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Feature Request: Automatically open Lemmy-hosted-video links with an external app (or implement an internal video player) (feddit.de)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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In the linked comment, I am lamenting that on Jerboa, you cannot easily see where the post’s link goes. When you click it, Android parses the domain name rather than filetype so the default action is to open with Jerboa. Because Jerboa cannot open the video, it just shows the instance’s home feed. The user needs to share/copy and paste the link to see the URL and deduce that it should be opened with a video player.

So please give Lemmy-hosted video links an appropriate icon (▶️/🎞/🎥 rather than ⛓️) and open them with an external app by default (the user can choose VLC or whatever) unless a built-in video player is getting implemented. Alternatively, a RIF-style pop-up would be appreciated to view the destination URL and offer actions like “Share/Copy/Go”, or even navigate to next/previous hyperlinks in comments (useful for fat-fingered users).

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Doesn't hapen like that on my phone, it opens the videos in a browser, just like any other link.

That being said, yes, a built in player would be the preferred choice.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Could you provide screenshots of apps that handle it well? Then we can discuss which option would be a good fit for Jerboa.

My initial inclination is to have an internal video player that handles the most common video formats, and then open a browser for everything else. But being able to choose a video player could be cool.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

And an internal image viewer...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Internal viewer please, I hate external links for media (and in general having to go to an external link is a bit annoying).

this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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