Video playback in Flutter looks simple until you ship it. The framework gives you the building blocks, but a production-quality video feed demands answers to questions you didn't know to ask.

When we built Divine, a short-form video app, we hit every wall the ecosystem has to offer. This talk covers the architecture that got us past them.

Key takeaways:
- How Flutter's video player ecosystem actually stacks up, and why the choice of player library shapes everything that follows
- An architecture pattern for managing native video resources in a scrollable feed without hitting device limits
- Preloading and caching techniques that make swipe transitions feel instant
- Real-world platform divergence between iOS and Android that you won't find in documentation