I like making videos from family holidays and events and such, and I obviously don’t want to put that on YouTube.
So I’d like to host something to upload these videos to, and then share links with family.
Is PeerTube the thing for this?
Looking for something lightweight and not too complicated.
PeerTube would definitely work for that.
Although it might be a bit overkill, especially if you’re the only one that will be uploading videos. If you want to go with a super lightweight setup, just find a good
ffmpegcommand to transcode into a web-safe format, and then just throw in a <video> element on an HTML page.Yep that’s what I do in my videos website but then you don’t get automatic bitrate selection so videos can take quite long to load. I tried to setup peertube but it was such a hassle that I gave up.
What are you trying to play? Most internet connections should play 1080p instantly.
If the browser has to download the entire video before playing, the video isn’t being transcoded properly. Might need flags like
-movflags +faststart