Comment by Knillish on 19/01/2021 at 22:13 UTC

189 upvotes, 8 direct replies (showing 8)

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Still no fix for reddit hosted videos just not working?

Have to skip any video when I see the v.reddit cause 95% of the time it just wont work..

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Comment by SpikeX at 19/01/2021 at 22:27 UTC

33 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Same, on iOS. These videos just don't play reliably, forcing me to do a weird dance between the homepage, comments page, and pulling to refresh to try to get the video unstuck/playing. Switching between these views has a 50/50 shot of getting the video to start playing.

Even if you can't fix the videos, at least give us a clear "Reload Video" button or something like that, so that we can retry loading if we think it's failed.

This is my #1 complaint with mobile right now.

Comment by mirandanielcz at 19/01/2021 at 22:23 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I support this, it's had to moderate when the posts don't load

Comment by DIABLO258 at 19/01/2021 at 22:35 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Most v.reddiy videos wont load past a second or two for me. Refreshing is just a random chance to get it to work. Rarely ends up working though.

Comment by gburgwardt at 20/01/2021 at 03:36 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Last I checked, the v.reddit domain was only allowing main reddit domain through cors

Which is hilarious but sad. Trying to force everyone off old.reddit or are wildly incompetent

Comment by Honestly_Just_Vibin at 19/01/2021 at 22:40 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Having no audio sucks too. It usually cuts out near the end.

Comment by magkliarn at 19/01/2021 at 23:10 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

And on desktop the video always reloads 2-3 times **every damn time** being not only obnoxious but downgrading resolution in the process

Comment by [deleted] at 20/01/2021 at 01:32 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

They have a new "Powerups" thing where you can buy a powerup to stream better quality video. One sub I use has started asking people to buy powerups for the subreddit so the video is usable.

Comment by gwaydms at 20/01/2021 at 01:19 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Sometimes I can play a video once and it will not play again unless I click on a couple of other posts and leave them, then come back.