uloz small file problem

Re: uloz small file problem

tong2shot — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:38:34 +0000

@ifox
The only changes made for uloz.to plugin were password protected file related, and skipping captcha if there is no captcha.

@KES
If their captcha system is incorrectly implemented, there is a chance to exploit it using replay attack. I haven't investigated the possibility of the replay attack. If the replay attack is possible then we can send the same captcha related data as long as the session is not expired. That way, ulozto plugin doesn't have to request and solve the captcha.

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 04:28:27 +0000

Not seeing a problem myself and I download lots of files from uloz of all sizes and extensions.

Sometimes it stops but always manages to pick up again (where it left off) later. FRD's auto captcha plugin maybe slow but it's far better than having to complete all those ****** things.

Re: uloz small file problem

ifox — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:11:54 +0000

KES Wrote:
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> Uloz files can take a while to start and the
> message you see is often seen by me as well. Just
> let it auto reconnect and all will be well.

It did not happen before with the older plugin version. I set auto reconnect to 10 times, but the problem often persists.
Thay maybe fixed one issue, but created another one.

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 03:19:27 +0000

Uloz files can take a while to start and the message you see is often seen by me as well. Just let it auto reconnect and all will be well.

Re: uloz small file problem

ifox — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:30:20 +0000

I have problems with larger files over 1GB with current plugin version:

It takes a long time before a download is started, about 30 seconds. Sometimes, it times out completely with the "error starting download" message.

Re: uloz small file problem

curlmag — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:32:47 +0000

KES Wrote:
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> fixed it. A 64 year old retired webmaster telling
> some jumped up 20+ year-old how to program
> correctly!

Wow, 64 years. After 30 years in front of a screen I'm soon-to-be-blind :S But the good news is that they have listened to you, I fight the young and dynamic every day, usually because they are too lazy to read the RFC and make it correctly... "chill out dude, it works in my (unintentionally auto installed crapware) chrome" 8-) Sorry for off topic..

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 02:54:26 +0000

I disagree and stay with my opinion of the version / install date / file date of Java. I did however make a full backup (just in case) and installed the version you recommended. It does seem to be a small upgrade upon the version I was using and works fine with FRD so I'll keep it.

I do not develop apps (although I had done so 15 years ago before I retired) so have no need for a development version.

If you have any influence with Oracle you should tell them to sort out their version numbers. Get the auto updater to trigger only for updates on the version of OS being used and generally get their act together. The are after all supposed to be programmers not 3-year-olds. I only recently had much discussion with NVIDIA when their updater kept telling me my Java was outdated and they could not auto check for latest graphics adapter software. After many email back and forth they fixed it. A 64 year old retired webmaster telling some jumped up 20+ year-old how to program correctly!

Re: uloz small file problem

TVjunkie — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 23:40:17 +0000

KES wrote:
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> The Java I have is not from 2011,
> that is just the copyright date.
> It is from an auto update on 18th March 2015.
> From that date updater tried to install JRE 8
> which is, from memory, not XP compatible.

Hello KES ;-)

First of all, please don't get me wrong;
I just want to help as a fellow FRD/Java user :-)
I do not want to force my opinion on you,
you are free to stay with whatever version of
software on your own machine...
And I, of course, can't tell what sort of updates
you received, I can only judge from the "About Java"
screenshot you posted...

Having said the above, I still insist on my initial opinion!
Please do read:

[stackoverflow.com]

and

[www.404techsupport.com]

Feel free to perform a net search
for 1.7.0-b147 and you'll again
discover that the java version shown
on your screenshot is the first ever Java 7
version, released in July of 2011...

As part of the deprecation of Java 7,
on every machine with Java 7 installed,
no matter the version of Java 7, since 20/01/2015
the auto-updater will, as you found out,
prompt you to upgrade to Java 8.
More at:

[www.oracle.com]

In an ill-thought move by Oracle, the
upgrade prompt would show even on
Windows XP boxes, on which Java 8
can't be installed ! :X

So, to update Java 7 you have to go
the manual way...
The version I recommended (7u80)
was released in April 2015, it was
the last public 7 update and was
EOL'd on 14/07/2015:

[java.com]

So, IMHO, you should update ASAP...

> I may try what you say but only after
> I've made a full backup

Are you using the Java™ SE Development Kit 7
to develop Java apps?
With only the JavaRE installed, I've always found
the direct manual update via offline installer
to be trouble-free...
But you probably know what's best for you...

Best regards!

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 02:59:23 +0000

The Java I have is not from 2011 that is just the copyright date. It is from an auto update on 18th March 2015. From that date updater tried to install JRE 8 which is, from memory, not XP compatible. I turned off updater. Just now I turned updater back on and version 8 was offered. I declined and turned updater off.

I may try what you say but only after I've made a full backup. When oracle have confusing file versions and no issue dates it is difficult to know what is what.

I'll keep a watch for more of those pesky small uloz files (.srt). I get offered them regularly and none have ever worked until now.

Re: uloz small file problem

TVjunkie — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:08:27 +0000

KES wrote:
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> Tried 2 random links and they worked.
> Went back and tried the one that was a problem
> and it too worked.
> (snip)
> Be grateful for confirmation.

