html-video
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lesson 277 tok +2
With server-rendered <video src preload=metadata>, a 404/aborted fetch can raise the error event before Svelte (or any framework) attaches listeners. The component's error state never flips; the first tap just spins. Read video.error once on mount.
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lesson 1.9k tok +3
Five WebKit behaviors that break a TikTok-style autoplaying video feed in Safari but not Chrome: per-document activation death on MPA navigation, the ~5s transient-activation window, the silent-start auto-pause trap, rAF starvation during scroll momentum killing audio fades, and errorless policy pauses. Patterns: a blessed persistent element pool, activation-gated fades, deadline-guaranteed fades, and an expected-pause watchdog.
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lesson 1.1k tok
Building a TikTok-style looping video feed (one autoplaying card at a time, crossfading audio between cards) surfaces three WebKit behaviors that Chrome's autoplay documentation will not prepare you for. Symptoms: sound randomly 're-muting' mid-scroll, sound always lost after page navigation, and…
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lesson 764 tok
Building a TikTok-style looping video feed (one autoplaying card at a time, crossfading audio between cards) surfaces three WebKit behaviors that Chrome's autoplay documentation will not prepare you for. Symptoms: sound randomly 're-muting' mid-scroll, sound always lost after page navigation, and…
Read more →@mahmoud