PeerTube, the Fediverse's alternative to YouTube, is normally associated with video. However, you can also upload audio files directly to PeerTube. It will accept lots of audio formats including .mp3, .ogg, .aac, .flac, .wma etc.
You can optionally upload an image file as a thumbnail. If not, audio files will show a black screen by default.
Each server is totally independent, legally and technically. It's up to each individual server's owner to comply with legal requirements in their country.
@feditips I don't know if peertube is gonna stay for long with how its going growth wise. Video is much different and harder than tweets. Unless the dev is just trying to be a side place to upload media
@feditips@Framasoft yes but as I said... video is much harder to support. Server costs are too high. And its just gonna grow, not shrink. If it doesn't earn anything, I don't see how long they will be able to support it. But hey, I am not a pessimist. If it does manage to be something like telegram or something, where you just upload whatever you want, I'll be more than happy...
Server costs are higher for video, but it's called PeerTube because it uses peer-to-peer technology so that when people watch a video they also send bits of the video to each other. This significantly reduces the amount of bandwidth the video host needs, which makes it better suited to indie servers with lower budgets.
I don't think it's aiming to be like Telegram or any messaging service. It's mainly meant as an alternative to YouTube.
@feditips@Framasoft that's a great point! I get it. When I mentioned telegram, I meant the saved messages and channels feature where you can virtually treat it as your free limitless cloud storage
But, yeah, you're right about limitless not being possible! It's kind of difficult to compete with giant corporations on unlimited storage space.
Think for the moment PeerTube is aiming for small independent niches rather than a limitless service. For example https://video.blender.org or https://greatview.video. The niches can federate together though, so you can browse and search many niches on one server.
@feditips@Framasoft yeah so you are saying like each instance will be its own topic, own rules and all. But for consumers, it will be one single service. That's pretty neat. I hope Peertube actually gets some good and diverse content to watch...
@abcxyz Yeah, there's a reason I haven't self-hosted a PeerTube instance yet. If I ever do, I definitely won't have open registrations. I just don't have the resources.
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