From 4cab118cb271187ca306729d1e95fff37a118ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dorian <z00york@mac.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:59:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: paid video preview plays in lightbox, better error
 messages

Video thumbnail in card is pointer-events-none so clicks pass through
to the play handler. Better error messages when preview fetch fails.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 neode-ui/src/views/PeerFiles.vue | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/PeerFiles.vue b/neode-ui/src/views/PeerFiles.vue
index f1e15c9b..6d0d39d9 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/PeerFiles.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/PeerFiles.vue
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           <video
             v-else-if="item.mime_type.startsWith('video/') && previewUrls[item.id]"
             :src="previewUrls[item.id]"
-            class="w-full h-full object-cover"
+            class="w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none"
             muted
             autoplay
             loop
@@ -535,9 +535,11 @@ async function playMedia(item: CatalogItem) {
         videoPlayerUrl.value = blobUrl
         videoPlayerPaid.value = paid
       }
+    } else {
+      purchaseError.value = 'No preview data returned — peer may be offline'
     }
-  } catch {
-    purchaseError.value = 'Failed to load media for playback'
+  } catch (e: unknown) {
+    purchaseError.value = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Failed to load media — peer may be offline'
   } finally {
     playing.value = null
   }