Akshit GaurJul 8, 2023
Polykit

MakerTube is now open for public registrations! It's a #peertube video instance for makers, musician, artists and DIY content creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!

Join in https://makertube.net or any other instance and let's make peertube a place as great as Mastodon.

Please boost this post! Share your creations! Let's build alternatives that stay!

#peertube #makertube #diy #maker #artists #musicians #contentcreator #synthdiy

MakerTube

A home for makers, musicians, artists and DIY content creators

Jul 3, 2023 at 3:12pmWeb
Show threadPolykitJul 3, 2023

I created a crowdfunding campaign at https://liberapay.com/MakerTube to get MakerTube a solid financial base.

Please consider supporting my efforts. Currently I pay for the site out of my pocket and run it in my spare time.

I'm planning to add additional servers and grow the site constantly. Every penny counts!

#peertube #donation #makertube

MakerTube's profile - Liberapay

MakerTube is a PeerTube instance and part of a wider network of federated video platforms. It is fully independent from large corporations, free of advertising, and …

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Show threadAndy PiperJul 4, 2023
@polykit Nice! I’m on PeerTube via diode.zone as [email protected] but I’m excited to see more #maker spaces on the Fediverse!
Show threadrequiem 🦫Jul 4, 2023

@polykit I’m so glad someone finally did this so I didn’t have to! 😇😇😇

Will be signing-up soon, thank-you!

Show threadJohn Federico ⌘Jul 4, 2023
@polykit Just requested an account!
Show threadAndroidersJul 4, 2023
@polykit what is #peertube?
Show threadaddieJul 5, 2023
@polykit Request sent :D
Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@EposVox Accepted, welcome to MakerTube!
Show threadaddieJul 5, 2023
@polykit thank you!!
Show threadClaudius (legacy account)Jul 5, 2023
@polykit that's great! thank you for that! I see that you are taking donations via liberapay (great way!) with a goal of 50€ per month (edited later: I was wrong, it is actually per week!). Do you have any kind of forecast how this will allow you to run in the future? Meaning: would that cover server costs with enough disk and bandwidth capacity in the forseeable future?
Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@claudius 50 Euros is per week, this will cover my first plans of setting up two servers with at least somewhat redundancy. I mean when MakerTube is actually getting big much more money is needed of course.
Show threadClaudius (legacy account)Jul 5, 2023

@polykit Yes, per week. My Mistake :-) That sounds much more reasonable!

From what I gathered over the years, the problem appears to be storage costs for the back-catalog of videos you eventually collect.

Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@claudius Yes, that's true, object storage is usually quite expensive at the cloud providers. I decided for bare metal with my own redundant object storage like Google in the first days. I mean it can only grow as far as donations allow it, it's that simple.
Show threadClaudius (legacy account)Jul 5, 2023
@polykit I'm glad you're going with your own servers. That way, at least, you won't run into any surprises with rising costs. (also, personally, I would have hated to have my videos served from some amazon or google machine).
Show threadClaudius (legacy account)Jul 5, 2023

@polykit A few more notes and questions if you don't mind:

Are you considering live streaming somewhere along the way? Currently, it seems to be disabled.

The Links to "Bedingungen" are broken
- on the login page
- below the signup form

Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@claudius I'm going to enable live streams at some point, but it's not really on my priority list. Thanks for pointing out the broken links, I'll check.
Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@claudius I opened an issue https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/5876
Looks like it's broken on Peertube 5.2.0.
Terms link is not expanding text field · Issue #5876 · Chocobozzz/PeerTube

Describe the current behavior Terms/CoC etc. links on login and registration page are not expanding the related text field. It seems this is a problem in Peertube version 5.2.0. I've seen this work...

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Show threadhalf/byteJul 5, 2023

@polykit Thanks so much for setting this up. A while back I looked through a bunch of Peertube instances to see if any were for me, but didn't find anything really. This looks like it's specifically made for me (and my kind).

I'll set up a recurring donattion thing as soon as I start using it for real, promise!

Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@halfbyte Cool, I count on you!
Show threadfelix b. ohmannJul 5, 2023
@polykit i will also run one for demoscene/electronics stuff soon. awesome to see this getting adopted. following polykit now.
Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@fb Awesome, bring it on! Let me know when it's up and running and I will follow your instance for shure.
Show threadshugmonkeyJul 5, 2023
@polykit Set one up today to give it a go 👍 https://makertube.net/c/nic/videos
nic

⁌electronic trax⁍

MakerTube
Show threadJerameeJul 5, 2023

@polykit

Hemp me understand, please.

MT=PT + it has tools for content creation, correct?

MT integrates with PT, so all vids on
PT can be found\viewed on MT, correct?

Does PT currently have any features that MT lacks?

Show threadSchmakerJul 5, 2023
@polykit We definitely need a upgrade to schmakertube 😁
Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@schmaker why didn't I think of it 😂
Show threadJeremy OsbornJul 5, 2023
@polykit I'm a bit new to the peertube world, does your instance support the addition of caption files (.srts in particular?)
Show threadPolykitJul 5, 2023
@jeremyosborn There is an option to upload captions in .vtt and .srt format, I've never tried it though.
Show threadGeoJul 5, 2023
@polykit Great to hear that!
Show threadParanoid FactoidJul 5, 2023
@polykit Hey, I'm trying to join but the verification email wouldn't work and now I can't get it to send me another to try again.
Show threadParanoid FactoidJul 5, 2023
@polykit Got the email verified. Apologies.
Show threadPolykitJul 6, 2023
@ParanoidFactoid Accepted, welcome to MakerTube!
Show threadGhoma 🐜💜Jul 6, 2023
@polykit Do fan animators like me have their place on makertube ?
Show threadPolykitJul 6, 2023
@Ghomanimation sure, come on in!
Show threadAzrhygaJul 6, 2023
@polykit Great!! Good luck with it!! I hope the project goes well!!
Show threadPolykitJul 6, 2023
@azrhyga Thank you, hope so too 😀
Show threadAzrhygaJul 6, 2023
@polykit You're welcome :D
Show threadGrey GooJul 7, 2023
@polykit
Damned - I just created an account on https://spectra.video/ - was looking for somehting like that.
Spectra Video

Spectra is a PeerTube instance dedicated to supporting original content creators, and building the video community within the fediverse!