Can you not post videos on lemmy?

DelilahBlack , 3 months ago

Boost app does but yea try to use pixelfed or similar

Dariusmiles2123 , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Wouldn’t it be possible to create a Lemmy instance on Peertube (linked to our Lemmy accounts) just for this reason?

I know the videos would take a large space, but as peertube is a video platform, it wouldn’t be such a problem I guess.

poVoq , 3 months ago

The pict-rs backend can be configured to allow it, but it is AFAIK disabled by default and would also be a problem storage wise most likely.

Temperche , 3 months ago

Why not use pixelfed to upload and then to link it here?

spiderman , 3 months ago

idt pixelfed should be used as an imagehost. there are many services for that and it will only make pixelfed worse if people use it for that purpose.

wildbus8979 , 3 months ago

Video is not supported. A lot of people seem to use catbox.moe to upload videos as it allows hotlinking.

Emperor , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Yep, I used catbox to embed this video.

From an instance Admin perspective - image hosting eats up a tonne of space, allowing video would be a much bigger undertaking. Even Peertube instances tend to restrict user numbers and the amount they can upload.

Mr_Mofu , 3 months ago

If there is one thing thats comically inconsistent and in desperate need of work done to it, it be GIFs and Videos. It seems with everything uploaded you get a different result. We really need some standartification when it comes to it

helenslunch , 3 months ago

Don’t know but I wouldn’t recommend it. Your instance may have them disabled because they are expensive to host. You can host them on Streamable for free and without an account but they expire after 3 days. Create an account and I think you get 90 days. 250mb max.