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1. Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 02:52:44 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

   • FediFollows

   As YouTube seems to be going increasingly ad-heavy, have had many requests to do posts about how to get into #PeerTube.

   PeerTube is an ad-free video platform on the Fediverse. You can follow and interact with PeerTube accounts from Mastodon etc. When a PeerTube account posts a video, it will appear in your Mastodon timeline just like any post, and you can like, share, reply etc.

   I just did a long thread of good PeerTube accounts to follow over on @FediFollows (https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/110917302291902468).

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 02:57:38 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     PeerTube content still has a long way to go, and the network effect on YouTube is unhealthily strong, but as YouTube keeps tightening its grip there are ever-increasing numbers of publishers and viewers looking for alternatives.

     If you're a viewer, you can follow, watch and interact with PeerTube accounts entirely from within Mastodon etc. You don't need to be on PeerTube yourself, your Mastodon etc account is enough.

     I'll post tomorrow about options for publishing videos on PeerTube.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:06:43 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Funkwhale
     • pax

     @pax

     You can use PeerTube for audio, and the latest version of PeerTube includes support for podcast feeds that are compatible with podcast apps.

     (PeerTube has always had RSS, but the latest update makes it more suitable for podcasts.)

     If you upload an audio file to PeerTube, you can optionally add an image too or just leave the screen blank.

     Alternatively, there's an audio-specific platform on the Fediverse called @funkwhale, more info about it at https://funkwhale.audio

   • pax (pax@mastodon.com.pl)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:06:44 JST pax

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     @feditips is there something for podcasters that would love to do it on fedi?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:09:57 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Fedi.Video 🎅

     p.s. I run an account at @FediVideo which boosts interesting videos from PeerTube.

     Also, if you just want to browse a PeerTube site, I run a private server at https://fedi.video which federates nice safe accounts from across the Fediverse (no NSFW, no conspiracy theories, no bigotry etc).

   • 3dcandy (3dcandy@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:11:18 JST 3dcandy

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     @feditips with 5.2 it's a lot lot better, but you need powerful hardware and servers to run an instance well....

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:11:18 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • 3dcandy

     @3dcandy

     Yeah, video will always be more demanding than text or images!

     However, you don't need to be techy, you can use managed hosting services to run a PeerTube server. Will post more about this and other options tomorrow.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:17:32 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Funkwhale
     • pax

     @pax @funkwhale

     That's what I'll try to cover tomorrow!

   • pax (pax@mastodon.com.pl)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:17:33 JST pax

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     • Funkwhale

     @feditips @funkwhale so, where I could start my blind games let's plays and such in audio only form?
     what's the best instance that gives me fair amount of storage?

   • bgt lover (bgtlover@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:20:30 JST bgt lover

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     @feditips if only there would be some options for monetization like on youtube, probably lots of people would at least try to put their stuff there

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:20:30 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • bgt lover

     @bgtlover

     You can include sponsors in videos on any platform including PeerTube. That's what @thelinuxexperiment does for example.

     You can also have donation links promoted within the videos.

     The actual in-video ads on YouTube are providing less and less income to ordinary video makers. That's why most indpenedent video accounts nowadays have a sponsor and/or feature donation links, even on YouTube.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:21:49 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Xucaen ☮️💚🌿

     @Xucaen

     Not as far as I know, that's a really good point though!

   • Xucaen ☮️💚🌿 (xucaen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:21:50 JST Xucaen ☮️💚🌿

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     @feditips

     Does Peertube have an app for my smart TV?

   • otheorange_tag (otheorange_tag@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:22:11 JST otheorange_tag

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     • Fedi.Video 🎅

     @feditips @FediVideo I did a quick search for Vanha and Beethoven, guess we are still early days? nothing showed up. I might have videos for both of these in a few weeks. What's a link for the ?peertube? to upload?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:22:52 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Xucaen ☮️💚🌿

     @Xucaen

     I'll be covering this tomorrow, but the options are either joining an existing server or starting your own.

     Starting your own can be through a managed hosting company (non-technical), through something like Yunohost (slightly technical) or doing manual installation (very technical).

   • Xucaen ☮️💚🌿 (xucaen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:22:53 JST Xucaen ☮️💚🌿

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     @feditips

     Ok so very quickly, how can I start a channel on peertube? And what tools are available to help me upload and manage my peer tube videos?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:24:15 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • otheorange_tag

     @otheorange_tag

     Yeah, that's why I said the content still has a long way to go.

     The reason YouTube is so comprehensive is because of the network effect: publishers go to the audience, the audience goes to the publisher, Google ends up controlling them both.

     I will be covering how to publish videos on PeerTube tomorrow. Just like Mastodon, you have to pick a server to publish on, or start your own.

