Can you not post videos on lemmy? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 months ago by therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I was trying to post a video but it wouldn't show up as available to upload in Jerboa, is this a per community thing or is it across all of lemmy? It would make sense because videos are inherently a larger file size, if that is the reason

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 32 points 8 months ago

Video is not supported. A lot of people seem to use https://catbox.moe to upload videos as it allows hotlinking.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yep, I used catbox to embed this video.

From an instance Admin perspective - image hosting eats up a tonne of space, allowing video would be a much bigger undertaking. Even Peertube instances tend to restrict user numbers and the amount they can upload.