I'm basically looking for a Youtube and Google Drive alternative for video sharing. I've looked at Peertube, Dtube and Odyssee, but frankly, I don't like them because there is some questionable content on those sites.

That said, I don't want to get into personal views and stuff, I just want to find an alternative to Big Tech. I want to upload videos and be able to share them with friends online. 'I upload and they stream' is what I'm looking for.

Proton Drive offers video preview, but it's limited to a 100 MB file and my videos are going to be longer.

TIA for any and all suggestions.

EDIT: I'm looking for a service.

EDIT 2:

Thanks everyone with your input. As storage, I'll be using Proton Drive, which has a 100 MB video preview limit. That means I have to decrease the file size, which can be done in different ways. First, I can shoot the video in 1080p 30 fps, which takes less space than 60 fps and/or higher video resolution. I can also decrease the video size by getting rid of sound, which I don't need. For that, I'll use either LosslessCut, which is an awesome software because you can cut and disable sound without having to re-encode the video. It literally takes seconds to output an edited video. I can also use Handbrake to decrease the quality of the video. The end result will render the video relatively low quality, so it might not be usable for you, but for me it's good enough.

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[–] waigl@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve looked at Peertube, Dtube and Odyssee, but frankly, I don’t like them because there is some questionable content on those sites.

While I can understand that to a degree, keep in mind:

Any true alternative to the big sites, especially if they censor less, will always first attract the fringe and those who would get themselves banned on the big platforms. Even if it was for good reasons. These days, that seems to mean religious nutjobs and right-wing conspiracy theorists.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

nyway, Odysee is blockchain based, as say, even if there is a moderator, he can't delete contents, only can hide it from otherusers and this is they are doing, but certainly not so strikt as YT. There is an IMDB extension, which redirect from YT to Odysee, when the content is also there. You can watch YT videos and also this from other platforms, or listen music from Soundcloud and similar in SMPlayer in streaming or watch YT videos sandboxed in Andisearch. You can record and download the audio in MP3 fom your active tab, also from YT, with this extension. I use an userscript which plays YT videos in iframe and avoid that it discover the adblocker i use. Possibilities always exist, even if you dont want to watch ads or pay YT Premium. I've listed several possibilities here in Memes about this problem. https://lemmy.ml/post/6646830

[–] Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud 5 points 1 year ago

Creator of Watch on LBRY/Odysee here :)