- **This is more an alpha version**: I decided to share you my work in progress so you can start using the upcoming app for feedbacks - **This runs separately from whatthemovie.com**: it runs on a backup from June 1st, you can break things, do things with your account, it won't persist and impact your main account here - **Search the thread first**: if your bug is already reported, just reply "same here" with your device/browser. It helps us see how widespread it is. - **Screenshots > words**: A picture (or a short screen recording) saves us a lot of guessing. - Remember the beta runs on a **backup copy** on a separate server — your reports won't be lost when the data resets, but your beta account/points might be. That's expected.
For ideas, requests, or "please don't change this" — drop them here too, just start the reply with **[Feedback]** or **[Idea]** so we can tell them apart from bugs.
A few issues I detected (and already reported to you, kinoute): - Unable to complete uploading so far (but maybe that's intended). - Some shots showing "white crush": https://beta.whatthemovie.com/movie/austin_powers_the_spy_who_shagged_me - The site width often varies: one page suddenly appears "squeezed" on a narrower area than the previous one; reloading the new page usually fixes it, but it's weird
Upload seems to be working just fine right now! :-)
Issues detected today: - Deletion: got an Error 500 when hitting the button, after stating the reason. But after refreshing the overview, it looks like the shot was deleted anyway. - Replacements: there seems to be no (simple) way to download any Archive shot... which is kind of needed if you want to take the exact same shot from your disc. Maybe enable it just for users allowed to do replacements (who are experienced ones / with high privileges)?
Thanks @MisterZob for your reports here and in private! --- What I fixed/did recently: ---
## Uploads & shot images - **Transparent-PNG fix**: flatten alpha only when the source has a real alpha channel, flatten before JPEG-encoding legacy variants, and encode the original once at upload instead of rewriting it. - Regenerate legacy renditions on migrated (S3) blobs. - Fix 500 on shot replacement (`replacement_id` cast to Integer) and skip the duplicate check on replacements. - Consolidate the replacement UI into a single info modal. - Make the "Top Rated" / "Most Favorited" upload sorts actually reorder, and fix the sort caches. - Fix upload-form checkbox styling/layout.
## AI / embeddings (HNSW unblock) - Eliminate NULL embeddings so the HNSW index can build: stamp a sentinel on dead/orphan rows, do it before the attachment guard, and fix lingering `shots.status` references.
## Similar shots - Auto lazy-load "similar shots" on the show page via the HNSW index. - Search the revealable catalogue instead of only featured shots, and bump the cache key to drop stale results.
## Other fixes - Fix delete-vote 500 and add original-download on shots (for rank 12+ on shots requested for remplacement) - Fix `users#show` URL error in search autocomplete. - Clamp junk Pagy page params to the first page. - Fix mobile header collision / horizontal scroll. - Self-heal the "squished" page caused by a stale deploy. - Surface scruffy-promoted feature films on the dashboard. - Build a presenter for anonymous correct guesses; make alt-titles + private-wall real Turbo frames. - Misc post-beta fixes: vault, profile, shouts, NewRelic.
There are still plenty of things that I'm not happy about, especially the logged in homepage, the user profile page, and the movie page. It is very hard to design a "dashboard" for the logged users which is beautiful and useful.
I have still plenty of ideas/stuff to do but for now lets make it "stable" for the main features and we will see later.
You been working hard! Impressed by all the stats :D Nice with the bigger images. The duplicate checker is a great feature, and seems to be working well.
-If the alternative titles were sorted alphabetically by language, it would be easier to avoid adding a duplicate. -I miss the IMDb link button on movies startpage. -On the 'Crop your shot' page. If it doesn't find any black bars/borders, it still only selects part of the shot. It would be nice if it selected all of the shot, so you don't accidentally crop a shot that don't need it. -It would be nice if the autosearch when adding tags, also worked when uploading a shot.
