--- title: "LiveAvaBot (@liveavabot) | Hashnode" description: "Building tools for Telegram creators. Read the latest articles by LiveAvaBot on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@liveavabot" --- @liveavabot # LiveAvaBot @liveavabot · Tbilisi, Georgia · Joined April 2026 Building tools for Telegram creators [Website](https://t.me/LiveAvaBot) ### [How I Built a Telegram Bot to Fix iPhone Video Avatars](https://liveavabot.hashnode.dev/how-i-built-a-telegram-bot-to-fix-iphone-video-avatars?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The Problem: iPhone Videos That Telegram Silently Rejects You record a 5-second clip on your iPhone, try to set it as your Telegram video avatar, and nothing happens. No error. No feedback. It just doesn't work. The culprit is a codec mismatch. iPhon... 4 min read · [liveavabot.hashnode.dev](https://liveavabot.hashnode.dev/how-i-built-a-telegram-bot-to-fix-iphone-video-avatars?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [May 11](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-built-a-telegram-bot-to-fix-iphone-video-avatars/6a01d728a024ad4bb0a13c96) ### [Why Telegram Silently Rejects iPhone Videos (And How I Fixed It)](https://liveavabot.hashnode.dev/why-telegram-silently-rejects-iphone-videos-and-how-i-fixed-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I tried setting a video avatar on Telegram last month using a clip I recorded on my iPhone. The upload finished. Telegram said nothing. The avatar didn't change. No error message. Just silence. That silence is the problem. Telegram rejects HEVC video... 5 min read · [liveavabot.hashnode.dev](https://liveavabot.hashnode.dev/why-telegram-silently-rejects-iphone-videos-and-how-i-fixed-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Apr 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-telegram-silently-rejects-iphone-videos-and-how-i-fixed-it/69ef6d6f264ca095e913a597) ### [Building a Telegram video-avatar normalizer bot](https://liveavabot.hashnode.dev/building-a-telegram-video-avatar-normalizer-bot?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Telegram silently rejects most source videos when you try to use them as avatars. No error, just a profile picture that stubbornly stays the same. The spec 800x800 pixels exactly H.264 only <=10 seconds <=2 MB No audio track yuv420p MP4 faststart T... 1 min read · [liveavabot.hashnode.dev](https://liveavabot.hashnode.dev/building-a-telegram-video-avatar-normalizer-bot?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-a-telegram-video-avatar-normalizer-bot/69eb77b7a2bb5c6c7a1a41ba) [Apr 24](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-a-telegram-video-avatar-normalizer-bot/69eb77b7a2bb5c6c7a1a41ba)