A friend sent me what they thought were video files - or rather, forwarded an email from their HR department (a big employer) with the files attached. They then forwarded the email to me, expecting me to be able to access the videos.
But the files are xspf files (a few bytes in size) - links to files, with a path C:/Users/*********/Downloads.
My friend can access the files, I of course can't. How is this working?!
On 26 Jul 2023 at 08:06:53 BST, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
A friend sent me what they thought were video files - or rather, forwarded an
email from their HR department (a big employer) with the files attached. They
then forwarded the email to me, expecting me to be able to access the videos.
But the files are xspf files (a few bytes in size) - links to files, with a >> path C:/Users/*********/Downloads.
My friend can access the files, I of course can't. How is this working?!
Well, it's not working :)
xspf is an xml shareable playlist file. Only references, no video
content.
They'll have some corporate setup where the actual files have been
synced via other means, and the xspf references them. Does the
asterisked out portion include a folder that matches one of the big
corporate fileshare things, like onedrive/box/dropbox/etc?
On 26 Jul 2023 at 11:05:54 BST, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 26 Jul 2023 at 08:06:53 BST, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
A friend sent me what they thought were video files - or rather, forwarded an
email from their HR department (a big employer) with the files attached. They
then forwarded the email to me, expecting me to be able to access the videos.
But the files are xspf files (a few bytes in size) - links to files, with a >>> path C:/Users/*********/Downloads.
My friend can access the files, I of course can't. How is this working?!
Well, it's not working :)
xspf is an xml shareable playlist file. Only references, no video
content.
They'll have some corporate setup where the actual files have been
synced via other means, and the xspf references them. Does the
asterisked out portion include a folder that matches one of the big
corporate fileshare things, like onedrive/box/dropbox/etc?
Thanks for that - the ******* is what looks to me like a username. I'd understand that on a corporate network, but this is a personal laptop. They're
Zoom files if that makes a difference
The whole situation is a bit frenetic so I don't want to drill down too hard on what's happened - just curious!
the ******* is what looks to me like a username. I'd understand that on
a corporate network, but this is a personal laptop. They're Zoom files
if that makes a difference The whole situation is a bit frenetic so I
don't want to drill down too hard on what's happened - just curious!
RJH wrote:
the ******* is what looks to me like a username. I'd understand that on
a corporate network, but this is a personal laptop. They're Zoom files
if that makes a difference The whole situation is a bit frenetic so I
don't want to drill down too hard on what's happened - just curious!
I don't know zoom, but perhaps if a user chooses to record a meeting, it saves the videos as e.g. 15 minute chunks under c:\users\fred\yyyymmddhhmmss.mp4
and then saves the playlist that includes each 15 minute segment?
On 26/07/2023 11:53, RJH wrote:
On 26 Jul 2023 at 11:05:54 BST, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 26 Jul 2023 at 08:06:53 BST, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
A friend sent me what they thought were video files - or rather, forwarded anWell, it's not working :)
email from their HR department (a big employer) with the files attached. They
then forwarded the email to me, expecting me to be able to access the videos.
But the files are xspf files (a few bytes in size) - links to files, with a
path C:/Users/*********/Downloads.
My friend can access the files, I of course can't. How is this working?! >>>
xspf is an xml shareable playlist file. Only references, no video
content.
They'll have some corporate setup where the actual files have been
synced via other means, and the xspf references them. Does the
asterisked out portion include a folder that matches one of the big
corporate fileshare things, like onedrive/box/dropbox/etc?
Thanks for that - the ******* is what looks to me like a username. I'd
understand that on a corporate network, but this is a personal laptop. They're
Zoom files if that makes a difference
The whole situation is a bit frenetic so I don't want to drill down too hard >> on what's happened - just curious!
Has your friend told you what files are in the
C:/Users/*********/Downloads folder?
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