So I post OC videos here, and so far I’ve managed mostly by reducing the quality or posting only vids within the 20mb upload limit. I’d like to share longer and better quality stuff though!

A lot of the more ‘commercial’ sites want ID verification, which I’m not down with. And also I’m just here to share (and get attention ^^ ), so even if I were to post it for free somewhere… I dunno. I’d like something that still feels ‘fediverse’ / ‘open culture’.

I’ve tried catbox.moe a few times, but it’s been just a huge pile of trouble - failed uploads, incomplete videos, uploads that seem to work at first then black-screen, just feels like bugs everywhere.

Any suggestions

  • TropicalDingdongEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    catbox allows up to 200mb without an account, but I’m surprised that you’ve had issues. I pay a couple bucks a month to help fund it, and the developer is very responsive. Maybe reach out?

    Also, their accounts are also very reasonable and pretty reliable.

    usually when I have issues its because I didn’t actually get the file below the limit.

    • BlueWindsBreeze@fedinsfw.appOPEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      It might have just been a rough patch? They were having some bot issues IIRC; maybe I just happened to be trying at a bad time.

      Worked perfectly for me just now, IDK. Still wouldn’t mind hearing about any alternatives to keep up my sleeve.

    • FishMouse@fedinsfw.appEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      catbox feels like dialup over in Europe - not sure whether it’s due to no peering or no CDN but sad either way :(