ending in &gl=US&hl=en. Only 1 capture is listed. (See https://web.archive.org/web/20130915122818/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TozS-qSYI&gl=US&hl=en)

Screenshots:

2014 archive without URL parameters, lists 6 captures. image

2013 archive with URL parameter, lists 1 capture. image

2013 archive without URL parameters (manually removed), lists 6 captures. image

Stevoisiak avatar Dec 02 '19 19:12 Stevoisiak