Hello, I'm having issues with the Home Page Post Loop builder. It's very slow. I'm using short videos (5-12 seconds), with webm and mp4 files. The webm files are much smaller.
How can I improve loading speed? I can shorten/compress the videos more. each mp4 is roughly 20mb, and the webm are roughly 10mb.
I have lazy load selected as well. cameronhigh.com
Hello,
I'm having issues with the Home Page Post Loop builder. It's very slow. I'm using short videos (5-12 seconds), with webm and mp4 files. The webm files are much smaller.
How can I improve loading speed? I can shorten/compress the videos more. each mp4 is roughly 20mb, and the webm are roughly 10mb.
I have lazy load selected as well.
cameronhigh.com
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I shortened/compressed the videos on the home page. I think it helped a little...
Hello Cameron,
Thanks for writing to us.
Thanks for the initiative to compress videos, you can use this doc to further optimize the site https://themenectar.com/docs/salient/performance-optimization-guide/
I hope this proves helpful for you. If you have any more questions or run into any problems, please feel free to reach out.
Best regards,
Thank you. I did all of those as well. How is the video format chosen by the browser? Can I prioritize Webm? Chrome isn't using them.
I am afraid we cant force a browser to choose a certain format.
- Only Self Hosted Videos will play on Mobile.
- Make sure they are in 16:9 ratio for the mobile to render them correctly.
- Convert the videos and then add them as per their appropriate file format: http://themenectar.com/docs/salient/page-builder-row/#video-background .
- Be sure to turn off this option in Salient Theme Options Panel -> General Settings -> Functionality Tab
Thanks
ThemeNectar Support Team
Hi Cameron,
Thank you for getting in touch.
We do not control what video format is selected by your browser, instead, video parsing is determined by servers depending on supported media types. You can read more about videos in our guide https://themenectar.com/docs/salient/page-builder-row/#video-background.
I hope that helps.
Cheers,