The latest updates are more on performance optimisations of Steem Telly app. The video details and audio details views were slow to load due to multiple calls to the Steem API to retrieve related content. So instead of making those API calls before rendering the view, I'm rendering it first and then make asynchronous API calls making it look snappier.
A second optimisation is resizing the thumbnails on the fly and caching them on CloudFlare CDN. I noticed that although some thumbnails are so small that they look ugly on a TV screen, some are so big that it takes long to load and display them. So what I did is setup a little script on steemtelly.com that downloads the images, resize them and get them cached for future re-use. One thing I learn from this is that you better not use the "Take Snap" functionality of D.Tube because the resulting image is too small. However, if you choose to upload your own image, don't upload a 2MB file either, take time to use an app like Canva for example to make your thumbnail look better and at the correct size.
Last change that is still in progress is fixing an issue where some content on DSound are not playing at all. For example, I wanted to listen to @melissakellie's latest sound but it didn't work... After some tests, I realised that the Apple TV could not detect the file was an MP3 because there is no file extension and the Content Type reported by IPFS was wrong. So I will attempt to create a script that also caches MP3 files from IPFS but also correct the Content Type header.
Previously on my Ulog:
- ULOG 153 - Train delays due to severe weather conditions
- ULOG 152 - Got my Yellow Sash at Wu Xing Dao Kung Fu
- ULOG 150 - Top Shelf for Steem Telly Apple TV app for D.Tube and DSound
- vULOG 144 - Update #1 on Steem Telly, D.Tube and DSound app for Apple TV
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- The image at the top has been generated with the Canva app using my own photo.
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