Comment on Activity Pub: Can I join a PeerTube or Mastodon server using a Lemmy account?
Snoopy@feddit.fr 1 day agoAlright, so following the mail metaphor: lemmy is unable to send a video attachment so it can't allow you to upload videos to peertube; however, activity pub could allow for that
I'm not sure that would be the correct metaphore. Lemmy can send video attachement. But your lemmy account is not allowed to upload peertube so you can't send any video.
There is also an economical reason : a video is ressource hungry.
So it is limited to watchimg peertube video.
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
But this is a peertube limitation, right? Activity Pub itself provides the video information and peertube - due to whatever reasons (most likely the economical reasons you mention) - decides to not use that information / reject “the mail”. Is a message sent is only stored on the receiving end or also on the node I am sending it from?
Ludrol@szmer.info 1 day ago
Images and videos on Activity Pub are send as direct links to the host.
So you can send text comments from Lemmy to peertube that will be replicated, and watch the video by “following” direct links to the host (it is done automagically in your browser or app).
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
This explanation on how images and videos are embedded while text messages are copied is really helpful!