All systems normal

I’m pleased to advise that everything seems stable now. Uploads are being processed quickly and all seems well

Uploads being processed

StartYourTube have again started processing uploaded videos. As usual, no explanation has been given as to why they haven’t processed any for the past 48 hours.

Unfortunately, they have messed up the conversion of the past 6 videos. I’ve contacted the authors asking them if they could re-upload them.

My apologies to everyone who has been affected.

Site back up

The site is back up and now pointing to the correct location.

Uploaded videos are still in the queue. I’ll get them approved as soon as they’re released from the queue.

DNS issues

flightsimtube.com (along with every other startyourtube site) appears to be redirecting to the main startyoutube.com site.

Again, I’m hoping this is temporary and that this is an indication that they’re tyring to fix the site.

Media currently being held in queue

All video currently being uploaded is being held in a queue at the moment. I’m hoping that this is a deliberate action on the part of StartYourTube whilst they sort out all the other problems.

I’ll get the recently uploaded videos approved as soon as it allows me to do so.

FlightSimTube current status

Hi folks,

I’ve created this blog with the intention of providing the current status of FlightSimTube and supplying any news relating to the site.

The reason for doing so is primarily due to the current situation with the company that hosts the site. Just for a little background info, FlightSimTube was created using the software provided by StartYourTube. Recently, they have been experiencing a number of problems, but things have taken a real nose dive over the past 24 hours:

• More than 5 hours of downtime
• A number of members have been deleted
• A number of media items have been deleted
• Videos now being uploaded are being replaced – it looks like someone has hacked their site.

Unfortunately, as StartYourTube are hosting the site, there’s little I can do other than sit back and keep my fingers crossed.

I’m pretty upset with the way StartYourTube have handled the situation. When I say “handled”, what I really mean is that they’re simply ignoring any correspondence sent to them and don’t bother to let people know what the problems are and what they’re doing to fix them.

So, for now, I’m unable to approve any newly uploaded videos. As soon as that situation changes, I’ll post here again with the details.

I hope it’s only teething problems and that they’ll overcome them. FlightSimTube has been pretty popular over the 4 short weeks it’s been in existence and I’d like to see it continue in that fashion.

I’ve created a forum if you want to know what’s happening in more detail. If anyone notices anything else odd about the site, please let me know either here or on the forum.