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What are the file size limits for Lemmy media uploads? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by s12@sopuli.xyz to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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Just curious. Couldn’t find out on Google.

Since Lemmy instances are self hosted, I imagine that it would be much less than most social media sites.
What about types of files? Could you upload an animated image sequence or video if the file was small enough?
Does this vary between instances?
Could you even upload stuff such as .zip if admins wanted to specifically allow it?

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Totally depends on the individual server settings.

[–] s12@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any norms/defaults?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The default Docker nginx file specifies 20mb: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/0.17/docker/nginx.conf

[–] s12@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Wonder if a feature to allow admins to set different upload perms to users who have distinguished themselves to different extents and have their max size scale based on server demand would be helpful if it hasn’t been implemented yet.
Might help lighten the strain from these kinds of events.