Mantequilla-Soft – Weekly Progress Report #3

Welcome to another Mantequilla-Soft Weekly Report!

This week, we made many updates, especially on 3Speak, both on the backend and the frontend. You can preview the changes at https://preview.3speak.tv/. We are still testing and gathering feedback before pushing to production.

Below is a detailed report summarizing all the changes and updates. If you are interested, we invite you to read it, but better yet, we invite you to test it on the apps. Some of the new features include shorts and playlists, along with UI improvements and optimizations. @kesolink and @tibfox worked on the frontend, and @meno on the backend. We have also attached the videos and/or posts from the Mantequilla-Soft team. We invite you to ask questions and share feedback.

Apps that were updated this week:

3Speak: https://preview.3speak.tv/ - https://play.3speak.tv/ - https://tv.3speak.tv/?tv=true
Snapie.io (the web version): https://www.snapie.io/
The Beneficiary Rewards site: https://bene.aliento.blog/

Summary of updates by contributors:

@tibfox

3Speak Video Player Improvements - https://play.3speak.tv/

Several playback and switching improvements landed in the video editor:

Added fit-to-width video support with correct aspect ratio handling.
Introduced iframe preloading for near-instant switching:
- 7 iframes on mobile
- 9 iframes on desktop
Switched to stable iframe IDs and opacity: 0 buffering to improve HLS performance.

Samsung Tizen TV Mode Support - https://tv.3speak.tv/?tv=true

This release introduces full Samsung Tizen TV remote-control support for 3Speak, enabling a true lean-back TV experience with TV-first navigation, controls, and layouts.

Core TV Mode

Automatic TV mode detection (?tv=1 or Tizen environment).
Focus management for sidebar and content areas.
Exit confirmation dialog to prevent accidental app closure.

Remote Navigation

Full D-pad navigation throughout the app.
Clear visual focus indicators for all interactive elements.
Sidebar open/close behavior mapped to remote controls.
Smart grid navigation on the homepage with row and column tracking.

Watch Page – TV Player Controls

TV-optimized controls overlay:
- Play/pause via Enter
- Seek ±10 seconds with arrow keys
- Progress bar with visual seek indicator
Fullscreen toggle designed for remote usage.
Context menu (long-press Enter or Menu key):
- Upvote
- Tip creator
- Toggle fullscreen
- Open in browser

TV Social Overlays

TV upvote overlay with vote weight controls.
TV tipping overlay for HIVE/HBD with memo support and formatted memos.
On-screen keyboard for search, memos, usernames, and comments.

TV UI and Performance

Dedicated TV layout (WatchTV.jsx).
Larger thumbnails and fonts.
TV-friendly browsing for feeds and profiles.
Full remote navigation for comments, including nested replies.

Playlists and Viewing Features - https://preview.3speak.tv/profile?tab=playlists

Watch Later playlist with automatic creation.
Watched history tracking with a paginated history page.
Autoplay next video in playlist mode.
Profile UI refinements (header, cover image, avatar behavior).
Batch loading optimizations for performance.
API URLs moved to environment variables:
- VITE_HIVE_API_URL
- VITE_PLAYLISTS_API_URL

Link to the post: @tibfox/346182c2

UI Polish, Navigation, and Configuration Cleanup - https://preview.3speak.tv/

Additional quality-of-life improvements were made across navigation, watch pages, and configuration.

Sidebar and Navigation

Sidebar now defaults to closed and persists its state via localStorage.
Widened the collapsed sidebar and aligned the burger menu visually.
Added title tooltips to sidebar icons in collapsed mode.

Watch History and Playlists

Added delete controls and a tracking toggle to the Watch History page.
Added a Remove from Watch Later button next to playlist controls.

Visual Consistency

Styled community labels as dimmed badges on the watch page.
Standardized duration badges using semi-transparent white across all views.
Fixed section header SVG icons to use currentColor instead of hardcoded red.
Updated home section headers to use foreground color while keeping “View All” links red.

Configuration Cleanup

Removed development proxy fallbacks.
Switched fully to environment variables.
Cleaned up Vite configuration by removing commented-out proxy blocks.

