Scope this PR to module-add + probe-only telemetry

Reverts the encoder swap. react-native-compressor stays the native encode
path; expo-bluesky-video-compress is added as a module but only its probe()
function is used, fired from processVideo before compressStarted to emit
the video:upload:probed telemetry event.

This lets the new module ship behind the wall so we can validate probe
reliability and gather bitrate/HDR/codec distributions across the device
matrix without coupling the rollout to a change in the active encoder. A
follow-up PR flips the compress path to the new module once probe data
backs the smart-skip thresholds.

- compress.ts reverts to main's rn-compressor path (matches origin/main)
- COMPRESSION_PASSTHROUGH_BITRATE constant removed (was new-module only)
- 'below-thresholds' skipReason removed (only reachable via new compress path)
- engine label stays native:react-native-compressor@1.13.0
- VideoTelemetry.probed and video:upload:probed event kept; probe is now
  called from processVideo on native, not from compressVideo

src/lib/media/video/compress.ts

@@ -1,32 +1,25 @@
+import {getVideoMetaData, Video} from 'react-native-compressor'
 import {type ImagePickerAsset} from 'expo-image-picker'
 
-import {
+import {SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES, type SupportedMimeTypes} from '#/lib/constants'
-  SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES,
-  type SupportedMimeTypes,
-  VIDEO_MAX_SIZE,
-} from '#/lib/constants'
-import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {
-  compress,
-  probe,
-  type VideoMetadata,
-} from '../../../../modules/expo-bluesky-video-compress'
-import {
-  COMPRESSION_MAX_DIMENSION,
-  COMPRESSION_PASSTHROUGH_BITRATE,
-  COMPRESSION_TARGET_BITRATE,
-} from './constants'
 import {type CompressedVideo} from './types'
+import {extToMime} from './util'
+
+const MIN_SIZE_FOR_COMPRESSION_BYTES = 25 * 1024 * 1024 // 25mb
 
 export async function compressVideo(
   file: ImagePickerAsset,
   opts?: {
     signal?: AbortSignal
     onProgress?: (progress: number) => void
-    onProbe?: (metadata: VideoMetadata) => void
   },
 ): Promise<CompressedVideo> {
+  const {onProgress, signal} = opts || {}
+
   if (file.mimeType === 'image/gif') {
+    // let's hope they're small enough that they don't need compression!
+    // this compression library doesn't support gifs
+    // worst case - server rejects them. I think that's fine -sfn
     return {
       uri: file.uri,
       size: file.fileSize ?? -1,
@@ -35,101 +28,50 @@ export async function compressVideo(
     }
   }
 
+  // Pre-check the threshold ourselves so we can label the skip in telemetry.
+  // rnc would do the same skip internally via minimumFileSizeForCompress, but
+  // that path is invisible to us.
   const isAcceptableFormat = SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES.includes(
     file.mimeType as SupportedMimeTypes,
   )
-
+  if (
-  let metadata
+    isAcceptableFormat &&
-  try {
+    file.fileSize != null &&
-    metadata = await probe(file.uri)
+    file.fileSize < MIN_SIZE_FOR_COMPRESSION_BYTES
-  } catch (e) {
+  ) {
-    logger.debug('probe failed, falling through to passthrough', {
-      safeMessage: e,
-    })
     return {
       uri: file.uri,
-      size: file.fileSize ?? -1,
+      size: file.fileSize,
       mimeType: file.mimeType ?? 'video/mp4',
-      passthroughReason: 'compress-error-fallback',
+      passthroughReason: 'below-byte-threshold',
     }
   }
 
-  opts?.onProbe?.(metadata)
+  const compressed = await Video.compress(
-
-  if (!shouldCompress(metadata, isAcceptableFormat)) {
-    return {
-      uri: file.uri,
-      size: metadata.fileSize,
-      mimeType: file.mimeType ?? 'video/mp4',
-      passthroughReason: 'below-thresholds',
-    }
-  }
-
-  const result = await compress(
     file.uri,
     {
-      targetBitrate: COMPRESSION_TARGET_BITRATE,
+      compressionMethod: 'manual',
-      maxSize: COMPRESSION_MAX_DIMENSION,
+      bitrate: 3_000_000, // 3mbps
-      codec: 'h264',
+      maxSize: 1920,
-    },
+      // Force a transcode for unacceptable-format files regardless of size.
-    {
+      // rnc's default minimumFileSizeForCompress would otherwise pass small
-      onProgress: opts?.onProgress,
+      // unacceptable-format files through unchanged and the server would
-      signal: opts?.signal,
+      // reject them. Acceptable formats are already short-circuited above so
+      // they never reach this call.
+      // WARNING: this ONE SPECIFIC ARG is in MB -sfn
+      minimumFileSizeForCompress: 0,
+      getCancellationId: id => {
+        if (signal) {
+          signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+            Video.cancelCompression(id)
+          })
+        }
+      },
     },
+    onProgress,
   )
 
