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 - bit.ly/4hkIsuE. 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. 

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 October 23Oct 23 by ChickenNuggetz92
Updated Links for October 2025

wow tnank you @Soapfan1979

Hi, do you know if there’s any chance more Y&R episodes from the ’90s will be uploaded soon?

12 hours ago, Marquise said:

wow tnank you @Soapfan1979

You're very welcome

19 minutes ago, Soapfan1979 said:

You're very welcome

wrong thread

Edited August 30Aug 30 by fivethej

On 8/26/2025 at 8:37 AM, asafi said:

Hi, do you know if there’s any chance more Y&R episodes from the ’90s will be uploaded soon?

Besides the random episode, there hasn't been anything uploaded in ages.

Hi is there anymore episodes from the videoland site being uploaded to the vault i.e. 2000-2001 ? thanks

On 8/26/2025 at 2:23 AM, Soapfan1979 said:

Hi all

I'm currently adding the first 250 episodes of B&B to the vault but I forgot to list it as seasons 1 & 2. These episodes are from shout factory TV's streaming site. 

Are they a screen recording, or a backend rip?

4 hours ago, EyeOnFashion said:

Are they a screen recording, or a backend rip?

they are direct downloads from the site.

8 hours ago, Soapfan1979 said:

they are direct downloads from the site.

Thanks so much for confirming. I’m surprised they are only 480p resolution. The live stream on ShoutTV is 720p or maybe 1080p (much better than YouTube quality) so it’s disappointing they only let you download 480p, unless you intentionally output 480p? Thanks again. 

Edited August 30Aug 30 by EyeOnFashion

8 hours ago, EyeOnFashion said:

Thanks so much for confirming. I’m surprised they are only 480p resolution. The live stream on ShoutTV is 720p or maybe 1080p (much better than YouTube quality) so it’s disappointing they only let you download 480p, unless you intentionally output 480p? Thanks again. 

I just downloaded them as they are. I didn't change a thing.

Pleeeeeease if anyone has any other Young and the Restless episodes from 1984-1986, pretty please upload them to the vault!! 🤞💙

 

ps. Thanks again to the OP for doing this for us classic fans!!! 💙🤗🎈

No new episodes from the 90s have been uploaded to Y&R for quite a while. Any chance Sony might start releasing classic episodes, like they did with B&B?

Whoever uploaded 3345 of B&B Thank You 

23 minutes ago, Soapfan1979 said:

Whoever uploaded 3345 of B&B Thank You