I was thinking of getting into one of theses for video creation but im not sure which would be better as a sort of hobby? also do i need a powerful pc or a good microphone to get started? is it better to record with or without your voice?

Feel free to add on to this, but please be kind.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

PeerTube offers self hosting of video. You can host whatever you want and no one can stop you with anything short of extreme state intervention. Video is distributed to viewers via a P2P channel. This means that you don't need YouTube's vast network resources to serve a modest number of videos; any super popular video will be distributed mostly by the P2P network rather than your own server.

You don't necessarily have to self-host. There are publicly accessible PeerTube servers who will host your videos for free. However you won't necessarily have as much resistance to censorship in that case.

YouTube offers baked-in monetization. For good and ill. If you want to monetize your videos, you will have to figure that out for yourself on PeerTube.

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peertube is based on ActivityPub...so can I subscribe to a Peertube channel via Lemmy?

[–] Fantomas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish peertube servers federated with more servers. It's so hard to find content

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A search engine for it was released (or at least promoted to me) recently - should be helpful for that: https://sepiasearch.org/

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I think the problem is that I cant find many videos I like. I searched and found a few creators that I watch on youtube but not really enough to get me to keep going back

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I looked around and unfortunately couldn't find that much either (except for a few specific niches).

Honestly though, if peertube semi blew up the same way mastodon / lemmy / kbin have I think most of the hosts would shut down in the process. Anything but short videos are hella expensive to store and distribute en masse compared to text + images. Video might be one of the things that can only survive if mostly centralised for now.

[–] ThaijsClan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From my understanding peertube has less restrictions of content compared with youtube. But I could very well be wrong. I'd say upload content to both. It won't hurt having 2 types of audience and could potentially bring more views. I know several creators that upload to both.

In my experience everyone has to start somewhere. I started with just a simple headset mic and eventually got a Blue Yeti usb mic. You don't necessarily need a powerful pc. Programs like OBS, especially if you are just recording, can be optimized for lower end PC's. I recorded on an old laptop for a while and it worked just fine. Start with what you have and upgrade when you can. Good luck!

[–] breakfastmtn@geddit.social 9 points 1 year ago

From my understanding peertube has less restrictions of content compared with youtube.

It would depend on the PeerTube instance you join.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I’d be interested in checking peertube content as I’m trying to find alternatives to YouTube, but I can’t find an iOS app for that. Is there one?

I want to be able to watch these videos on my phone, not only on my computer.