For reference, here is the internal CCC startup logic surrounding the test.txt file:


Check if the NetShare directory exists
Create the NetShare directory if missing
Copy the Ratings.XML file to NetShare\Test.TXT
Check if \localhost\CCC\Test.TXT file exists via Windows network stack
If file ...

Hi Robert, thank you for sharing your experiences and solutions, I'm sure they will help others as well.

I've been on Win11 for years now, long enough that I can no longer remember if I encountered similar challenges.

I will say that CCC includes a setting for you to define the username/password ...

I just checked, and it is up for me.

What I noticed in my testing is that different videos had different success rates. The Dark Knight trailer definitely had the issue for me, though, so I used it for the public test.

My expectation is that if I fold this into CMC, it will work for some trailers, and fail randomly for others. But ...

Excellent, thanks for you feedback.

I'm surprised that the trailer played the first time. That does align with my own experience, where it played on my development PC, at least in the original folder. Perhaps there's something to the "first time" success.

I'm logged into Youtube on multiple ...

Youtube_Trailer_Test.zip

As before, you may have to open your AV software and permit this download. I did add my developer info to the files hoping that would prevent any false flagging.

You also need to place this in a directory where you have write permissions.

To conduct the test, first run ...

Thanks, I appreciate your faith!

And I guess it was well placed, I seem to have figured it out.

I traced the issue down to the cached cookies. If I copied the cookie file over from the working directory to the non-working directory, magically it began working.

I also happen to have Youtube ...

I've gotten further in my testing, but don't have a solution just yet.

If I use the regular Youtube URL, I can open the full video trailer page (which has all the other sections like comments and other videos surrounding it), but I cannot get it to go into fullscreen mode automatically. So this ...

I just tested it on my HTPC, and after jumping through the hoops to "Run Anyway", it got an error 153 video player configuration error message and it didn't work.