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Fix the image proxy

macdjord

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For some reason, every image which is embedded in a post using an [img] tag, rather than actually pointing at the source image, instead points at some sort of image proxy under the QQ domain. However, this proxy chokes on any image over a certain size (and possibly certain image formats), resulting in images that render fine in the editor (which doesn't use the proxy) but just shows a 'broken image' icon in the actual thread.

Can we please fix the proxy so it can handle large images? Or at least have it automatically fail over to a direct embedding if it can't handle the image in question?
 
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Can you point to some examples of images that are broken?

Some issues here are unavoidable, since if a site has hotlink protection or similar then the server won't be able to mirror it. But in those cases a direct embed wouldn't work either.
 
alethiophile said:
Can you point to some examples of images that are broken?

Some issues here are unavoidable, since if a site has hotlink protection or similar then the server won't be able to mirror it. But in those cases a direct embed wouldn't work either.
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Just check any of the image threads, looking for people saying 'Pic broken outside reply'.
 
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