Forbid blob: and video playback
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:05 pm
I am having trouble with a few video sites where the video is greyed out and unplayable.
I have whitelisted the sites / subsiduary sites where the video is hosted, I have tried whitelisting all sites (bar known unrelated sites such as say, doubleclick).
There is one common factor - 100% correlation.
In the Noscript panel, a greyed out option appears "forbid blob:".
This includes one site who had an upgrade, where this "blob:" thing was previously absent (I prefer to temporarily allow rather than allow on most sites, so know what's there) and the domain I previously whitelisted to get the video to play no longer does the job.
What is this "blob:" thing?
Why is it appearing on more and more sites and why is it causing performance issues, particularly with videos?
....and more importantly, what can I do about it?
I have whitelisted the sites / subsiduary sites where the video is hosted, I have tried whitelisting all sites (bar known unrelated sites such as say, doubleclick).
There is one common factor - 100% correlation.
In the Noscript panel, a greyed out option appears "forbid blob:".
This includes one site who had an upgrade, where this "blob:" thing was previously absent (I prefer to temporarily allow rather than allow on most sites, so know what's there) and the domain I previously whitelisted to get the video to play no longer does the job.
What is this "blob:" thing?
Why is it appearing on more and more sites and why is it causing performance issues, particularly with videos?
....and more importantly, what can I do about it?