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

submitted 3 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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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Personally deliver a vhs tape to each commenter.

[–] aviation_hydrated@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably not encrypted, deprecated process

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Ask each commenter to send you an unlocked box. Put the tape in the box, lock it, and return it to the commenter.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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 3 months ago (1 children)

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 3 months ago

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

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 3 months ago

The best way to share a video is with an accompanying text synopsis.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I also did just what you did but with a hyperlink as well for compatibility. If it outright causes some client to crash, that's a bug in that client.

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I've noticed the web clients throw errors, but the thunder app used to crash when loading my post (and for that reason, I switched the preview to a gif)

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

For smaller videos, catbox should do the trick. If it's of the larger persuasion, I'd go with one of the alternatives to youtube, such as peertube

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

There is also 0x0.st and file.io to upload small videos!