How do you upload a video that takes longer than a human lifetime to watch? A mysterious YouTube channel has seemingly broken the fundamental laws of the platform by hosting content that is listed with a staggering runtime of one hundred and forty years. This digital anomaly has captivated the internet as millions flock to witness a glitch that technically should not exist within the site’s coding architecture.
• A YouTube video went viral for being 140 years long
• The channel ShinyWR is supposedly based in North Korea
• Millions are investigating the digital anomaly
The content in question was uploaded to a channel named ShinyWR which lists its geographic location as North Korea. Users browsing their recommendations are greeted by a thumbnail displaying a duration of over a century yet clicking the play button reveals a timeline that abruptly shrinks to a mere twelve hours. The video itself is titled with a simple question mark symbol and offers nothing but a black screen to those curious enough to click.
• The thumbnail shows 140 years but plays for twelve hours
• The video is titled with a question mark symbol
• Playback reveals only a black screen with no audio
Platform restrictions should make this upload impossible. YouTube currently enforces a strict upload limit of twelve hours or one hundred and twenty-eight gigabytes for the vast majority of accounts. Online sleuths are debating whether this is a sophisticated alternate reality game designed to build hype or simply a backend test channel that was accidentally exposed to the public algorithms.
• YouTube typically enforces a strict twelve-hour limit
• Users suspect a potential alternate reality game
• Theories suggest it may be a backend test channel
Deepening the mystery is the fact that this is not an isolated incident on the channel. The uploader has also posted other files with impossible metadata including a video listed at 294 hours and a livestream archive claiming to last for 300 hours. Most of these files appear completely broken upon an attempt to play them which suggests a deliberate manipulation of metadata rather than actual video files of that length.
• The channel hosts other impossible video lengths
• Files are listed at 294 and 300 hours
• Most videos are bugged and refuse to play
The true nature of ShinyWR remains a question mark much like the title of its viral hit. It is unclear if Google will step in to patch the exploit that allowed such metadata to display or if the channel will disappear as quickly as it arrived. For now, it serves as a bizarre fascination for a community always eager to find the ghosts in the machine.
• The method used to bypass limits is unknown
• Google has not yet addressed the metadata exploit
• The channel remains a viral curiosity
Via: Dexerto
