Hello guys. I hope it’s okay to post a question in this community.

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.

  • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Streamable? You can also run your videos through 8mb.video and it will compress them to 100mb. That’s what I usually do.

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      1 year ago

      Thanks for the idea. I tried Handbrake to decrease the video quality and it seemed to work well. Also, getting rid of audio also gets rid of a big chunk of data, decreasing the file size.