Mike

What's a good open-source video hosting platform? Something I can self host videos to share on blog and other places (what I use Vimeo for) as embedded videos.

Don't need it to be like YouTube. Just something I can manage and serve videos from my own server

#video #selfhost #dev #Vimeo

Jan 10 at 6:45pmWeb
Show threadRobert "Anaerin" JohnstonJan 10
@mikelundahl Sounds like a job for Peertube.
Show threadMikeJan 10
@anaerin Yeah, PeerTube has been on my radar for a long it. Just afraid if it's overkill to self-host for 1 user? But perhaps not? I don't need a browsable and searchable platform. More for serving videos on blogs and other websites as embeds.
Show threadDaleJan 10

@mikelundahl
Define "manage" =)

The simplest solution to what you described - trivial file server: you can upload your mp4 files there and serve (and I think embed) them.

Show threadMikeJan 11
@Q3fRtMU0WFxfK2M With "manage" I mean upload, transcode, set thumbnail, etc. There's more to it than just linking to a raw MP4 file. I'd like to stream the video and have the bitrate and resolution adapt to the viewers' connections for smooth playback, etc.
Show threadDaleJan 11

@mikelundahl
Then you indeed need a "proper" video platform.
I don't think there are any specifically for single user, but user management is a tiny overhead.

Also, consider long term usage. I suspect you *will* actually want it to be at least browsable, and probably even searchable.

PeerTube will be a reasonable choice, especially if you are already familiar with it.
Also, might take a look into something like MediaCMS, and it can host images, audio (and pdf, for some reason) too.

Show threadMikeJan 11
@Q3fRtMU0WFxfK2M Yeah, a “proper” platform is what I’m exploring. PeerTube has been on my radar for a while now. Might be something worth looking into. MediaCMS, sounds interesting. Don’t know much about it.
Show threadchebraJan 11
@mikelundahl well obviously #peertube but also maybe check out #hyper8 from @freebliss