diff --git a/lib/filter-master.js b/lib/filter-master.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a7e4a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filter-master.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+function FilterMaster(worker) {
+    this.waiting = {};
+    this.worker = worker;
+    this.id = 0;
+
+    this.worker.on("message", this.handleMessage.bind(this));
+}
+
+FilterMaster.prototype.filterMessage = function (channel, message, cb) {
+    var req = {
+        cmd: "filter",
+        channel: channel.name,
+        message: message,
+        id: this.id++
+    };
+
+    var resdata = {
+        cb: cb,
+        channel: channel,
+        message: message,
+        time: Date.now()
+    };
+
+    this.waiting[req.id] = resdata;
+    this.worker.send(req);
+};
+
+FilterMaster.prototype.handleMessage = function (data) {
+    if (data.cmd === "filterResult") {
+        var res = this.waiting[data.id];
+        if (!res) return;
+        delete this.waiting[data.id];
+
+        if (data.error) {
+            // TODO log error
+            return;
+        }
+
+        res.cb(data.message);
+    } else if (data.cmd === "needFilterData") {
+        var res = this.waiting[data.id];
+        if (!res) return;
+
+        var data = {
+            filters: res.channel.modules.filters.filters.pack(),
+            channel: res.channel.name,
+
+    }
+};
diff --git a/lib/filter-worker.js b/lib/filter-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5658030f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filter-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+var FilterList = require("./channel/filters").FilterList;
+
+function FilterWorker() {
+    this.cache = {};
+}
+
+FilterWorker.prototype.cacheData = function (channel, filters, convertLinks) {
+    this.cache[channel] = {
+        filters: new FilterList(filters),
+        convertLinks: convertLinks
+    };
+};
+
+FilterWorker.prototype.removeData = function (channel) {
+    if (this.cache.hasOwnProperty(channel)) {
+        delete this.cache[channel];
+    }
+};
+
+FilterWorker.prototype.hasData = function (channel) {
+    return this.cache.hasOwnProperty(channel);
+};
+
+const link = /(\w+:\/\/(?:[^:\/\[\]\s]+|\[[0-9a-f:]+\])(?::\d+)?(?:\/[^\/\s]*)*)/ig;
+FilterWorker.prototype.filterMessage = function (channel, msg) {
+    if (!this.hasData(channel)) {
+        throw new Error("Missing channel data");
+    }
+
+    var parts = msg.split(link);
+    var filters = this.cache[channel].filters;
+    var convertLinks = this.cache[channel].convertLinks;
+
+    for (var j = 0; j < parts.length; j++) {
+        /* substring is a URL */
+        if (convertLinks && parts[j].match(link)) {
+            var original = parts[j];
+            parts[j] = filters.exec(parts[j], { filterlinks: true });
+
+            /* no filters changed the URL, apply link filter */
+            if (parts[j] === original) {
+                parts[j] = url.format(url.parse(parts[j]));
+                parts[j] = parts[j].replace(link, "<a href=\"$1\" target=\"_blank\">$1</a>");
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            /* substring is not a URL */
+            parts[j] = filters.exec(parts[j], { filterlinks: false });
+        }
+    }
+
+    msg = parts.join("");
+};
+
+var procWorker = new FilterWorker();
+process.on("message", function (data) {
+    if (data.cmd === "addChannel") {
+        procWorker.cacheData(data.channel.toLowerCase(), data.filters, data.convertLinks);
+    } else if (data.cmd === "delChannel") {
+        procWorker.removeData(data.channel.toLowerCase());
+    } else if (data.cmd === "filter") {
+        try {
+            var filtered = procWorker.filterMessage(data.channel.toLowerCase(), data.message);
+            process.send({
+                cmd: "filterResult",
+                id: data.id,
+                message: filtered
+            });
+        } catch (err) {
+            if (err.message === "Missing channel data") {
+                process.send({
+                    cmd: "needFilterData",
+                    id: data.id
+                });
+            } else {
+                process.send({
+                    cmd: "filterResult",
+                    id: data.id,
+                    error: err
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+});
diff --git a/lib/get-info.js b/lib/get-info.js
index b67bdbe9..c4cf20e6 100644
--- a/lib/get-info.js
+++ b/lib/get-info.js
@@ -726,6 +726,16 @@ var Getters = {
                     data[kv[0]] = kv[1];
                 });
 
+                if (data.hasOwnProperty("reason")) {
+                    var reason = data.reason;
+                    if (reason.indexOf("Unable to play this video at this time.") === 0) {
+                        reason = "There is currently a bug with Google Drive which prevents playback " +
+                                 "of videos 1 hour long or longer.";
+                    }
+
+                    return callback(reason);
+                }
+
                 if (!data.hasOwnProperty("title")) {
                     return callback("Returned HTML is missing the video title.  Are you " +
                               "sure the video is done processing?");