A PeerTube channel for Krita

[Paul Brown]

On Wednesday, 20 September 2023 16:30:49 CEST Ramón Miranda wrote:
> I could provide the raw files of videos in .mp4 format. Because if you
> download from YT i think max. is 720p.

Not necessary, Ramón. PeerTube can import directly from YouTube at the correct 
resolution. We already do this for LabPlot and GCompris. It will also grab 
most of the meta-info.

By the way, a question: How do you folks currently upload to your current 
PeerTube account? Do you do that manually?


> Let me know where to allocate them
> and others could copy the data, hashtags etc.
> 
> El mié, 20 sept 2023 a las 12:21, Paul Brown (<paul.brown at kde.org>)
> 
> escribió:
> > On Wednesday, 20 September 2023 11:12:06 CEST Halla Rempt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm fine with also posting our youtube videos there, but I actually
> > 
> > thought
> > 
> > > Krita alread had a Peertube channel. Wolthera, do you know?
> > 
> > Hi Halla,
> > 
> > Yes you do. I found it later. I apologise for my oversight.
> > 
> > That said, the number of videos is still manageable and can be migrated
> > easily. We would gladly do it for you. The number of subscribers is still
> > also
> > manageable in the sense they can all be asked to move to the new channel.
> > 
> > In view of your subscribers on that other site,  your main audience is
> > going
> > to be on YouTube for a long time still, it seems. This means stuff we
> > change on
> > PeerTube, will not affect your viewership in any significant way now.
> > 
> > Either way, your choice of course. There are certain advantages  of going
> > with
> > a KDE controlled instances however:
> > 
> > * Guarantee that it won't disappear on you suddenly. We have had this
> > happen
> > several times which is what is leading us to set up our own instances in
> > the
> > Fediverse, as , when it happens, it is royal pain.
> > 
> > * Control over what you need. If you need to do a live streaming session,
> > you've got that, if you see a plugin you like, you can ask for it and it
> > will
> > get installed, etc.
> > 
> > * There is a very tight control over content on the instance : no spam, no
> > weird conspiranoid channels, no sh*tposting... Only clean KDE-related
> > accounts
> > are allowed on the instance.
> > 
> > * It makes it easier for us to automate uploading subtitles.
> > 
> > Anyway, just consider it and tell us what you would like to do.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > > Halla
> > > 
> > > On zondag 17 september 2023 20:15:37 CEST Paul Brown wrote:
> > > > Dear Krita Contributors,
> > > > 
> > > > As you probably know by now, KDE has been growing its presence in the
> > > > Fediverse and we now have our own PeerTube instance at
> > > > 
> > > > https://tube.kockatoo.org
> > > > 
> > > > We would like to invite Krita to host videos on this instance, as we
> > 
> > think
> > 
> > > > it would open up the project to an audience that is moving (or trying
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > > > move) away from proprietary and predatory social media platforms, such
> > 
> > as
> > 
> > > > YouTube.
> > > > 
> > > > This would probably not suppose any extra work for you, as replicating
> > > > videos from YouTube onto PeerTube can be automated and that process is
> > > > trivial. You would just have to publish on YT and, a few minutes/hours
> > > > later, the video will pop up on PeerTube.
> > > > 
> > > > The beauty of PeerTube is of course how well it integrate with the
> > 
> > rest of
> > 
> > > > the Fediverse and working your videos into your Mastodon feed will be
> > > > seamless.
> > > > 
> > > > There are two ways you can have your channel on PeerTube:
> > > > 
> > > > 1. **Use the KDE account:** Accounts can have multiple channels. See
> > 
> > this:
> > > > https://tube.kockatoo.org/a/kde_community/video-channels
> > > > 
> > > > Each channel can have their own look and feel and even their own
> > 
> > donations
> > 
> > > > buttons.
> > > > 
> > > > Management of the account would be the Promo team's responsibility.
> > 
> > That
> > 
> > > > said the team would design the channel to your liking and only upload,
> > > > remove, manage videos according to your instructions. This is the
> > 
> > formula
> > 
> > > > we are using for LabPlot, GCompris and Akademy teams.
> > > > 
> > > > 2. **Have your own account:** In this case you would be responsible
> > > > for
> > > > the
> > > > management of the channel.
> > > > 
> > > > Please let us know if you would like to proceed, and, if so, what
> > 
> > formula
> > 
> > > > you would like to follow.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers
> > > > 
> > > > Paul
> > 
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