What's the best way to share videos on lemmy? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've tried posting an h264 mp4 file from a webserver i own, and I noticed that most clients fail to load or outright crash when trying to open the post. Some give an "invalid MIME type" error even though "video/mp4" is a valid one. Posting the link as a hyperlink works, but then you don't get a preview. So what's the best way to share video on lemmy? Is it youtube/imgur or am I doing something wrong?

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[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 13 points 4 months ago

I've used Catbox with success before, but only for very short videos. Nothing like a video essay.

[-] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago

I assume catbox behaves similarly to a basic nginx instance serving static content. I try to keep my uploads under 50mb to save my own and others bandwidth so yea, no video essays

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I did a test of a longer video (10ish minutes). I downloaded it with NewPipe at 360p. It gave me a file just under 13mb. Not sure if catbox does its own compression when you upload.

Here's the results.

[-] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

So I did some tests, and I think thunder is the only client that handles video badly. It doesn't even try to load the link you sent. In contrast, eternity loads it perfectly fine. I guess I've been on a bugged client this entire time 😅

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Videos play fine with Boost too, I have had issues with Sync though.

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