Y&R/B&B/GL Vault Updates

[ChickenNuggetz92]

Vault Update for March 2025

Hello retro soap community!

I thank you for your patience as @BoldRestless and I navigate on how to continue with the Vault going forward. Starting with bad news - due to changes with the registration process for Microsoft's Developer Program which is how I was able to host the Vault via OneDrive most recently, I am unable to continue hosting the Vault on OneDrive until further notice.

That being said, I'm willing to continue sharing access to the Vault via my Network Attached Storage/NAS (my personal cloud, in laymans terms). You will still be able to view episodes and upload episodes, however the procedures will be slightly different going forward.

Viewing Episodes

Simply click on this link to view the episodes - https://bit.ly/4i9lUwM. Navigate to the folder, and on the video file, either right-click (for computer/laptop users) or long tap (for mobile users), and choose "Open in new Tab".

If the video file still won't play after this, it may need to be downloaded and played using a different application, such as VLC.

Uploading Episodes

To contribute to the library of videos, please refer to the below upload links.

Upload to BB: https://bit.ly/4bDdg7k

Upload to GL: https://bit.ly/4iwYVvv

Upload to YR: https://bit.ly/4bViTO5

Before files are uploaded, please ensure the name of your video file follows the scheme (airdate - YYYY-MM-DD)-(full episode/clip). Example - 1992-07-05-Full Episode.mp4.

This will temporarily place the video files in the root folders of the soap until I find time to sort out the videos and place them into the correct folders.

Pros and Cons to this new method

One big benefit of moving out of OneDrive to my NAS is that I no longer have to segregate the soaps in order to stay under the 5TB quota, and is totally dependent on how much personal storage I have left (as of today, about 4TB). I have the ability of being able to expand the storage, albeit I'm waiting until Black Friday until 16TB hard drives go on sale again haha.

The new upload procedure also tightens control over how files are sorted and prevents accidental duplication of files, thus prematurely running out of storage space. You will also notice there is a name field for when you upload your files, so it helps the community to know who to thank every time a contribution is made.

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Some drawbacks of this new system is that because it is not being run out of Microsoft's servers and instead to my machine, it's dependent on 2 factors:

1) My personal internet connection
2) Whether or not my machine is on or off.

I leave my NAS on all the time, but sometimes power trips or outages will cause it to disconnect, though not very often. I'll do my best to keep everyone updated with the online status. If playback is a little slower than usual it's also because there's likely a high amount of traffic accessing the files. If it's unbearably laggy, please download the files and play them on your device instead of streaming them.

Please let me know if you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them and I appreciate your patience on this, as I do have a very busy life outside of soap opera archiving aha.

Edited March 17 by ChickenNuggetz92

[Maxim]

Thank you!!!!

[ChickenNuggetz92]

Note: If the B&B folder looks incomplete, it's because I'm running a quick update on it. Should be good in a few hours.

[janea4old]

Would you consider also posting link on bluesky? (since some viewers prefer to avoid twitter nowadays due to elon)
But of course only if you have the time and energy for doing that.  I also respect your needs as to limiting how/where this is announced.

Appreciate all you do already! Thank you so much for all your hard work!  Very grateful!

Edited March 17 by janea4old

[YRfan23]

@ChickenNuggetz92 @BoldRestless thank you two for your hard work!!

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I know it’s not easy but commend what you two are doing!!

[Njohnny204]

Great work, I’ve been keeping up with Bold Vault & patently waiting for 1998 to be complete

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[yrfan1983]

Thanks a million! Your work is appreciated every day

[ChickenNuggetz92]

Just a heads up - I'm already running low on space LOL. Someone is uploading a huge chunk of early 2010s Y&R to the Vault. I'll see what I can do in the meantime to stall out how much space is being used but I may have to get a 16TB hard drive a lot sooner than I expected. 

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[PhilParis]

Thank you very much !

[fivethej]

1996-06-20 Malcolm meets Phyllis for the first time clip needs to be fixed. Half the video doesn't play.

[BoldRestless]

I don't think the clip can be fixed, it seems to be corrupted. It looks like it originally comes from the YouTube channel YRFanatic, so someone who had successfully downloaded the clip from there would have to reupload it.

Edited March 19 by BoldRestless

[Njohnny204]

Great work, I’ve been keeping up with Bold Vault & patently waiting for 1998 to be complete

[ChickenNuggetz92]

Luckily for you, I found an extra copy on one of my other hard drives. The clip has been replaced.

[BoldRestless]

Wow, that's awesome! Do you by chance also have a copy of the clip 1996-08-19 Olivia is reunited with little Nate at last!  That one also doesn't play til the end. It's from the same YouTube channel. I have been hoping to replace these clips for years and years.

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Edited March 19 by BoldRestless

[ChickenNuggetz92]

That one I don't have sadly!