Comment by lolbitzz on 02/06/2022 at 18:46 UTC

1392 upvotes, 13 direct replies (showing 13)

View submission: What we’re working on this year

Please fix the video player it's literally so annoying

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Comment by kriketjunkie at 02/06/2022 at 19:23 UTC

532 upvotes, 40 direct replies

We hear you, and we’re working on it. Improved performance (including addressing audio issues and crashing) and easier commenting are at the top of the priority list. As we mentioned in the post we’re looking into a few different UI solutions including:

making a swipe right navigation that takes you to a video’s comments where you can watch a thumbnail version of the video while joining the discussion about it

Comment by BertEnErnie123 at 02/06/2022 at 20:32 UTC

13 upvotes, 2 direct replies

What part do we hate? Is it whenever you open a video that the post is in this stupid format or the issue that videos/gifs on desktop sometimes are just a still image that doesn't even have a playbutton or bar instead of a videoplayer, making you think that it's not even a video?

Because on both desktop and mobile it has different problems and I hate both.

Comment by new_account_5009 at 02/06/2022 at 20:03 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I've never once had an issue with the video player with the Reddit is Fun Android app (now named RIF is Fun for legal reasons). I'm sure Reddit admins want traffic on their official app rather than the various third party apps, but rather than waiting months for them to fix it, you're better off using another app entirely.

Comment by ghostcatzero at 02/06/2022 at 19:25 UTC

25 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I hate how it auto plays when I go to the post. Reddit is not tick tock

Comment by Asleep_slept at 02/06/2022 at 19:42 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Are you taking about black blank space which is loading forever?

Comment by Toned_Octopus at 03/06/2022 at 00:00 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This post actually had this bug for me and I all I could really see was the unplayable video of Emma Watson. I thought it was a clever post by reddit implying they'd work on their video player.....

Comment by Prestigious_Ad8517 at 03/06/2022 at 02:45 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Reddit: Hey guys, here's a glossy, sleek ad for investors masquerading as a community update :D

Userbase: CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT WORK AS GOOD AS YOUTUBE 17 YEARS AGO.

Comment by SnooCupcakes8607 at 02/06/2022 at 19:46 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's funny how the video player crashes after 3 videos while the live stream loads in 0.09s on the shittiest wifi available

Comment by its_witty at 03/06/2022 at 01:34 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I disabled autoplay and finally I can watch videos on mobile. Try it.

Comment by wintonian1 at 03/06/2022 at 06:29 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies