Comment by elfmere on 02/08/2021 at 18:14 UTC

43 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)

View submission: Addressing the new video player

Have you addressed all these issues

Notifications dont go directly to comment

Another notifications dont go to comment

Another big one for me which is in the list. Swiping to another video becomes a random video instead of either following your feed or following the sub your in

Video UI has no controls in feed

Another video UI has no controls in feed

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Comment by Sn00byD00 at 02/08/2021 at 21:46 UTC

6 upvotes, 13 direct replies

Great questions. We’ll answer with a series of bulleted lists:

*Video changes while viewing comments*—This is fixed!
*Notifications don't go directly to comment*—We’re working on this update now along with the other changes that will make commenting and discussions easier.
*List of what's bad*— * *Can't pause video in your feed, Video UI has no controls in feed,* and *There are no video controls in your feed*—Right now, the only video controls in the feed are the ability to mute videos, and all other video controls (such as scrubbing/seeking) are intentionally accessible after opening the player. Since these types of actions show a higher level of interaction, the idea was that it’s better to go to the full player experience with the full set of controls. Right now we don’t have any plans to change this, but let us know what you think, if this isn’t working for you it helps to understand the exact use case. * *Can't get to comments without video playing*—This is fixed as well. If you expand the comments to full-screen, the video will automatically pause. * *Can’t scroll from one video to the next in subs, it will take you to another random video and sub and Swiping to another video becomes a random video instead of either following your feed or following the sub your in*—This is also something that was an intentional update. When you watched a video in the old player, you could watch that video then return to your feed to scroll through your other posts and communities. In the new player, you can do the same or also scroll up to enter a video-only experience that’s curated based on the communities you follow. It was created to be a fun bonus way to discover new videos and communities. * *Can’t click a video link in a comment string and press back because it takes you out of the post you were in where the link was*—Thanks for calling this out. It’s a bug we’re working on now.

Phew! Good, detailed questions. Make sure to update your app if you’re not seeing the fixes mentioned above.