Does lemmy support uploading video (mp4) files?
I've tried to upload a video to a community and it errors out with a syntax error on line 1, is this an unimplemented feature or is it bugged?
I've tried to upload a video to a community and it errors out with a syntax error on line 1, is this an unimplemented feature or is it bugged?
It does not. You can upload animated images, but no video.
You'll need to use a host, like youtube, streamable, or peertube.
Please do use external hosts. Lemmy instances are already working hard enough to keep up with users, we don't also need to burden them with video hosting.
In my short time on this platform I haven't seen any embedded videos either, so I'm guessing it's not implemented.
I've seen video posts where clicking on the expand button pops up a tiny embedded player. Here's one example: https://lemmy.world/post/426522
It's too tiny IMHO, but its there. Would be cool to see embeds in both posts and comments though.
Seems like the expand section has been removed on lemmy.ml. Not sure why.
I stand corrected, thank you.
looks like it, im hoping its on the todo list at least
I actually think that's a bad idea, storing video is expensive and will quickly make hosting instances unsustainable. This kind of feature creep is what made Reddit an unprofitable black hole, and should be avoided.
i mean that's a fantastic point, however community video content to me is extremely valuable and im struggling to fully switch to lemmy because of this
You can easily store the video somewhere else and share it here. Lemmy is primarily a link aggregation platform and more walled gardens is the last thing the internet needs anyway.
The alternative is no Lemmy because copying every single video to every single instance would bankrupt most of them.