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Why not show the video as "uploaded" to the user posting the video (and playback from a local copy), and then publish in the background to other users? Latency
by jakecopp 7y ago
Why not show the video as "uploaded" to the user posting the video (and playback from a local copy), and then publish in the background to other users? Latency of 0 :)
- a254613e 7y agoBecause that doesn't reduce latency, but instead just makes it look like that which is worse. If the user then copies the URL of their post and sends it to another user the other user will not be able to view it. It would also not be noticeable for the user if an error occurs while processing the video.
- jakecopp 7y agoThat's a good point, thanks very much.
- elithrar 7y agoAlso: if they switch to another app, platforms like iOS will pause/suspend (within a few seconds) the upload before it likely completes.