This is just 12 different kinds of incorrect.
Think of how much diak space YouTube is using
Disk space will be the least of your concerns when running a service like YT.
If everyone can’t upload videos it we’ll never replace YouTube.
- Everyone CAN upload videos to their own instance.
- It doesn’t have to replace YouTube. It can exist alongside it as a competitor.
Suoko@feddit.it 10 months ago
Disk space is quite cheap and I’m sure high quality vids could take a very small space if NPU processed and upscaled.
catloaf@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Disk space is relatively cheap, until you also count redundancy, backups, storage hardware, utilities, and bandwidth.
Suoko@feddit.it 10 months ago
Redundancy and backup is automatically provided thanks to federation, other instances can decide to host a copy of your vid (see archive.com for example).
Bandwidth is provided by torrent.
Storage HW can be anything.
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 10 months ago
Hell, using consumer grade, free tools (handbrake) I can convert a DVD to mkv and reduce the file size upwards of 75%, and still be perfectly viewable on a current 65" TV.
I can only imagine the capabilities of Google/YouTube. It would be fascinating to see a high level diagram of how they handle a video.