   • otheorange_tag (otheorange_tag@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:32:45 JST otheorange_tag

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     @feditips Hey, I'd love to pick a server you are involved with?! Any recommends? I'm starting from zero, but have time to figure it out. [[also going to time/test some things here, you'll see a timing test next reply this message]]

   • otheorange_tag (otheorange_tag@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:46:47 JST otheorange_tag

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     @feditips Also if anyone writes a utube to peertube transfer I wouldn't mind volunteering to test it. I don't think I have any private vids and I've successfully challenged all copyright sht from the idiot lawyers, nothing says FOFF like a page from 1700s Vivaldi :-P aaanyways here's my channel. https://www.youtube.com/@otorange3173

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:46:58 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • bgt lover

     @bgtlover @thelinuxexperiment

     Ahh okay, yeah those sound like good ideas!

     I guess for the moment they could be done through independent donation platforms with unlisted videos, or something like that?

   • bgt lover (bgtlover@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:46:59 JST bgt lover

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     @feditips @thelinuxexperiment I don't mean ads, I mean the ability to donate in stream, offer paid content, or unlocking more donation options once your channel has a certain amount of subscribers, stuff like that

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 03:48:34 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • otheorange_tag

     @otheorange_tag

     I'll be trying to cover this tomorrow and in the future. Today I was just trying to get across that PeerTube exists and can be followed from Mastodon.

   • Hans van Zijst (hans@social.woefdram.nl)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 04:11:36 JST Hans van Zijst

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     @Fedi.Tips Thanks, I follow him (?), although for now the videos don't play.
     
     A system of donations could work, very Buddha too. Let people show their appreciation by making donations, however small.
   • rebel63 (rebel63@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 06:32:10 JST rebel63

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     • FediFollows

     @feditips @FediFollows also odessey, can be sync'd with your YT channel & can also be accessed via a browser.

   • Damon (dameoutlaw@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 21:16:33 JST Damon

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     @feditips I think would also help are any instance recommendations and if creators are able to import their content from YouTube to PeerTube

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:03:22 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Rob

     @Rob300

     A couple of issues with the search:

     - PeerTube content still in very early days, so people will usually not find videos for what they are searching for.

     - Moderation isn't always the best on the official search page, it's using blocklists rather than allowlists so sometimes nasty stuff gets through.

     That was part of the reason I set up https://fedi.video, so that there would be a searchable site which uses allowlists to keep it safer.

   • Rob (rob300@mstdn.games)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:03:23 JST Rob

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     • FediFollows

     @feditips @FediFollows Hey feditips, how can we make it easier for people who just want to view content on peertube, but sorta how it is like on Youtube. I actually have a suggestion, Sepia search. Check it out here. https://search.joinpeertube.org/

     Essentially it gathers videos from a good chunk of peertube servers and makes it easy to find out what's even available throughout peertube.

     What do you think of this, and would you suggest it to people?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:08:33 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Damon

     @dameoutlaw

     I've just done a thread about signing up at https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110923388035767741

     You can import content from YouTube to PeerTube, either by manually reuploading the video files or automatically grabbing them from your YouTube channel.

     Uploading manually gets you the best quality because it is the original, whereas importing from YouTube means it has been reprocessed/degraded by Google.

     (The instructions for importing are at https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/channel-sync)

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:32:19 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • FediFollows
     • PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦
     • LuxLuz

     @LuxLuz @peterdeppisch @FediFollows

     Google/YouTube is currently trying to block ad-blockers, that's part of the reason there's been an uptick in interest in PeerTube.

     https://www.tomsguide.com/news/youtube-is-going-to-stop-you-using-ad-blockers-heres-how

   • PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 (peterdeppisch@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:32:21 JST PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦

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     • FediFollows

     @feditips @FediFollows

     I avoid youTube as much as possible and Google. Totally ad driven and I am adverse to ads. Three different broadcasters in three different countries and ad free (at least the last time I tried listening to them) BBC, CBC, NDR.

   • LuxLuz (luxluz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:32:21 JST LuxLuz

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     • FediFollows
     • PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦

     @peterdeppisch @feditips @FediFollows
     There's ad blocker for that. Now, if we're talking censorship, then yes, better try other platforms.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 07:36:17 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • William McCormick

     @WilliamMcCormick

     Yeah, vloggers would be great, especially as YouTube seems to be driving them away at the moment.

     And vloggers would suit the spirit of the Fediverse :)

     One of the best vloggers on PeerTube at moment is @chriswere , we need more like him!

   • William McCormick (williammccormick@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 07:36:18 JST William McCormick

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     @feditips
     Late yes. But PeerTube needs some more development in some areas. I wish I keep up with my coding I would work on some improvements I would like to see.

     I still need to find an instance to post to it myself. But I, personally, think it needs some old-fashioned vloggers.

     I looked at the Peertube road map and I like the direction it is headed and I see it taking off in the next year or so.