Hi Friends!
I'm sure most of you saw the big announcement earlier this week about the big .9 changes.
I thought it might be helpful to make a quick video tutorial showing how to both claim your new account - and upload a video from a link (youtube, vimeo etc.) in less than 5 minutes total!
Even steemians who don't make video content may want to consider jumping in to claim their account. Dtube is giving Steemians a month to claim their username, but after that point - it is fair game. This means someone could grab your username and start posting videos - which could become really confusing for your Steem followers!
As you can clearly see in this screenshare video - I was able to upload a episode to Dtube in 2 seconds flat. Once you upload a video to YouTube, Vimeo or another video sharing platform, you can simply input the link, make a couple tweaks if needed and hit publish. It automatically imported the thumbnail, title and description which was helpful.
Why have two upload options?
IPFS servers allow for a truly decentralized video experience - which is fantastic for video creators that are being censored, demonitized, deplatformed - or just people that really want that. IPFS upload times can be slow, sometimes have playback issues, and is costly to Dtube to host.
If you are a creator that doesn't really care if your video is hosted on Youtube or not - then give it a try! It will save you upload times and will save Dtube storage costs - not to mention make upload wait times shorter for those who are using the IPFS functionality.
Now the big question I had was... will the Dtube team only be curating content that was uploaded, or will they curate content that was from a link as well? After reading through the comments on their announcement post, it is clear that they are curating both and are mainly looking for original content - just as they have always done.
I hope those of you who have yet to jump in and claim your Dtube account found this helpful!! This video is a complete screen share where I walk you through every step of the process.
If you have any questions at all - please drop them below and I'll do my best to help you out!