Still no joy here :S
That specific sample link:

games-2015-srt

just refuses to download.
App.log re-attached.
But as said already in this thread,
it's not a real issue, since 99.9%
of ulozto.net links are fine -
it shall probably remain a
software oddity :S

Life's too short, YOLO, spring is upon us
and the likes...B)-

Best regards

Re: uloz small file problem

TVjunkie — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:51:59 +0000

KES Wrote:
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>
> b147 is what the about page says.

Hello KES, yes, I made a mistake
because I was speaking from memory,
which, sadly, failed me...

But your provided shot does reveal you
are currently on an EXTREMELY OUTDATED
version of JavaRE 7 from 2011!

This very outdated version has known and publicized
security flaws which, combined with the EOL status
of Windows XP itself, pose a serious risk for infection
of your computer.

If you have at least SP2 installed, then please
first uninstall completely that outdated Java version,
reboot, scan your system for possible infections
and if all good, navigate to:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html

scroll down to "Java SE Runtime Environment 7u80",
select "Accept License Agreement " and then
download jre-7u80-windows-i586.exe

Proceed to install JavaRE 7u80 -
this is the last public update of Java 7
provided by Oracle!
Your "about Java" popup should now read:
Version 7 Update 80 (build 1.7.0_80-b15) Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Even that is somewhat outdated, but
surely way more secure than the one
you are currently running!

I have the latest non-free update 99,
see attachment...

Just my 2c ;-)

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 04:40:39 +0000

Just went to uloz.net and typed srt in the search box. Tried 2 random links and they worked. Went back and tried the one that was a problem and it too worked.

Has it been fixed? Seems so. Self-healing?

Be grateful for confirmation.

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 04:31:35 +0000

I'll have a look around for more non-working ULOZ links

b147 is what the about page says.

Re: uloz small file problem

TVjunkie — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:44:28 +0000

KES Wrote:
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> I am also on Win XP (32 bit) with Java 7
> Standard Edition build 1.7.0-b147

... I am on Vista 32bit myself, but prefer
JavaRE 7 to (somewhat bloated) 8 - I
have a professor friend in Uni who can
get non-public Java 7 updates (via Oracle
Support) and... he helps me, too! ;-)

> 1.7.0-b147

I think you meant 1.7.0-b47 there,
as the latest (that I know of) is 1.7.0-b99 !

@tong2shot

I do not frequently use ulozto.net links and,
as KES has said, most of them work fine!
Perhaps KES can provide such "small-file"
non working links, if he comes across another
one, that is... :-)

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:02:16 +0000

I am also on Win XP (32 bit) with Java 7 Standard Edition build 1.7.0-b147

Re: uloz small file problem

tong2shot — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:43:16 +0000

I'll investigate this later. Does this happen for just particular link (the sample link)? Any other link I can test?

Re: uloz small file problem

TVjunkie — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:54:23 +0000

tong2shot wrote:
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> I'm not sure if this is related, there is DNS
> issue with their captcha servers' domain.
> (snip)
> I still can't figure out what's wrong
> (on our side) here.

I don't think DNS is to blame here :S
Unless I am mistaken, the DNS cache
is installed/available system-wide in the
Windows OS, for any app connected to
the Internet - if Firefox can download that
.srt file (with the default DNS servers from
my ISP), then so should FRD - unless it
uses a DNS cache different to the one
Firefox does...

But just to humour you, I just changed
my DNS servers from the default ones
(maintained by my ISP) to first GoogleDNS
(8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4) and in a second test to
OpenDNS (208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220).
After each change, the DNS cache was first flushed;
cmd.exe was run as Admin, then:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

C:\Windows\system32>

and after that the download tried in FRD;
in both cases the fetch failed, the same
behaviour exhibited with default DNS servers!

I don't pretend to be an expert in this,
but maybe KES's and mine "issue" is Java related?
I happen to use JavaRE 7u99 (x86), if KES
is also on JRE 7 (the last installable on WinXP),
maybe that "common link" is the missing clue...

Re: uloz small file problem

tong2shot — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:01:33 +0000

I'm not sure if this is related, there is DNS issue with their captcha servers' domain. If I use my ISP's DNS server sometimes I get UnknownHostException error, for example: "java.net.UnknownHostException: xapca7.uloz.to". But if I use different DNS server (for example: dnscrypt), it always works fine.

I still can't figure out what's wrong (on our side) here.

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:31:04 +0000

Agree with what TV junkie said.

Re: uloz small file problem

TVjunkie — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:54:46 +0000

tong2shot wrote:
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> Still works fine for me.

Hi tong2shot :-)

Sadly, I can verify OP's claim, with same results;
verbose log attached, to hopefully aid you in
debugging this...

> Can you download it via browser?

Firefox works fine - downloaded file
attached as proof!

Regards

Re: uloz small file problem

tong2shot — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:44:42 +0000

Still works fine for me. Can you download it via browser? Or maybe just temporary server problem?

Re: uloz small file problem

KES — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 02:13:28 +0000

App.log shows

Mon Apr 04 09:10:06 ICT 2016 WARNING: No Content-Length in header
Mon Apr 04 09:10:06 ICT 2016 WARNING: Loading file failed

FRD shows ERROR - Error starting download.

Re: uloz small file problem

tong2shot — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:51:00 +0000

Works fine for me. What error message did you get? Please attach app.log (Help -> Browse to log file).

uloz small file problem

KES — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 00:21:25 +0000

While ULOZ is working fine for most files I'm having trouble with small non-archived (non-rar'd) files like

[ulozto.net]