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PeerTube is recommended a lot in open-source circles. It is a video streaming platform that supports peer-to-peer distribution of content and is part of the (APub) Fediverse. The experience is very hit-or-miss though, and highly depends on which instance you pick. Running it yourself is not as trivial as running, say, Lemmy, so it's not for everybody.
Yeah I'm looking into PeerTube now and it's pretty confusing compared to YouTube or Odysee. Like it's telling me to choose an instance, without even explaining what an instance is.... and then when I click the relevant topics... no instances pop up.
I really wish YouTube's alternatives could understand why stuff like this ends up being a massive barrier for regular people. This is frustrating. I managed to upload my video to Odysee but now it's stuck in this nebulous "confirming" page. So disappointing.
Oof. That also annoys me. I didn't even notice the site didn't explain an instance.(I should probably issue a bug on GitHub; but I hate GitHub because Microsoft.)
PeerTube is referring to this definition of instance:
So, think of PeerTube as a class, and a site running PeerTube as the instance.
A federation system functions as a class-instance: There is a software (the class) that can be deployed by people on to sites, as instances. This software can operate with other instances of the software.
It's what Lemmy uses.
Actually, the concept of PeerTube is explained on Joinpeertube.org:
But maybe it's not clear enough.
@MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
Yeah, onboarding is definitely a big problem with PeerTube and many other fediverse software.
You have PeerTube, which is the server and client software that allows you to upload, manage and view vΓdeos, Γ la YouTube, but whereas "traditional" platforms have just one big instance, the Fediverse platforms have multiple smaller instances that interconnect. You have your generic instances, but you also have more focused ones (specific topics like art, tech, or even for generic content related to a specific country/language). Unfortunately, the PeerTube network isn't very rich and diverse yet, so restricting your search to very specific things may lead you no instances at all.
Hope this info helps! :3
Lemmy.ml itself is an "instance" of Lemmy, lol. This is just like when people think they need to make an account on Mastadon.social to have a Mastadon account.