The app isn't in control of that. The instance you're on is. I've only heard of one instance that allows direct uploading of video and gifs, and IIRC, it was Kbin. For others, you can only upload images; videos and such need to be linked.

[–] GamerBoy705@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be clear, Kbin is not an "instance". In fact, Kbin is not Lemmy. It's a completely different thing than Lemmy. It's like a mix of Lemmy and Mastodon. The image-only upload is a Lemmy limitation (not changeable by instances).

[–] abc@lemmus.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy only supports images. You cannot upload video files to your instance. My workaround is to upload videos to YouTube or catbox.moe and then post the URL.

[–] DeriHunter@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That's one of the huge turn offs in lemmy I'm really missing videos and gifts that I consider getting back to reddit. This is bs

[–] Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmy instances are hosted on personal servers. They don't have the massive storage space and bandwidth that a billion dollar corporation has. If you want an instance that hosts videos, then make your own. You'll have to buy a lot of storage, and pay for a lot of bandwidth, though, because videos take up a lot of both of those things.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you a reddit shill? Video on reddit sucked ass.

"Going back to reddit": yes, please. Leave. Everyone wins.

[–] DeriHunter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How everybody wins if leave? Why the toxicity? Because I criticized this platform? Because I'm not thinking like you? It's really easy to to be toxic when you don't see the other person ha?

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I won't fall into your projection bullshit. Leave.

[–] GamerBoy705@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can just upload anything to a third party platform and copy its URL when you create a post on Lemmy.

[–] DeriHunter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I know this is possible but it isn't convenient, andyiu don't see a lot of posts with video or gifs here

[–] abc@lemmus.org 2 points 1 year ago

The Liftoff developers can integrate APIs from video-hosting websites like catbox.moe and YouTube into their app. By doing so, we would be able to upload videos directly through the app without having to leave it. It would then automatically post the video URL on our behalf.

If you like the idea, feel free to make this suggestions to the devs.

[–] Ducks@ducks.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is literally nothing stopping you from sharing video on lemmy by uploading it to a 3rd party and sharing the link

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah doesn’t seem to work for me either