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TIL: PeerTube (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by nikaaa@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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There is a decentralized YouTube alternative.

Video hosting is notoriously expensive. PeerTube circumvents this problem, because videos aren't stored on some single server, which would cause high bandwidth cost for the server operator, but largely by the users after they watched them, similar to BitTorrent. This way, the cost of video hosting is distributed among the clients, by using their internet connectivity for sharing.

I believe that PeerTube is an interesting project, and I'd ask you to check it out. It's cool.

Similar to Lemmy, it's not a single running server, but rather a software that can be used to set up a server. So there's many instances. I'm still exploring which instances are interesting. If you have any recommendations, I'd like to hear them.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Its similar technically (and an earlier version of Peertube used something called Webtorrent), but the usage pattern is completely different.

[–] nikaaa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How does the usage pattern differ?

AFAIK, PeerTube still uses WebTorrent internally (could be wrong tho), and I wonder whether it could continue seeding back in the background after the tab has been closed, using some technology such as WebWorker or something.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No they switched to something else that is better but functionally similar.

I think people would really hate it if their browser would keep power-hungry and bandwidth heavy connections open for tabs they closed already.

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Theres this old experimental tool called ZeroNet, and it had some really good ways of managing shared data. You could pin websites and files for other people to access, set limits, bandwidth, etc. It'd be nice to have something similar on peertube, like supporting certain creators by immediately hosting their videos for them. Maybe, for example, hosting their latest three videos.

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