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Reddit does another thing that is very important to me: 3. Content Rehosting You see this on subreddits such as /r/IdiotsInCars and /r/Earthporn. The former a

Reddit does another thing that is very important to me: 3. Content Rehosting You see this on subreddits such as /r/IdiotsInCars and /r/Earthporn. The former allows the user to upload videos while the latter is for images. This helps the user have a more pleasant experience because it reduces/eliminates - popup fatigue (worldstar, local news sites, etc.), - back button hijacking (CNN, local news sites, etc.), and - walled gardens (NYT, Newyorker, WSJ, etc.). I think reddit could encourage their users to attribute (some if not most would) by adding an optional source (sauce) link field to post forms. Might be nice to have a way the OP/mod could approve a crowd-sourced source edit.

nehal3m 3y ago
It's been a little better lately, but their video player kinda sucks ass. Scrubbing usually causes total lock for me, requiring a reload of the entire page. Sometimes the video and the controls will get stuck but the audio keeps playing, even if you fold shut the player on old. It got to the point where I don't bother unfolding the video unless it's embedded.
- beret4breakfast 3y ago
  Hence why 3pa like Apollo are great, it’s video/gif player is (was :’( ) the best.
  - ryandrake 3y ago
    Honestly, I can't believe it that here it is 2023(!!), and there still exist sites that can't figure out reliable cross-browser video playback. These sites should just give up, provide the URL to the raw video file, and let users play them back in whatever way works for them.
    - wott 3y ago
      > Honestly, I can't believe it that here it is 2023(!!), and there still exist sites that can't figure out reliable cross-browser video playback. Ah! I was telling myself the same thing last month (how is it possible in 2023 that things which seemed solved _years_ ago, actually still do not work?), when I was trying to watch some recording of a sport event. The site proposed several players (generally 3). 3 different computers (Linux_A, Windows_A, Windows_B). Linux_A with browser_A: only player_A worked OK. Windows_A with browser_B: player_A some days worked, some days didn't; player_B and player_C worked OK. Windows_B with browser_B: player_A gave audio but no video; player_B stuttered; player_C didn't work ==> no success with this OS+browser combination Windows_B with browser_C: only player_C worked OK; We can note that among those combinations, we had two systems with the same OS and the same browser, and yet the behaviour was completely different. > These sites should just give up, provide the URL to the raw video file, and let users play them back in whatever way works for them. In general, I agree I'd also rather _not_ have web players. However, in the specific case I am talking about, the videos were more or less 6 hours long, so I'd rather not download the whole high resolution stuff (and likely see the process fail), but be able to skip parts and/or watch/download a few parts in lower resolution and other ones in high resolution.
  - csa 3y ago
    > Hence why 3pa like Apollo are great, it’s video/gif player is (was :’( ) the best. Why did they only charge $10 a year for this gem of a tool? It boggles my mind.

nehal3m 3y ago

It's been a little better lately, but their video player kinda sucks ass. Scrubbing usually causes total lock for me, requiring a reload of the entire page. Sometimes the video and the controls will get stuck but the audio keeps playing, even if you fold shut the player on old. It got to the point where I don't bother unfolding the video unless it's embedded.

beret4breakfast 3y ago
Hence why 3pa like Apollo are great, it’s video/gif player is (was :’( ) the best.
- ryandrake 3y ago
  Honestly, I can't believe it that here it is 2023(!!), and there still exist sites that can't figure out reliable cross-browser video playback. These sites should just give up, provide the URL to the raw video file, and let users play them back in whatever way works for them.
  - wott 3y ago
    > Honestly, I can't believe it that here it is 2023(!!), and there still exist sites that can't figure out reliable cross-browser video playback. Ah! I was telling myself the same thing last month (how is it possible in 2023 that things which seemed solved _years_ ago, actually still do not work?), when I was trying to watch some recording of a sport event. The site proposed several players (generally 3). 3 different computers (Linux_A, Windows_A, Windows_B). Linux_A with browser_A: only player_A worked OK. Windows_A with browser_B: player_A some days worked, some days didn't; player_B and player_C worked OK. Windows_B with browser_B: player_A gave audio but no video; player_B stuttered; player_C didn't work ==> no success with this OS+browser combination Windows_B with browser_C: only player_C worked OK; We can note that among those combinations, we had two systems with the same OS and the same browser, and yet the behaviour was completely different. > These sites should just give up, provide the URL to the raw video file, and let users play them back in whatever way works for them. In general, I agree I'd also rather _not_ have web players. However, in the specific case I am talking about, the videos were more or less 6 hours long, so I'd rather not download the whole high resolution stuff (and likely see the process fail), but be able to skip parts and/or watch/download a few parts in lower resolution and other ones in high resolution.
- csa 3y ago
  > Hence why 3pa like Apollo are great, it’s video/gif player is (was :’( ) the best. Why did they only charge $10 a year for this gem of a tool? It boggles my mind.