neshura comments on @pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub

[–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It certainly is possible but the more fancy stuff would need to be locked behind some paywall. Hosting 720p30 content is very doable but if users have the option they will of course upload everything and their mother in 4k60 at which point gl with the storage costs alone, nvm the need for hardware acceleration.

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[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It'll definitely need some kind of quality enforcement to make hosting work. It'd be really useful if the app would automatically transcode to the server's preferred quality when uploading, using the uploaders device. If the server has to transcode all the video the compute costs could get astronomical.

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[–] graymess@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

There should be no reason not to transcode onboard, right? Modern mobile devices could probably process video no problem and then the upload would be smaller and quicker than sending the original. Only issue might be long videos, but I think there's a case to be made that these types of platforms should have a firm duration cap of only a few minutes tops.

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Seems this would be a great way to drive financial support.

I've reprocessed my own video down to 480, and am surprised at how much stuff is perfectly viewable at that resolution, even on larger devices.

It's too easy to save stuff at a higher than needed resolution.

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