Add comment to support future development of the loop video player

abeddow91 · abeddow91 · commit 3e64bc9fce7c · 2025-10-28T09:14:02.000Z
diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/src/components/LoopVideoPlayer.tsx b/dotcom-rendering/src/components/LoopVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ type Props = {
  * Note that in React 19, forwardRef is no longer necessary:
  * https://react.dev/reference/react/forwardRef
  */
+/**
+ * NB: To develop the loop video player locally, use `https://r.thegulocal.com/` instead of `localhost`.
+ * This is required because CORS restrictions prevent accessing the subtitles and video file from localhost.
+ */
+
 export const LoopVideoPlayer = forwardRef(
 	(
 		{

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ type Props = {`
`125`	`125`	`* Note that in React 19, forwardRef is no longer necessary:`
`126`	`126`	`* https://react.dev/reference/react/forwardRef`
`127`	`127`	`*/`
	`128`	`+/**`
	`129`	+ * NB: To develop the loop video player locally, use `https://r.thegulocal.com/` instead of `localhost`.
	`130`	`+ * This is required because CORS restrictions prevent accessing the subtitles and video file from localhost.`
	`131`	`+ */`
	`132`	`+`
`128`	`133`	`export const LoopVideoPlayer = forwardRef(`
`129`	`134`	`(`
`130`	`135`	`{`