Video / gif issue for lower bandwidth users #598
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Thanks for the report, and for including the video and example posts, that's very helpful. This'll be fixed in the next release. |
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Video attachments may have a preview image. If they do, try and show that image (from the cache) before the video loads, so the user has something to look at. If there's no preview image, or it fails to load fall back to a black screen with a progress spinner as normal. This also provides a smooth transition when playing the first video attachment, and fixes pachli#598.
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Previous code didn't trigger the transition from `ViewMediaActivity` when playing a video until the video had loaded. If the connection was slow or had other issues this resulted in the video "sticking" in the timeline until it loaded. Change this, and trigger the transition immediately. Fixes pachli#598 While looking at this: - Save the play/pause state of the video during a swipe, pause the video, and restore the state when the swipe is cancelled. - Transition the entire video view, to improve the animated transition back to the activity. - Remove the custom progress spinner, use the one provided by the player. - Display the player controller via the layout XML instead of code
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Previous code didn't trigger the transition from `ViewMediaActivity` when playing a video until the video had loaded. If the connection was slow or had other issues this resulted in the video "sticking" in the timeline until it loaded. Change this, and trigger the transition immediately. Fixes #598 While looking at this: - Save the play/pause state of the video during a swipe, pause the video, and restore the state when the swipe is cancelled. - Transition the entire video view, to improve the animated transition back to the activity. - Remove the custom progress spinner, use the one provided by the player. - Display the player controller via the layout XML instead of code
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Describe the bug
If someone has lower bandwidth (or there is a bandwidth issue anywhere) and tries to play a video (or gif), it doesn't play, and you can scroll down to the next post where the player disappears. There's no indication that it's being loaded.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
Something to indicate that it's being loaded. And possibly the option to open with an external browser.
Screenshots or video
Video showing me trying this can be seen on YouTube with no audio.
Links
Particular post used as an example: https://mastodon.social/@moxxi/112219560443244540
Versions
Please include the version of Pachli and Android you are using, and the software version your server is using. Find this on the Pachli "About" screen.
Using Pachli version 2.4.0. Android version 13, SDK level 33. The server I'm on is using version 4.2.7.
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I have checked other issues for this project (open and closed) and I cannot find one that matches the problem I am reporting.
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