From 20997473a4ce99e2ffc3090d5318d57ff8aecfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 08:54:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Do not load metadata of videos. Too slow.

---
 pages/photos.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/photos.sh b/pages/photos.sh
index edf68cc..0b79b45 100755
--- a/pages/photos.sh
+++ b/pages/photos.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function build_album_pages {
 			echo -en "\t\t\t\t<$a href='/$photo'>" >> $subpage
 			# Determine what type of media it is, and how to display it.
 			if [[ $photo == *".mp4" ]]; then
-				echo -e "\t\t\t\t\t<video width='320px' preload='metadata' controls>" >> $subpage
+				echo -e "\t\t\t\t\t<video width='320px' preload='none' controls>" >> $subpage
 				echo -e "\t\t\t\t\t\t<source src='/$photo' type=video/mp4>" >> $subpage
 				echo -e "\t\t\t\t\t\tYour browser does not support videos." >> $subpage
 				echo -e "\t\t\t\t\t</video>" >> $subpage
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function build_all_page {
 
 		# Determine how to show the file.
 		if [[ $media_uri == *".mp4" ]]; then
-			media="<video style='width:100%' preload='metadata' controls>"
+			media="<video style='width:100%' preload='none' controls>"
 			media="${media}<source src='$media_uri' type=video/mp4>"
 			media="${media}Your browser does not support videos."
 			media="${media}</video>"