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Does lemmy support uploading video (mp4) files? (vlemmy.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Chickerino@vlemmy.net to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've tried to upload a video to a community and it errors out with a syntax error on line 1, is this an unimplemented feature or is it bugged?

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does not. You can upload animated images, but no video.

You'll need to use a host, like youtube, streamable, or peertube.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Please do use external hosts. Lemmy instances are already working hard enough to keep up with users, we don't also need to burden them with video hosting.

[–] usernotfound@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In my short time on this platform I haven't seen any embedded videos either, so I'm guessing it's not implemented.

[–] UrbenLegend@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen video posts where clicking on the expand button pops up a tiny embedded player. Here's one example: https://lemmy.world/post/426522

It's too tiny IMHO, but its there. Would be cool to see embeds in both posts and comments though.

Seems like the expand section has been removed on lemmy.ml. Not sure why.

[–] usernotfound@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I stand corrected, thank you.

[–] Chickerino@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago

looks like it, im hoping its on the todo list at least