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View submission: Found Reddit video player source code
And when it does load, it plays in terrible quality before freezing after the first 5 seconds
Comment by Pokinator at 20/05/2022 at 06:31 UTC
218 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I wish you could set universal quality settings. Every time I have to manually set it to max (usually 720p) and yet it still plays like shit. I'm willing to wait for it to buffer, don't nuke the video to 144 when I'm trying to read text in the video
Comment by foxy_mountain at 20/05/2022 at 08:24 UTC
73 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Jokes aside, Reddit videos plays fine in HQ for a few seconds, and then it literately goes to 1 FPS and extremely hard-compressed blocky quality at something that looks like 72p. And I mean 1 FPS literately -- the "video" updates one time per second.
It is incredible that the "world largest website" has such big technical issues.
Comment by 6425 at 20/05/2022 at 10:45 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah, short videos are now pretty much a write-off.