So the way Loops works is when you upload a video, you get redirected to the main feed with a message saying the video is being processed.

Cody :collar: :verified_paw:

@[email protected] not sure if you mean exactly this, you probably do, but I think you should compare hashes with the rest of the files in storage, and if one of them matches, just link that file instead of uploading a new one~

dansup

@cody funny you say that because I've been meaning to do that in Pixelfed for forever, and I had this feature in my first app urlcloud that ran on hyperboria back in the day. I will work on this!

Antolius

@dansup hashing & preventing duplicates is ok.

But perhaps you could also inject a placeholder post (with a processing status?) into the home feed? Just on the client side, and just for the poster.

Fúlvio Leo

@dansup Any plans on the ability to update usernames? I misspelled mine when I first signed up oops...

Moxxi 🍂

@dansup oh I'm guilty of doing that and I think it's because the pop up message was small and low on the screen, and disappeared before I could even read it. It was grey, too, which in my mind suggested an error message. I couldn't see anything like a square with some mention like "uploading", similar to when you upload to YouTube. That kind of confirmed my suspicions. After a while, I just figured I needed to reupload and that's only when I saw that the first video had been uploaded.

dansup

@penfore yes! You will be able to change your username in the next week or so!

Fúlvio Leo

@dansup Thank you! :BlobhajHeart:

Scott Williams 🐧

@dansup Can you please handle a scenario where an upload fails that the user can try again? I've had some video uploads fail to post this week with "Error".

dansup

@vwbusguy yes will work to improve that!

Scott Williams 🐧

@dansup That's great - I'm loving the app so far and am glad it's off to such a good start!

Thanks for all your work on this - you've certainly had an industrious week!