Building UGC video features with Uscreen

Uscreen, a membership platform, has evolved from being an OTT provider to incorporating more many-to-many functionalities. This includes allowing users to send videos to creators and other members of the community. The company is leveraging Mux's API for video uploading and processing, which allows end users to quickly record and share vertical format videos. Uscreen aims to foster a sense of community among its users by encouraging short video sessions from end users. They have observed that people who upload video content tend to write more copy below their videos compared to those who post text-only posts. This suggests that video is an effective way to engage users and build connections between creators and their audience. Uscreen's backend technology includes Flutter for apps, a monolith Ruby on Rails application, and server sent events for communication. They have also implemented auto-captioning, which has been well received by users and is expected to be further developed with automatic descriptions and titles based on caption files.