Im watching from android tablet in chrome as well but not via the App because I wouldn’t be able to use the editor (my pc crashed), so I have no ads just one video resolution but no VP exclusives, check your email box kris just sent a mail like 30 min ago. These following dramas can NOT be accessed by any QC due to the license restriction through the media contender:
Due to licensing issues, we’ve just been informed that there will no longer be QC access for the following titles:
Uncontrollably Fond
My Unfortunate Boyfriend
Tomorrow’s Cantabile
Heirs
You don’t need to do anything about the VP in settings… just wait for the staff… hopefully they will fix it this week.
That’s not good. I checked the list of subbers all are Canadians or Americans for UF. The Korean can’t get in either. She’s in KOREA. We are trying to find European segmenters. Goodbye subtitles.
Well, darn. Don’t know if posting on the forums make them check you faster or if my timing is just great, but just got an email that my Viki Pass is now active!
I really feel for the entire UF team, since that’s the only active project on the list. I mean, it’s not even Europe that has access, only some countries. The open access is soooo limited. Something extraordinary must’ve happened because Viki is aware most Kor-Eng translators are from North America.
Fingers crossed it gets resolved soon. Meanwhile I guess segmenting can be done, as you mentioned.
Just a question regarding the new QC status program. I currently have a total of about 120,000+ segments and subs. If for whatever reason, I do not meet the 500 contribution count within 6 months and lose my QC status, do I have to start from scratch all over again, or am I able to reactivate my status if I just contribute 500 again? Thanks!
My gut tells me it’s because of we don’t want to name site, they got exclusive for Americas and perhaps have made that condition, I bet they are trolling Viki as well!!
Im getting concerned that the QC access will start to be on shaking grounds because of them… they know how Viki operates and want to pull a break!
My VikiPass is restored but this month to month setting looks silly to me, I fullfilled my requirement and Im good till July 2017… why can’t the system just say so, as if I have to keep track because glitches continue to happen…
When you think about it, QC system is the main reason why this site works (so well), because, even when North Am viewers are not allowed to watch a show, the NA QCs are still diligently working on it.
I wouldn’t want to speculate if the You-know-which-site is involved or not, but I hope it doesn’t continue.
I’m more annoyed with this new “you can watch the first four episodes for free, but then you have to buy a subscription” type of a thing. It’s kinda sneaky and makes the Viki site that much less benevolent.
We need to acknowledge viki is a company.
I have gotten vpn. I actually was the first one to alert everyone. I couldn’t even get into the editors to say hi!!!
We’re working on getting European and Middle Eastern segmenters. We have half a European subber… Hopefully this stuff works.
NA (North American) QCs and other QCs who are in restricted region have no access to sub or to seg unless you have VPN; I just hope this won’t become a pattern.
Restricting access mid-way? Who do they think they are? I understand regional restrictions before people start watching, but after???
My first reaction is why bother with that specific channel (not the viki channel, the TV channel) any longer. There are thousands of shows out there.
I feel for the ones who watched the first episodes and for those who wasted precious time for segments and subtitles, but I’m glad the channel people showed their true colors and that we can now give a chance to more respectful managements, that decide the licences beforehand,
Later, when I’m calmer, I will wonder why they also forbade subtitles in specific languages.
I understand restricting access to specific regions, but why would anyone want to discourage someone that lives in an allowed region but speaks a “forbidden” language? Why do they also restrict subtitles? Do they have some content that could be offending to certain people? I know it’s paranoia, but…
Because it cuts into their profits because they plan to expand into that country or site that shall not be named also bought out those specific rights.
The last time this happened it was also for a show that that site had exclusive North American right to. Basically if you restrict North America that’s like 90% of all Kor-Eng subbers. I didn’t know but the 3rd largest overseas Korean community in the world is LA.
I thought the point of that was to restrict those more internet-savvy, who can go around the regional restrictions, from watching in their own language. Funny part is those people usually have a good knowledge of English anyway and could therefore watch the show in English.
er didn’t try to play it. To be honest I sub if I like the team. The show doesn’t matter that much. For ex penultimate ep of Lucky Romance was such a bore to sub. I’ll let you know @irmar
@christina_ it is an exercise in futility to try to understand idiots.
I have encountered a problem with someone who just had fun today and who went on 14 shows, creating false segments and subtitles only using dots “.” and “…”.
This “contributor” has all of her 1600 subtitles with only dots or double dots and her 1500 segments were only created to sub dots.
The new QC program should be reviewed because to reach 3000 contributions, she did it in 7 hours, only using scissors and dots.
It will be a waste of time for contributors who have to fix what she has done with fun and it’s unfair for viewers.
It’s too easy to become QC now, to drive a wedge on Viki and creating more work for us fixing this. We only want to have a good time on Viki and only spending our time on Viki contributing and watching dramas without having to bother about mess like that.
Either we close automatically the channel to people who are not part of the team : so we prevent this behaviour.
Either we change the new QC program : so we prevent this behaviour but I don’t know what to propose.
Either segmentors or CM have more power so they can fix this easily when the damage is done.
Here are examples of the cons of this new QC program :
We can see “.” in the following segment and many strange segments with impossible length :
