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(deleted) Fri 08-Jan-10 09:41:49
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Youtube redirection issue


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Hopefully someone will be able to help
I have a youtube account which I use to upload the occasional screencast, but when I try to log in i get the following message
The page isn't redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.


Which then repeats each time I visit youtube until I remove cookies...then I can view all content, but I'm unable to edit my own content as I'm not logged in

I use firefox as my primary browser, but the same issue is with cometbird,. same issue with a different error message from IE, and the same problem using firefox in XP mode, last think to try is going to be a completely different machine.

All cookies are enabled..I think I've tried all the obvious steps..any suggestions?

When i click to sign in the following URL appears on the address bar prior to the failure
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https://www.google.com/accounts/CheckCookie?continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Faction_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26nomobiletemp%3D1%26hl%3Den_GB%26next%3D%252Fuser%252Fmyusername&hl=en_GB&service=youtube&ltmpl=sso&chtml=LoginDoneHtml

Looks like characters are being swapped for junk (%3A%2F%2F instead of :// in the URL) so something is not parsing correctly, which suggests I could rebuild the URL if I knew all the coding...but that's no solution.

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Edited by deleted (Fri 08-Jan-10 09:45:16)

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(deleted) Mon 11-Jan-10 19:38:17
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Re: Youtube redirection issue


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That's proper encoding, not a problem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
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