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Ocean lemmy.world oceanbloom25@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-16
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Is there a way to put videos on a post? If so how exactly?

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TribblesBestFriend startrek.website TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-01-30
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Are using an app to access your instance ?

On voyager you have an icon to upload files, directly on browser I’m not sure

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Ocean lemmy.world oceanbloom25@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-16
#3 · Quote Reply

Are using an app to access your instance ? On voyager you have an icon to upload files, directly on browser I’m not sure

I’m on browser but I can try the app

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acockworkorange mander.xyz acockworkorange@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-09
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The best way is to upload it to another service that specializes in serving videos, like Loops, Pixelfed, etc. and posting a link here. Lemmy servers are volunteer-ran, and streaming content is a rather heavy load in comparison to the mostly textual handling it does.

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poVoq slrpnk.net poVoq@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2022-09-19
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

It depends on the configuration of the instance. Most larger instances disallow it due to the storage requirements of video files.

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Die4Ever retrolemmy.com Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2024-05-06
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The best way is to upload it to another service that specializes in serving videos, like Loops, Pixelfed, etc. and posting a link here. Lemmy servers are volunteer-ran, and streaming content is a rather heavy load in comparison to the mostly textual handling it does.

another service that specializes in serving videos, like Loops, Pixelfed, etc.

I'd suggest PeerTube

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acockworkorange mander.xyz acockworkorange@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-09
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another service that specializes in serving videos, like Loops, Pixelfed, etc. I'd suggest PeerTube

I knew I was forgetting something important!

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Ocean lemmy.world oceanbloom25@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-16
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It depends on the configuration of the instance. Most larger instances disallow it due to the storage requirements of video files.

Yeah when uploaded the vid worked but not its “unable to load”.

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