First of all, let me apologize to those people who was affected when PeerTube.wtf initially went down.

I've been working this past month on building and setting up a fresh version of PeerTube.wtf and this time, I won't be relying on decentralized storage 🙃 🙃 🙃

I've been reading a couple of threads on Lemmy, to better understand what people want expect to be able to do on a PeerTube server, so here goes:

PeerTube.wtf is a platform for general use. Every topic is welcome.

The Global Search Index is enabled. This means that the search bar will show results from almost 900 PeerTube servers.

Remote URI/handle search is enabled. This means, if you know the URL/handle of a channel, that's not part of the Global Search Index, you can still find it via the search bar and subscribe to the channel.

The Public Index is enabled. This means that PeerTube.wtf will federate with almost a 1000 PeerTube servers.

Audio-only, 360p, 720p, 1080p and 1440p is enabled. This means that videos uploaded, is provided in these resolutions.

Video transcription is enabled. Will Automatically create subtitles for uploaded/imported VOD videos.

Live streaming is enabled. Streams are transcoded in 720p and 1080p at 60 FPS.

A user has 100GB of storage. This is obviously not sustainable, but is subject to change.

FAQ

.wtf?

Yea, it stands for "What The Fediverse". What else could it possibly stand for, that sound as cool?

Where is the server hosted?

It's hosted in Denmark, at my residence. I have 100% ownership and control over it.

What's your specs, bro? The server is assembled inside an Inter-Tech 2U-2404S, with a:

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 @ 4 cores

16GB of RAM

nVidia Quadro P600 (hardware transcoding)

2x120GB SSDs in raid 1 for OS

2x4TB HDDs in raid 1 for the video storage

4TB of storage ain't much

That's true, but I will be upgrading the disks eventually.

Why no 4K??

4K takes a lot of space and the majority of users don't have a 4K monitor. In the future, it might change.

I've probably forgotten something, but yea.. Enjoy.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Me: "Oh no, that wtf means it's gonna be a LiveLeak site isn't it?"

platform for general use

Me: "Ah, so maybe not so bad then."

Every topic is welcome.

Me: "... and yet..."

Seriously though, I'm all for the Fediverse in all its many forms, and without people like you it wouldn't exist. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I should maybe have added an asterisk to that "Every topic is welcome" 😅

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

That would be wise.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you enabled the XMPP based live-stream chat addon?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you can see all the plugins enabled.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Cool. Can you configure it so that one can easily connect with an external Matterbridge to it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll look into it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is great news.

Are the videos that were at https://peertube.wtf/c/startgametrailers lost forever? It's no big deal, but I'll delete 'em from https://piefed.social/c/[email protected] if they are. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I've recreated the channel, but all the videos from before is sadly lost.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity: What kind of decentralized storage has been used before?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I used Sia. It works okay, just not for video :D

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love the concept of decentralized storage and look into a bunch of em all the time yet I've never stumbled upon Sia.

What made it shite for video?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It was a hit and miss if the video would actually load and running the Sia software took a lot more system resources that I would care for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have been considering to use this: https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/documentation/connect/apps/#peertube

Might make it easier to use an external server as a kind of CDN as well.

[–] surewhynotlem 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

for general use

So every third video is going to be a beheading or medical gore?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It just means the server doesn’t have a general theme or topic. No gore.

Does the gTLD make you think otherwise? 😅

[–] surewhynotlem 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol

Usually when a server allows anything, it collects the things other systems block.

