I know this isn't quite the proper forum for asking this, but I can't think of any other place. Looking for a site where I can post little videos to share on Lemmy Meme Communities. A -- Non-youtube-y place.

Bonus points if it plays nicely with Lemmy, opening on apps and such.

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[–] BomberMan9865@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

If you want to share videos I recommend !videos@lemmy.world or possibly !videos@sh.itjust.works. Both great communities to share videos, either ones uploaded to Lemmy (though probably not allowed or recommended by all servers) or on services like Peertube and YouTube.

[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

Loops.video maybe?

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 23 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

https://catbox.moe/ can host short/small mp4 files

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 6 points 12 hours ago

Just be aware that some places/connections have trouble connecting with it: https://catbox.moe/faq.php (under Connectivity Issues)

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 6 points 13 hours ago

That worked, thanks.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

!peertube@lemmy.world is a good place in conjunction with Peertube. Makertube and peertube.wtf are good servers for video.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 6 points 13 hours ago

I know you said a none-YouTube-ish place, but PeerTube videos play directly on Lemmy.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (4 children)

Videos without audio? Imgur can handle mp4s and imgur links autoplay in the Lemmy apps ive used (Boost and Voyager)

Videos with audio, well really YT is the best place, pretty much anybody who cares about YT tracking/ads/views will have processes/plugins in place to handle YT links. Like there are plugins that will automatically modify a YT link to a designated invidious instance or whatever

If you really really don't want to upload to YT, a Peertube instance is your best bet, unfortunately just don't expect it to be particularly...fast. Every Peertube video I've tried to watch buffered every 10-30 seconds, but I don't blame them, video is very intense, expensive and difficult to handle compared to every other media type

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Where and when did you experience issues with PeerTube videos? It really comes down to the PeerTube provider if their bandwidth can handle it.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 2 points 8 hours ago

Idk, I don't keep track of it I just click the links lemming give me lmao

I do think the last one I tried was peertube.wtf a couple days ago

[–] freamon@preferred.social 2 points 12 hours ago

Imgur can also handle videos with audio. The main restriction with them is that the MP4s have to be less than a minute.

I'll embed one here, which may or may not work, depending on what you're using (if it doesn't embed, the post is here)

click

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

automatically modify a YT link to a designated invidious instance or whatever

Surely that's the link that should be posted, then?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 3 points 8 hours ago

You'd think, but from what I understand the Invidious/YT cat and mouse game is rather intense so the larger public instances often don't work and it's better to use smaller private or personal instances instead

So most who care have opted to just set something up to handle YT links on the fly

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 13 hours ago

Catbox (linked by the other commenter) seems to work for short little video snippets too.

But. Noted on the youtube thing.