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Is peertube a practical alternative to youtube for short instructional videos? Or is anything else an alternative? I know zero about this but would like to know more. Thanks.

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@B Kahn What are you needing? Really the only two problems with PeerTube is that monetizing doesn't really work, and of course storage costs can add up, so most PeerTube channels just keep the latest few videos up and either archive elsewhere, or just post them any where else.
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Mostly I am recording short-format videos that enable English learners to watch 60-90 seconds of English (often quotations) as a loop so they can practice their listening and pronunciation skills. On YouTube the option to play the video as a loop is built-in when it's in the short format. I find repetition very helpful in language learning and teaching.

I could record these for all eternity and they will never generate income, so I don't care about monetization.

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@B Kahn Have you looked at #Loops ? Its a Federated answer to TikTok, and while I'm not sure how long the videos can be, I think it'll handle it fine, what do you think @dansup ?
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I just looked at #Loops. Appears to be in beta but evolving quickly? I get at most 1,000+ views for a given short video and the viewers are from many countries. They will want and need a simple click-and-watch format. Anything that looks too odd or requires them to join a new platform is not going to fly...

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@B Kahn Ok, poking at my account over there, videos can be up to about three minutes, I don't think you need an account to view (we'll test that in a sec), there's clients for IOS and Android, and you can share them via the Fediverse like this...

loops.video/v/cIWJ_fiLmY

Did that work for you either as embedded or click and view?

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@vextaur
That worked perfectly, thanks. I clicked the link, learned about narrow roads, and it immediately looped when it reached the end. Do you know if there's a client for Mac? If not I can send one from my Mac to my phone, I guess. Any tips on how to upload and test would be welcomed, thanks very much!
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@B Kahn I don't think there is, @dansup is the developer, so he could answer that one, but I think its only mobile clients as that's the typical model for a product like this, but you could always upload through the web site:

That's what it looks like for me using FireFox on Linux. Far as I know loops.video is doing sign up and I think there are other instances, or you could spin your own up if'n you're inclined.

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@vextaur @dansup

Hmm. I signed up, downloaded a Mac app, and tried and failed to upload two different short videos. Timeout errors. I'll have to explore more when I have time, I guess. Thanks for your help!

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@B Kahn @dansup Huh, didn't know there was a Mac app, I did see some software when I searched, but considering how common the name is, not sure they're associated, hence suggesting the web option. I will say I'm having upload issues on the Android app, but thanks to a recent update, you can now record your video in the app, and that works, so I'm not that bothered by it.
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