d->m: Tenor GIFs from GIF button are too verbose #30

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opened 2024-01-13 10:47:15 +00:00 by cadence · 2 comments

cadence commented

2024-01-13 10:47:15 +00:00

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On Discord, the GIF button just sends a Tenor link to the chat.

Discord displays this by hiding the link (a recent change) and displaying the GIF in video format due to the server-generated URL preview embed (embed type: video). Link: 1195587910

Matrix displays this as a link with a URL preview where the URL preview does not animate because Synapse's thumbnailer sucks. Link: https://matrix.to/#/!TqlyQmifxGUggEmdBN:cadence.moe/$hwUkiPp0w2JNXwGdg2Rt07DoZPup8b34s0C6az4izeg?via=cadence.moe&via=matrix.org&via=conduit.rory.gay

(But who knows, maybe Synapse will get a better thumbnailer soon...)

Then, OOYE sees Discord's server-generated video embed, and bridges the video embed to Matrix as well, but this doesn't look very good at all. Link: https://matrix.to/#/!TqlyQmifxGUggEmdBN:cadence.moe/$VAk5MSNGlfopAlCmyYXgfcJtngSadxKoBXkpoFSia7s?via=cadence.moe&via=matrix.org&via=conduit.rory.gay

IDEAL: Matrix users should just see something animated. We should add a special case for Tenor URLs to do the right thing.

On Discord, the GIF button just sends a Tenor link to the chat. Discord displays this by hiding the link (a recent change) and displaying the GIF in video format due to the server-generated URL preview embed (embed type: video). Link: https://discord.com/channels/1160893336324931584/1160894080998461480/1195587910817300540 Matrix displays this as a link with a URL preview where the URL preview does not animate because Synapse's thumbnailer sucks. Link: https://matrix.to/#/!TqlyQmifxGUggEmdBN:cadence.moe/$hwUkiPp0w2JNXwGdg2Rt07DoZPup8b34s0C6az4izeg?via=cadence.moe&via=matrix.org&via=conduit.rory.gay (But who knows, [maybe Synapse will get a better thumbnailer soon...](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/2705)) Then, OOYE sees Discord's server-generated video embed, and bridges the video embed to Matrix as well, but this doesn't look very good at all. Link: https://matrix.to/#/!TqlyQmifxGUggEmdBN:cadence.moe/$VAk5MSNGlfopAlCmyYXgfcJtngSadxKoBXkpoFSia7s?via=cadence.moe&via=matrix.org&via=conduit.rory.gay IDEAL: Matrix users should just see something animated. We should add a special case for Tenor URLs to do the right thing.

cadence commented

2024-03-17 02:25:25 +00:00

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This is mostly fixed with better video embed rendering, but it would still be better if it was less verbose.