Exciting announcement!

[leanderlindahl@social.folkdata.se]

@hpod16 @EUCommission
PeerTube needed

There's no shame in using European tech. #plus1 #fedifirst

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@Veza85UE @rozeboosje

Would help if some of these comments were on YouTube
We’ve got some bets going in the team about how many views we’ll have by Monday so I’m trying to push the vids a little more

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@hpod16 @Veza85UE Sadly I am not participating on YouTube anymore. Between Google destroying any community focused functionality and the community I was part of self destroying I gave up on that platform. My "rozeboosje" account is still there but I stopped posting videos or participating.

[veza85ue@eupolicy.social]

@rozeboosje I haven't had a google account in almost a decade, I had no idea you needed one to comment on YT, but of course, lol.
@hpod16 I love you, but I'm not farming content for them. I learnt something you might find interesting in this convo started by the CNES CM who's asked her bosses if they can get Peertube or at least mirror it (easy?). Some Mastodon users even filter out posts w/YT links. I'm lazy/lowtech, I just put the songs in odesli to ditch the ads.

CNES (@cnes@social.numerique.gouv.fr)

La CM ne connait pas Peertube, préférez-vous que nous arrêtions de vous partager nos liens Youtube sur Mastodon ? (vraie question, n'hésitez pas à donner votre avis)

social.numerique.gouv.fr (social.numerique.gouv.fr)

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@Veza85UE @rozeboosje
That’s absolutely fair
Was worth a try though.

If I just share the YT clips here you can still watch em though, right?

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@hpod16 @Veza85UE Yup. You could also try PeerTube perhaps?

[veza85ue@eupolicy.social]

@hpod16 Yes, the only filters I have are text-based. My Oubliette is vast and focused on keeping out anglo content, but it doesn't work for videos.

@rozeboosje

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@rozeboosje @Veza85UE
I will look into it but no promises
This was conceived as a dedicated YouTube project, and we brought people in who are YouTubers, etc.
pS: dumb question time: what’s the difference between having a peer tube account and just uploading videos on the mastodon server you/I already have? Are there technical aspects to it?

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@hpod16 @Veza85UE That's a good question and one I don't have an answer to.... anyone?

[veza85ue@eupolicy.social]

@rozeboosje No idea, but I see various people upthread have mentioned it, thosw who talk about mirroring it sound like they might know? @hpod16 I think you can also ask @peertube ? Coucou @peertube

[leanderlindahl@social.folkdata.se]

@dapper_11 @hpod16 @ui3o I think a European alternative like PeerTube will be just fine. #plus1 #fedifirst

[ahltorp@mastodon.nu]

@hpod16 @rozeboosje @Veza85UE There are quite large technical differences that affect how efficiently video spreads between servers, and that is less relevant to users. I haven’t seen any comparisons, but my guess is that large videos are better with Peertube, while smaller ones work well on Mastodon.

There is also a huge difference in how the interface works. Peertube works like a video service, where I can browse a channel’s videos easily. On Mastodon the video is always secondary.

[sascha@bonn.social]

@hpod16 @fasnix If you need to get to know Peertube better, let me know. We helped some organizations to set this up: it’s just hosting and syncing works automatically in the background.

[hannes99@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 I commented on YouTube, mentioning "hpod16" (in an attempt to promote your Mastodon account), but it got deleted.

@Veza85UE @rozeboosje

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@hannes99 @Veza85UE @rozeboosje
That's weird.... wasn't me who deleted it, I don't have the keys to that account yet (or else I would have been answering comments on the weekend)
Perhaps there's a filter that automatically deletes links? I will investigate

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@hannes99 @Veza85UE @rozeboosje
But thanks for commenting!

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@hpod16 @hannes99 @Veza85UE maybe Google are starting to feel threatened by the Fediverse. Good.

[hannes99@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 I avoided links on purpose

First I wrote smth like: "find purple Hannah on Mastodon: hpod16"

And then I tried simply: " hpod16"

Both got deleted.

@Veza85UE @rozeboosje

[hannes99@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 I didn't comment on the topic (yet), though. Maybe that's why.

@Veza85UE @rozeboosje

[hannes99@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 well, Peertube supports subtitles and custom video quality settings, Mastodon doesn't. Peertube supports large(r), heavy videos, Mastodon doesn't (only up to about 60 MB). Peertube servers are optimized for video streaming und buffering, whereas Mastodon servers are optimized for quick delivery and federation of posts.

@rozeboosje @Veza85UE