For the initial implementation of the Video Sharing feature, I realized that there were a couple of bugs and performance issues to solve. The delay with the video playback and UI freezing while uploading larger video files was the biggest issue. This was most pronounced in peak usage periods when several users were uploading multiple videos at the same time.
To fix it, I corrected the video upload handling to make it asynchronous and to optimize the backend logic for how the video is saved.Would love to hear some feedback on the overall structure of it. Frontend test, where I improved the video preview function: now, only the initial few frames of a video are loaded (made use of lazy loading) so that the UI does not freeze up while other elements are being processed.
I streamlined the design of the video messages so that they appeared consistently and were easily playable within the chat window. This was further improved, and now we have basic interactions of the video (play, pause, volume). These enhancements make the video sharing experience more seamless, reliable, and intuitive.
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