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I uploaded an MP3 audio file and titled it:

  • Saga - Ode to a Dying People (Live in London 2009, with White Nationalists) (Rahowa cover)

It uploaded properly:

I just went to upload the MP4 video file that the MP3 audio file was saved from and tried to give it the same title, but it is a completely different file - larger size and an MP4 video file.

After going through slowly uploading it (slow net), it hit 92% and went into upload finalization. It then gave me an error saying that the file I just uploaded has already been uploaded to vid8 and it sent me back to the upload page.

As this video did not already exist on vid8, I guessed that it was just that the title of this MP4 upload matched the title of the MP3 upload.

I dropped the MP4 file back on and dropped the "(Rahowa cover)" portion of the title so it would be a different title:

  • Saga - Ode to a Dying People (Live in London 2009, with White Nationalists)

I expected it to resume the upload and finalize now that I had altered the title to being unique. It did go back to the processing page and showed 92% progress on the upload, but it then reset to 0% after a few seconds and proceeded to reupload the video again from the start.

If possible, could a check be made upon hitting to upload a file, but prior to initiating the upload, to see if the chosen title for the upload already matches an existing upload so that we can have a chance to alter the title before uploading and avoid needing to reupload the file all over again please?

EDIT: Or perhaps instead of sending back to the upload page after it detects the duplicate title, allow the chosen title to be altered right there from the processing page so that the uploaded file can be finalized without needing to start all over again?

I uploaded an MP3 audio file and titled it: - Saga - Ode to a Dying People (Live in London 2009, with White Nationalists) (Rahowa cover) It uploaded properly: - https://vid8.poal.co/user/Khro_/5oSpVwg I just went to upload the MP4 video file that the MP3 audio file was saved from and tried to give it the same title, but it is a completely different file - larger size and an MP4 video file. After going through slowly uploading it (slow net), it hit 92% and went into upload finalization. It then gave me an error saying that the file I just uploaded has already been uploaded to vid8 and it sent me back to the upload page. As this video did not already exist on vid8, I guessed that it was just that the title of this MP4 upload matched the title of the MP3 upload. I dropped the MP4 file back on and dropped the "(Rahowa cover)" portion of the title so it would be a different title: - Saga - Ode to a Dying People (Live in London 2009, with White Nationalists) I expected it to resume the upload and finalize now that I had altered the title to being unique. It did go back to the processing page and showed 92% progress on the upload, but it then reset to 0% after a few seconds and proceeded to reupload the video again from the start. - https://vid8.poal.co/user/Khro_/CXRMJxK If possible, could a check be made upon hitting to upload a file, but prior to initiating the upload, to see if the chosen title for the upload already matches an existing upload so that we can have a chance to alter the title before uploading and avoid needing to reupload the file all over again please? EDIT: Or perhaps instead of sending back to the upload page after it detects the duplicate title, allow the chosen title to be altered right there from the processing page so that the uploaded file can be finalized without needing to start all over again?

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[–] • 1 pt

Alright, I found the culprit.

Upload code is checking for duplicate titles first, even if the files are different, then it compares hashes. But since it uses an async function, a race condition can occur (though it is very rare).

I'll update/fix that code later.

Thanks for the report!

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

I'm very, very relieved! I was starting to fear that I was wasting your time with a false report and that it was due to me making an error and misremembering what I uploaded and that I did try to upload the wrong file the first time with one that actually did already exist.

Thank you very much for looking at that and finding that there was a cause for what I experienced!

[–] • 1 pt

Well you are the one to ever report this issue, so I guess destiny called :D

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

It would seem I frequently do common things in really uncommon and out-of-order ways. So much of my life has been spent troubleshooting and working out the causes for issues due to encountering these extreme fringe scenarios and circumstances that come as a result of my doing things in unexpected ways.

Maybe I unconsciously do things in strange ways and in an unusual order on purpose as I really do enjoy the challenge of solving the mystery and working out what could have led to the issue happening so that I can then think of how to fix it.

Thanks again, AOU!

[–] • 1 pt

Oh, just a quick question, did you get 'Upload title already uploaded' before or after the file was completely uploaded?

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

The upload progress dial was counting up as the elapsed time and time remaining counted up/down. The upload dial percentage got to about 92% and it then gave me that error popup when it looked like it was starting to load into the finished video page.

So I would say after it completed, but still did not say 100%. I think the last 8-10% of the upload might just be background configuration stuff and that the file actually does get fully uploaded at about ~92% on the progress dial.