[–] Feathercrown 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"general use" =/= "allows everything"

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[–] surewhynotlem 10 points 2 weeks ago

I checked and it doesn't seem to be

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What kind of upload bandwidth do you have?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

1000/1000 Mbps fiber.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would be nice if you could share sometime in the future how bandwidth heavy Peertube is for your setup.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll let you know 😄

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Great!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hey, you're back! i thought .wtf was long gone :)

Thanks for running this great instance, its the best instance imo. i missed it :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks ❤️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How will you monetize?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

By working at my day job.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound self sustaining, but thanks for replying

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Monetization does not align with the principles of the Fediverse imho. Donations can help, but I don't believe that's sustainable either. I can do this because I have the time and the money. I wouldn't recommend doing this, if you had to rely on donations or monetization.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I would think many servers that accept donations don't rely on them. But taking donations while it is optional can stave off the time when donations would be necessary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Monetization isnt inherently bad. Even ads can be dome in a way that does not violate user's privacy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Eh always iffy on putting ads on other ppls content (thats all of the internet lol), at least the beauty of the fediverse is they can always leave and host it themselves. I'm sure ads could be done right but I've yet to see it.

People will say you cant expect ppl to do stuff for fre but thy always do they just get overshadowed by ppl making ad money spending money on marketing

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Your experience with the hardware transcoding would be interesting to share.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I already had some experience using the P600 with Plex.

It’s essentially just installing the nVidia drivers, install the HW transcoding plugin for PeerTube and then select the nvenc transcoder in the settings.

There’s some extra steps if using Docker or a VM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah, right. Nvidia.

I am kinda thinking about using Peertube with an Intel Quicksync capable CPU, which seems to be a bit more complicated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What about it is more complicated? The experience with qsv has always been easier IMO for anything transcode, and I (maybe mistakenly) thought it used ffmpeg for that under the hood?

FWIW, qsv does all my Jellyfin transcoding like an absolute champ, which is why I'm surprised and curious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I am still looking into it but it seems like the Peertube hardware transcoding extension does not support Quicksync by default and you need to use some fork or so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That shouldn’t be more complicated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Quick question: do you know if multiple hardware accelerators can be used in parallel? Like a Intel Quicksync and a Nvidia card, or two Nvidia cards etc?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this is possible with the Remote Runners. You could setup two Runners on your machine, each configured to use GPU1 and GPU2 fx.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, good idea. Thanks for the link.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't seem to be able to login, it tells me my password and username/email is incorrect.

Do we have to make a new account because the server is new or am I just running into some kind of error?

Also where can we best see updates about this peertube instance is here on Lemmy good or will they be through peertube or is there not really any solid plans for this yet?

I really appreciate the work going into this it seems like peertube.wtf has the goals in mind that I want out of a YouTube alternative!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately you have to register your account again.

I’ll probably post here on Lemmy, but also via the broadcast function in PeerTube.

Possibly also a Mastodon account at some point.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So, you're in Denmark. I'm in the United States. Does that mean you as the host need to comply with Denmark local laws, and then also just for me, incorporate USA laws as well?

I don't know Denmark law, so lets just asssume that marijuanna is illegal there. In the USA it's illegal on a federal level, but legal in my local state level. Yes, it's confusing. We don't know how to make laws work.....and it's about to get so much worse.

But, lets say I upload a video of me smoking and promoting marijuanna, something that's legal for me to do. If we assume the act of promoting marijuanna is illegal in Denmark, would you be allowed to host that video? Would people in other states, where it's not yet legal, be shown a black screen?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They would not be able to host that.

Also, it's not legal for you either. Federal law overrides state law.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

this right here. So many people say "Well it's legal in my state" ... No what that means is that State officials will not arrest you for doing it, a Federal official can and will arrest you for it if they wanted to. Thats the biggest reason why most of your pot shops don't accept bank/credit cards. Because that makes them more open to federal insight and regulation.

Currently the usage of it isn't a concern of the federal system, so while it's illegal they are not actively enforcing it, but that can change at any moment, and you can bet your ass that if they needed some more dirt on someone, they would use that to their advantage for a search.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

In the US its definitely not illegal to host a video of people smoking and promoting illegal substances.

In the US its only illegal to possess and sell.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I follow Danish law. I'm not 100% sure if it's legal in Denmark to promote cannabis, but as a precaution I would not allow it. Not saying you can't talk about it though.

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