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Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated using #ActivityPub
We're really excited to share this sneak peek that showcases the new onboarding flow and discovery features (Connect Mastodon) and look forward to the upcoming beta release!
Are you ready for #Loops ?
This is very interesting, but makes me wonder if nonprofit initiatives will be able to host video sharing platforms in the fediverse, because of the server damends of it.
It certainly is possible but the more fancy stuff would need to be locked behind some paywall. Hosting 720p30 content is very doable but if users have the option they will of course upload everything and their mother in 4k60 at which point gl with the storage costs alone, nvm the need for hardware acceleration.
It’ll definitely need some kind of quality enforcement to make hosting work. It’d be really useful if the app would automatically transcode to the server’s preferred quality when uploading, using the uploaders device. If the server has to transcode all the video the compute costs could get astronomical.
Makes me wonder if we could get an open source Google-style ad platform that only works in the fediverse and directly funds whoever’s server is being used.
Nah, I’d much rather go down the micro transaction route. You get to watch some portion of the video (say, 30s), then you need to pay a few cents to continue.
We’d need a centralized payment service to keep costs down, but the rest can be decentralized. I’m thinking we’d use something like GNU Taler, so you’d load up your account, use Taler to pay creators, and then creators could cash in every to often.
This is very interesting, but makes me wonder if nonprofit initiatives will be able to host video sharing platforms in the fediverse, because of the server damends of it.
It certainly is possible but the more fancy stuff would need to be locked behind some paywall. Hosting 720p30 content is very doable but if users have the option they will of course upload everything and their mother in 4k60 at which point gl with the storage costs alone, nvm the need for hardware acceleration.
Seems this would be a great way to drive financial support.
I’ve reprocessed my own video down to 480, and am surprised at how much stuff is perfectly viewable at that resolution, even on larger devices.
It’s too easy to save stuff at a higher than needed resolution.
This is only semi-related but do you think it’s possible to use a neural network to optimize compression?
Edit: wait I just realized I’m stupid this is 4/5 of Nvidia’s AI ventures.
It’ll definitely need some kind of quality enforcement to make hosting work. It’d be really useful if the app would automatically transcode to the server’s preferred quality when uploading, using the uploaders device. If the server has to transcode all the video the compute costs could get astronomical.
Here before someone makes a “yo mama” joke
yo mama’s bitrate is so large that nobody’s video decoder is up to the task
Makes me wonder if we could get an open source Google-style ad platform that only works in the fediverse and directly funds whoever’s server is being used.
Oh man I can’t wait for the rational, level-headed discussions that would come out of this.
But yeah I do think a project like this will be inevitable, it just remains to be seen how palatable people will find it
Nah, I’d much rather go down the micro transaction route. You get to watch some portion of the video (say, 30s), then you need to pay a few cents to continue.
We’d need a centralized payment service to keep costs down, but the rest can be decentralized. I’m thinking we’d use something like GNU Taler, so you’d load up your account, use Taler to pay creators, and then creators could cash in every to often.