3Speak Player Update

Removed lazy loading to fix iframe preloading and also centered landscape videos on mobile.

@kesolink

Shorts UX, Navigation, and Performance (3Speak) - https://preview.3speak.tv/shorts

Shorts received a significant round of refinement focused on speed, smoothness, and mobile-first usability.

Full-Screen Mobile Experience

Hid the navigation component on mobile for a true full-screen layout.
Added a back button for clearer mobile navigation.
Ensured the iframe fully covers its parent container on mobile.

Loading and Playback

Implemented thumbnail preloading with a loading spinner during initialization.
Added video loop functionality for automatic replay.
Tracked per-player ready state to hide thumbnails reactively.

Preloading and Scrolling

Implemented scroll direction prediction to preload relevant content.
Increased preload range:
- 5 videos ahead by default
- 7 videos ahead during fast scrolling
Kept 2 videos behind for smoother back navigation.
Added lazy loading for non-active iframes.

Pagination Improvements

Increased initial load from 10 to 20 videos.
Triggered data fetching earlier, when 8 videos remain.
Added a floating “Loading more shorts…” indicator.

Link to the post: @kesolink/9f83bb37

@meno

Shorts Feed Deduplication and Randomization (Pancreas API)

The /shorts feed was improved to eliminate repeated content and create a more varied browsing experience.

Changes

Deduplicated shorts using owner + thumbnail_url.
Randomized feed order using Fisher–Yates shuffle.
Tightened content filters:
- processed: true
- embed_url must exist and not be null
- Limited to the last 7 days

Results

Example dataset reduced from 448 shorts to 117 unique entries.
Users see more variety and less repetition.

Homepage Feeds Implementation (Pancreas API – Production)

The 3Speak homepage feeds were migrated away from legacy REST and GraphQL indexers. All feeds are now served directly from MongoDB via the Pancreas API.

Feeds

Recommended (/feeds/recommended) – admin curated
New (/feeds/new) – recent uploads from established creators
Trending (/feeds/trending) – recalculated every 15 minutes
First Uploads (/feeds/firstUploads) – first-time creators

Trending Automation
Trending scores are recalculated every 15 minutes using weighted engagement signals from the last 7 days.

Dual-Daemon IPFS Architecture Migration

A major infrastructure upgrade was completed to address severe memory spikes and instability caused by the legacy IPFS repository (~81.6TB).

Problem

Single daemon handling reads and writes caused RAM spikes exceeding 120GB.
FlatFS datastore and mixed workloads were not sustainable.

Solution

Introduced a new “fresh” IPFS daemon using pebbleds for new uploads.
Retained the old daemon as a tamed, read-only archive with:
- Limited connections
- DHT disabled
- Reduced background overhead
Routed all traffic through Nginx to prevent direct daemon access.
Resolved follow-up issues related to stuck disk operations, GC flags, and bitswap flooding.

Results

RAM usage stabilized (example: 90GB spike reduced to ~21GB).
Correct upload routing restored.
Playback and hot node backups stabilized.

Node Banning System Fix

An issue allowing banned nodes to receive encoding jobs was resolved.

Fixes

Moved ban checks earlier in the job assignment flow.
Added a second ban validation inside acceptJob as a fail-safe.

Posts and videos by Meno related to these topics:

Link to the post: @meno/3aeabc21

Link to the post: @meno/ec4fb06f

Link to the post: @meno/af2b5f7b

Link to the post: @meno/decentralized-videos-finding-the-sweet-spot

@eddiespino

Admin Panel Updates (Internal Tooling)

The internal Admin Hub was updated to improve safety, stability, and day-to-day usability.

Connected and secured the repository for internal use.
Wired the UI to the CSV workflow; the admin hub now reads 3SpeakAdminHub.csv via /api/tools.
Added MongoDB-based category filtering.
Improved UI stability with better animations and stable list keys.
Hardened the repository against secret leaks:
- Added .gitignore and .env.example
- Implemented a password gate using ADMIN_PASSWORD
Updated the README for internal usage and pushed changes to GitHub.