From ad2c20ea395833f226a17a55ee84e25acec9e689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: luxick <git@luxick.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Also inline video comments

---
 js/reddit-image-inline.user.js | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/reddit-image-inline.user.js b/js/reddit-image-inline.user.js
index b87c54f..4de12bb 100644
--- a/js/reddit-image-inline.user.js
+++ b/js/reddit-image-inline.user.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // ==UserScript==
 // @name         Inline Reddit images and Comment Redirect
 // @namespace    https://www.reddit.com
-// @version      2025-09-24
-// @description  Embed images posted as comments and redirect post links to comments
+// @version      2026-08-28
+// @description  Embed images and videos posted as comments and redirect post links to comments
 // @author       luxick
 // @updateURL    https://git.luxick.de/luxick/scripts/js/raw/branch/master/reddit-image-inline.user.js
 // @downloadURL  https://git.luxick.de/luxick/scripts/js/raw/branch/master/reddit-image-inline.user.js
@@ -15,18 +15,39 @@
 (function() {
     'use strict';
 
-    // Handle image inlining
-    let xpath = "//a[text()='<image>']";
-    var element;
-    var result = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE, null);
-    let links = [];
-    while(element = result.iterateNext()){
-        if (element.href) {
-            links.push(element);
+    // Collect the placeholder links Reddit renders for media comments,
+    // e.g. "<image>" or "<video>" as the link text.
+    function collectLinks(placeholder) {
+        let xpath = "//a[text()='" + placeholder + "']";
+        var element;
+        var result = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE, null);
+        let links = [];
+        while(element = result.iterateNext()){
+            if (element.href) {
+                links.push(element);
+            }
         }
+        return links;
     }
 
-    for (var elem of links) {
+    // Reddit's video comments link to an embedded player page rather than to a
+    // playable file, e.g. ".../video/<id>/player".
+    function isPlayerUrl(href) {
+        return /\/player\/?(\?|$)/i.test(href);
+    }
+
+    function buildPlayerFrame(href) {
+        let frame = document.createElement('iframe');
+        frame.src = href;
+        frame.width = 300;
+        frame.height = 300;
+        frame.allowFullscreen = true;
+        frame.style = "max-width: 300px; border: none";
+        return frame;
+    }
+
+    // Handle image inlining
+    for (var elem of collectLinks('<image>')) {
         console.log("inlining image " + elem.href);
         let image = new Image();
         image.src = elem.href;
@@ -45,6 +66,38 @@
         elem.remove();
     }
 
+    // Handle video inlining
+    for (var videoElem of collectLinks('<video>')) {
+        console.log("inlining video " + videoElem.href);
+        let href = videoElem.href;
+        let embed;
+
+        if (isPlayerUrl(href)) {
+            embed = buildPlayerFrame(href);
+        } else {
+            let video = document.createElement('video');
+            video.src = href;
+            video.controls = true;
+            video.preload = 'metadata';
+            video.style = "max-width: 300px";
+
+            // Some links (v.redd.it DASH streams) a bare <video> cannot play;
+            // put the original link back so the video stays reachable.
+            video.addEventListener('error', function() {
+                let anchor = document.createElement('a');
+                anchor.href = href;
+                anchor.target = '_blank';
+                anchor.textContent = '<video>';
+                video.replaceWith(anchor);
+            });
+
+            embed = video;
+        }
+
+        videoElem.parentElement.appendChild(embed);
+        videoElem.remove();
+    }
+
     // Only proceed with link rewriting if we're not already in a comments section
     if (!window.location.pathname.includes('/comments/')) {
         // Handle post link redirection