Hello everyone!
In recent weeks there have been quite a few users reporting issues with the DTube uploader, everything from having to click submit 31 times to not having their videos rendered and only getting a 'source' quality. This website that I am currently working on aims to provide a way to not only temporarily fix all of these issues for some users, but to also help relieve some of the stress from DTube's servers. The way this is accomplished is by leveraging the YouTube platform. If the video is already uploaded to YouTube, it will already be rendered 720p and 480p video quality. This removes the need for DTube to waste resources re-rendering these files as well as save on storage space since the source file will be an optimized 720p video. YouTube also automatically generates subtitles which this website can download and post along with the video.
This website stores and pins the 480p video before making the final post. This should allow the video to be fully available within 1-2 minutes for watching. A very nice feature I added the other day was a 'scheduling' feature. This allows a creator to schedule when they would like their video to go public in 30 minute time intervals.
Right now (and probably for a very long time) the website is invite-only. Only a very small group of people will have access to the website. Eventually, I would like to remove uploading the 720p to DTube entirely and only post the hashes there and charge a small hosting fee that people can pay once a month and host their 720p videos permanently. Right now the current goal is to provide a better DTube user experience for everyone.
I am currently looking for 2-3 alpha testers for the site. 2 of my friends have already given it a go for a few days and the site seems relatively stable as of right now.
Thanks for reading!
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