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.

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just take an instance that has no nazi stuff lol.

      And allows registration and uploading videos. Last time I was looking I didn’t find any

        • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
          2·
          1 year ago

          Hmm, interesting.

          However it is a bit worrying that their instance is on version 3.4.1, while the current version is 5.2.1 (released in August). Their version was released 2 years ago, in oct 2021.

          It’s also a bit weird that while they are set to have video quota, in the instance description they do speak about incrasing quota. Maybe the file sizes are what is limited.

  • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    If it is just to a small group of people, I think a lot of file storage service would work. I have had people send me links using one drive and I think Dropbox before. My web browser would play them just fine.

    I would just sign up for a few under their free package and upload a small video file and make sire everyone can stream it.

  • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
    1·
    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.

    • lapislazuli@sopuli.xyzOP
      1·
      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.