-When trying to 'Download original' on some of the Replacement needed shots I get a Error 500 page. -In 'My bookmarks' changing the sort order doesn't change the sort order. It also says 'Solution available' on every shot, except the ones in the current vault contest, and the one from a previous vault contest (where the solution were available). -It's possible to upload shots for movies that are currently locked on the old site.
I will continue to poke around, and will report back if I have any more thoughts or find any bugs.
I find the "Trending / Most uploaded this week" thing quite disturbing, quiz-wise. This lists movies that are the answers to the current quiz. At least this should not take quiz shots into account, IMHO. Or include Archive shots and change it in something like "Trending / Most uploaded last month".
Other issues detected today: - Tried shouting below a quiz shot (tried both NS and FF): got an Error 400 and the shout wasn't taken into account. - Thumbnails of newly posted shots don't show on the notification feed: https://postimg.cc/Q925D7rL - Solve counter below NS shots doesn't seem to work: https://postimg.cc/1gF1MWZk
About the new Replacement feature: On Step 3: Shots flagged for replacement should appeared flagged like when browsing site or highlighted somehow. And/or there could be a filter (activated by default, but that can be turned off) showing only shots flagged for replacement. On Step 4: The replacement text should be "Match the exact same frame that was originally posted. Resolution should be the same or higher. Aspect ratio should be the movie's original/intended AR listed on IMDb". On Step 5: Instead of tagging, the replacement reason should be specified (and the replacement shouldn't be possible unless a reason is specified). Also I think it would be better if replacement reasons could be picked from a list, for instance (multiple-choice options available): - Original shot was low quality. - Original shot's aspect ratio was messed up (squeezed or stretched, overcropped, not matching any official release, ...). - Original shot was undercropped (letterbox/pillarbox black bars or lines were left). - Original shot was tweaked (colors/contrast/brightness). - Original shot had something that doesn't belong in the movie (watermark, logo, pointer, player, ...) - Other [type it here].
When editing profile, it would be great if there finally was a "N/A" or "Remove" option for the country. Because currently, once you have selected a country, you can only change it to another country, not hide it. The new profile features seem to be great, BTW! But I didn't have time to try them yet...
Minor issues spotted today: a. Solve counter below shot preview doesn't seem to work in NS overview. b. Could post a shout below an NS shot: it worked, but I had to reload the page to see it. c. Tried to post a Contest shot with my test account, but couldn't do it. Got a quick "Somebody already posted a snapshot from that movie" notification on Step 4. I checked with my mod account and, even though I can't be sure (not having recognized all movies that were already posted), it seemed untrue. So I tried again with a movie that wasn't on WTM yet, and I got the same notification...
Issues spotted yesterday: - Tried to rate a movie, got a quick green notification but the rating wasn't taken into account. - Tried to rate a TV series, got an Error 500 and the rating wasn't taken into account. - Display issue on HoF / Regular / Top Solvers: percentages should be 100 times as high. - In the Archive, the browsing is weird. The default overview seems to be the old one, in the opposite order (from recent to old). I don't mind that. But on the shot pages, the Next/Previous buttons don't seem to take us to the next/previous shot...
Issues spotted, sorry if repeated: - When clicking next random sometimes it sends me back to the main page - When trying to alter the parameters for the next random I get an error 400
Other than that I'm really enjoying the new fase of the site, great work.
Questions: -Will the 'Recent Snapshots' section be added to the new site? -Is it on purpose that shot ratings are hidden until they enter 'The Archive'?
Bug: -In Firefox (works in Chrome); When browsing 'Feature Films' there's no green line on the solved shots (only when I select 'Show only solved shots').
@nogui Thanks a lot! I'm going to have a look at these!