-  return {
+  const info = await getVideoMetaData(compressed)
-    uri: result.uri,
+
-    size: result.size,
+  return {uri: compressed, size: info.size, mimeType: extToMime(info.extension)}
-    mimeType: result.mimeType,
-  }
-}
-
-function shouldCompress(
-  metadata: {
-    bitrate: number
-    width: number
-    height: number
-    fileSize: number
-    isHDR: boolean
-  },
-  isAcceptableFormat: boolean,
-): boolean {
-  const maxDimension = Math.max(metadata.width, metadata.height)
-  const bitrateKbps = Math.round(metadata.bitrate / 1000)
-  const sizeMB = (metadata.fileSize / 1_000_000).toFixed(1)
-
-  if (!isAcceptableFormat) {
-    logger.debug('shouldCompress: yes (unsupported format)')
-    return true
-  }
-
-  // HDR sources need the SDR BT.709 tone-map in the compress path; otherwise we
-  // would upload HLG/PQ/Dolby Vision untouched.
-  if (metadata.isHDR) {
-    logger.debug('shouldCompress: yes (HDR source)')
-    return true
-  }
-
-  if (metadata.fileSize > VIDEO_MAX_SIZE) {
-    logger.debug(`shouldCompress: yes (file too large: ${sizeMB}MB)`)
-    return true
-  }
-
-  if (
-    metadata.bitrate <= COMPRESSION_PASSTHROUGH_BITRATE &&
-    maxDimension <= COMPRESSION_MAX_DIMENSION
-  ) {
-    logger.debug(
-      `shouldCompress: no (${bitrateKbps}kbps, ${maxDimension}px, ${sizeMB}MB)`,
-    )
-    return false
-  }
-
-  if (metadata.bitrate > COMPRESSION_PASSTHROUGH_BITRATE) {
-    logger.debug(`shouldCompress: yes (bitrate ${bitrateKbps}kbps)`)
-  } else {
-    logger.debug(`shouldCompress: yes (dimension ${maxDimension}px)`)
-  }
-  return true
 }

src/lib/media/video/constants.ts

@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 export const COMPRESSION_TARGET_BITRATE = 3_000_000 // 3 Mbps
 // Output dimension cap when compressing, and skip threshold for source files.
 export const COMPRESSION_MAX_DIMENSION = 1920
-// Native only: source files at or under this bitrate skip compression (paired
-// with COMPRESSION_MAX_DIMENSION). Slightly above the encode target so we
-// don't re-encode files that are already close to what we'd produce.
-export const COMPRESSION_PASSTHROUGH_BITRATE = 5_000_000 // 5 Mbps
 // Web only: files under this size skip compression entirely. Native applies
-// its own threshold logic inside expo-bluesky-video-compress's probe step.
+// its own threshold logic inside react-native-compressor.
 export const COMPRESSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES = 25_000_000

src/lib/media/video/telemetry.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type MetricFn = <E extends keyof Metrics>(event: E, payload: Metrics[E]) => void
 const COMPRESS_ENGINE =
   Platform.OS === 'web'
     ? 'web:mediabunny@1.25.3'
-    : 'native:expo-bluesky-video-compress@1'
+    : 'native:react-native-compressor@1.13.0'
 
 type Phase = 'compress' | 'upload' | 'processing'
 

src/lib/media/video/types.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 export type VideoCompressSkipReason =
   | 'gif'
   | 'below-byte-threshold'
-  | 'below-thresholds'
   | 'no-webcodecs'
   | 'compress-error-fallback'
 

src/view/com/composer/state/video.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {Platform} from 'react-native'
 import {type ImagePickerAsset} from 'expo-image-picker'
 import {type AppBskyVideoDefs, type AtpAgent, type BlobRef} from '@atproto/api'
 import {type I18n} from '@lingui/core'
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import {uploadVideo} from '#/lib/media/video/upload'
 import {createVideoAgent} from '#/lib/media/video/util'
 import {isNetworkError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
+import {probe} from '../../../../../modules/expo-bluesky-video-compress'
 
 type CaptionsTrack = {lang: string; file: File}
 
@@ -280,6 +282,19 @@ export async function processVideo(
   i18n: I18n,
   telemetry: VideoTelemetry,
 ) {
+  // Native-only side channel: fire telemetry.probed with raw container
+  // metadata (bitrate, codec, isHDR, frame rate, etc.) that rn-compressor
+  // does not surface. The compress path itself is unchanged - probe data is
+  // purely for analytics to validate future smart-skip thresholds.
+  if (Platform.OS !== 'web') {
+    try {
+      const metadata = await probe(asset.uri)
+      telemetry.probed(metadata)
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.debug('video probe failed', {safeMessage: e})
+    }
+  }
+
   let video: CompressedVideo | undefined
   try {
     telemetry.compressStarted()
@@ -288,7 +303,6 @@ export async function processVideo(
         dispatch({type: 'update_progress', progress: trunc2dp(num), signal})
       },
       signal,
-      onProbe: metadata => telemetry.probed(metadata),
     })
   } catch (e) {
     const message = getCompressErrorMessage(e, i18n)