fix: increase extractMetadata timeout from 500ms to 5s (#729)#737
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Hey can i work on this issue if it is available to work under GSSOC'26.Can you assign this to me |
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Raises the metadata load timeout to 5 s for large/slow-device compatibility and improves the error message. Closes magic-peach#729.
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Raises the metadata load timeout to 5 s for large/slow-device compatibility and improves the error message. Closes magic-peach#729.
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What
Increased the
extractMetadatatimeout from 500ms to 5000ms andimproved the timeout error message.
Why
500ms is too aggressive for large files (>200MB) on mid/low-end devices
or busy browser tabs. The browser can legitimately take a few seconds to
parse metadata headers, causing valid files to be rejected with a silent
Layer 4 error and no recovery path for the user.
5s was chosen over the issue's suggested 10–15s because
onloadedmetadatafires as soon as headers are parsed — not after the full file loads — so
anything beyond 5s is almost certainly a corrupt or unsupported file, not
a slow device.
Changes
500→5000"Video metaData load timeout"→"Video metadata load timeout — the file may be too large or the device too slow. Please try again."Closes #729
Please add the appropriate labels for GSSoC so I can get the points.