Can I post videos on lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by oceanbloom25@lemmy.world to c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

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Is there a way to put videos on a post? If so how exactly?

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

The best way is to upload it to another service that specializes in serving videos, like Loops, Pixelfed, etc. and posting a link here. Lemmy servers are volunteer-ran, and streaming content is a rather heavy load in comparison to the mostly textual handling it does.

[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

another service that specializes in serving videos, like Loops, Pixelfed, etc.

I'd suggest PeerTube

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

I knew I was forgetting something important!

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