@Rigbog - recent snapshots you mean on the homepage? It should be there but I fucked up something. You should still see the "new submissions", "new awesome uploads", "new FF shots" since your last visit. But the cards are not showing for me too, I have to investigate. - It should not be that way at least that extreme, rating should be hidden only in NS and FF until SotD is picked as it is the case here, and in running contests. I must have (again) broken something - Will have a look thanks ---- Thanks for your feedbacks guys, if we want a working website and switch to the new version ASAP, I need anything you can report and don't worry about duplicate reports
- The overall shot counter on the user overview seems to take deleted snapshots into account. I don't think it should. - I can't find how to delete a rejected snapshot of mine (in case I want to give it another try). - In the Archive, shot-by-shot browsing is still not working properly.
https://beta.whatthemovie.com/vault For contests that have ended, I think the shot chosen to illustrate the theme should be the one with the highest overall rating, not the one posted first. Which basically means that the shot posted first should only show for the currently running contest.
Thank you for your hard work! There's only one thing I personally don't like at all: the effect when you enter a wrong answer. I don't know why, but it startles me. And that the answer is gone afterwards so you can't check it for typos, commas, spaces etc.
Thank you for your work. In the new version, we are missing the Announced Contest. We see a few ended contest at the bottom of the list, then the running contest, and at the top, the uploading contest. On the current main version, we also see the Announced contest, the one that will switch to uploading next. We are missing this both on the home page, and on the Vault page. It helps to have the Announced contest to prepare shots in advance for when it turns to uploading.
I noticed that, on the WTM3 beta, some of my memorabilia are not shown in my profile's memorabilia page (ie Shots of the Months, Shot of the Year, 100 animation shots, 100 b/w shots, 100 nudity shots, 100 gore shots, etc.)
So I just wrote a damn message and when I sent it I got an error message that I am not signed in even though I am signed in. WTH? Message lost, great. Hope this issue is fixed in the new version. Maybe I'll write again if I find time...
@MisterZob It should work now (I created a two weeks test contest)
@JakeBlues It should be ok now, I see your awards!
@Aralis As Francis said, there was no upcoming contest. But when one will be announced, it will now also appear on top of the page (red border where different announcements will be displayed) and also in the sidebar. Since I just created a test contest there, you should see that it is fixed.
@greyhound I understand your point, I will have a look and maybe provide something in the user settings to disable/reduce it. That way people will have the choice
It seems that I am still missing the Joker Helmet memorabilia (10+ reviews), I still haven't checked if all the rest are ok....
Edit: The problem is not linked to the WTM3 beta version. I got that memorabilia on 28/06/2012, after I wrote my tenth review, but now it seems that I only have nine of them. Is it possible that one of my reviews got deleted (and, if yes, why)? Unfortunately, after 14 years, I cannot remember which movies I reviewed...
@kinoute, wonderful job on WTM3! I can hardly wait to switch over to the new platform.
Quick question on the various ways to earn points... Are points still awarded when uploading character shots to a movie page? I did not see that option listed in the Help & FAQ page.
@PictureSnatcher thanks a lot! Regarding points, this is a mistake, you will still gain points when uploading title/character shots! I need to update the page
I agree with greyhound. So it would be nice with the possibility to enable/disable it.
@lezard Yeah, it is way easier now. I will definitely miss it.
https://postimg.cc/23fDzmhm Is it a mistake that supporters will have six slots now, or is it just something new?
-I can upload a normal shot to TV series (they are not locked).
-When I try to 'Add to shelf' on a movies page or 'Add a title' on my profile->shelf page, nothing gets added to my shelf.
-When importing IMDb ratings I get a error 500 page.
-If I add/change the synopsis/overview of a movie, It doesn't appear/change. If I then try to add/change again, the text input field shows my added/changed version.
@Rigborg could you check again everything you reported please? @greygound the "animation" have been deleted or greatly reduced and the text remains after an error
Regarding the contest, now users can use their Awesome Uploads as "Credits". For contests, it can be used to double your contest upload quota. So if you are a non supporter, you can upload 4 shots in total (versus 2 before) using 2 AUs. For supporters, you can upload up to 6 shots (versus 3 before) using 3 AUs. This feature is being tested, quota etc might change later.