Fediverse seems like its stabilizing: https://fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=1000

(and these are the servers that allow the crawler from the observer, so its highly likely the numbers are much larger).

We are seeing:

Overall pretty good! Keeping the momentum going. Thanks everyone, whichever platform/instance you hail from!

  • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    371·
    16 hours ago

    ok. so i’ve got around 30tb (and counting) of live music recordings from a small club that hosts national touring folk and americana acts. i would LOVE to have it accessible somewhere other than youtube with all the fukin ads, but i am not sure how to go about making them peer tube accessible.

    the instances that i’ve looked into have pretty low caps on storage and for clear and understandable reasons. but that leaves me in the lurch. i’m not able to set up my own instance as the recordings are ongoing and that takes all my available time and resources.

    anyone have some knowledge that it don’t?

    long live the fediverse.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
      16·
      15 hours ago

      You could upload the files to a S3 bucket, which would give them a url on the web. Then just make a PieFed post which links to each MP4 file.

      Piefed will detect that it’s a video post and embed it in the page with player controls. If you use a community just for your videos then the RSS feed of that community will effectively be a podcast.

      S3 buckets are pretty cheap but 30 tb is still going to cost you. Transcode to a smaller file before upload, ideally.

      • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        15 hours ago

        thanks for that. i’m currently saving up for more drives to create the second copy of the 1-2-3 backup scheme. the gang of 2tb ssd’s are all i’ve got aside from the compressed-to-fuck youtube copies. that’s been creating quite a bit of anxiety for me being in charge of so many other peoples artworks.

        we started in 2020 and do 6-10 90 minute shows a week, so it’s a lot to be responsible for. of course they aren’t all gems, but imo they all do deserve to be part of the larger document of this time and place.

        if anyone is interested the youtube videos are made searchable on https://www.livefromnorfolkstreet.com/

        click on the ARCHIVE link in the nav bar. no paywall.

        i’d recommend the alejandro escovedo shows. he’s always great and i did the live lights for a few of his shows.

      • Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦@mas.to
        11·
        14 hours ago

        @rimu @turdburglar And it’s worth noting that you don’t have to use AWS for S3 buckets. I use iDrive, who are quite a bit cheaper than Amazon, and you can also opt to have your buckets on European servers, which may be a plus.

        I think they have generous discounts in the first year to hook you in, but even after that they’re still cheaper than Amazon.

        • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
          6·
          14 hours ago

          Yup, or self host a S3-compatible server. Much easier to set up and maintain than peertube, I bet.

          • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
            1·
            12 hours ago

            I believe Garage is the only self-hosted option that allows you to directly expose to html links though.

            Might be nice if you could test that with Piefed some time 😊

      • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        16 hours ago

        i actually wrote to them a few months ago. i tried the library of congress as well since they took the alan lomax recordings.

        neither responded. that’s when i started looking at peertube.