Videos are kind of rare on Lemmy, and they work quite badly for me at least.
Are there any figures (or is it even possible to know, with the decentralised approach) of ho many there are a day, viewing numbers etc ?
Videos are kind of rare on Lemmy, and they work quite badly for me at least.
Are there any figures (or is it even possible to know, with the decentralised approach) of ho many there are a day, viewing numbers etc ?
Video streaming is a bit hit and miss on Lemmy, depending on the instance. Same goes for media uploads.
The most common approach is to host it elsewhere and link to it.
It annoyed me enough to end up building my own, and it’s gotten convenient enough for hosting that I’m considering inviting others to give it a test.
You host video? Interesting! Care to share some details?
For a while I uploaded to catbox.moe, but found it annoying for various reasons, so I decided to roll my own.
Parallell to this I was tinkering with the theoretical foundation of a CDN, and I ended up combining the two projects into a hosting/distribution service which allows for easy hotlinking and embedding.
I’m not doing anonymous uploads, though. But once logged in (with a generous session time), the user will be presented with an upload box inspired by catbox as well as ability to rename, remove, etc, files that they’ve previously uploaded.
I’ve never been much interested in design, so I’ve mostly focused on getting it functional, and it’s working fairly well once you look past the placeholder graphics.
Lemme know if you’re interested in being a test user. While I do not consider it ready for the general public, it’s come far enough to be both useful and reliable.
Sure, can try it out and try to give some meaningful returns.
Alright, DM me your email address and chosen username, and I’ll set you up with an account tomorrow.