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Facebook does a garbage job of encoding, I wouldn't be using them as a reference. Half the videos people send me on messenger are either terrible quality or jus
by jaimex2 6y ago
Facebook does a garbage job of encoding, I wouldn't be using them as a reference. Half the videos people send me on messenger are either terrible quality or just a frozen frame with audio.
Both when played on my phone or via the web page.
Videos sent by the same people on other services like Signal, Slack or Messages are fine.
- ashconnor 6y agoTwitter's video encoding is far worse.
- billjings 6y agoVideos over messaging are a different problem space from the one outlined in this article. The number of people watching a messaged video is low; latency might be the topline metric the team optimizes for, since it has a big effect on whether people stay in the conversation or leave. In fact, prioritizing latency might be the reason for the garbage quality you're seeing: reduce the bitrate, and people will receive the video more quickly and more reliably. Whether that's a smart decision is another question.
- mdoms 6y agoI feel the same way about their terrible UIs. Messenger is almost unusable on both web and android and new bugs are introduced frequently, but somehow their shit house technology (React) has become the industry standards.