I’m in the process of divorcing google so YT is a HARD no for me. Google had demonetized my friend’s viral video (close to a decade ago) of his 5 1/4" floppy drives playing toccata & fugue in d minor over MIDI and it left a FOWL taste in my mouth. Most of my videos are 45-90 minutes in length. Night time videos are 2.5~gb. My day time videos are 8-10~gb. I’m currently looking at playeur vs odesee but playeur has a much lower file limit. I’d like to do higher quality videos but it looks like I’ll be limited to 720p content even though the original is in 1080p. I am looking to monetize my content as well. What platforms do I have available in this day and now?

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    262·
    1 year ago

    To be clear, you’re looking for someone to both cover the costs of hosting your videos and serving them to the world, and pay you?

    • shades@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Indeed, I’m a broke wook looking to get paid. The getting paid aspect isn’t a hard requirement but I would like that option, /if it’s available/. The primary concern is archiving old content. I can work on monetization through live streaming or other means. As it stands I can either let content become dust blown in the wind or it can be archived somewhere. Twitch highlights (as of now) seem to last forever, I guess I can always make a highlight starting at t=+00:10 and ending at t=-00:10 but IDK if I’ll eventually get an email from twitch saying that I’m “using too much storage”.

      • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        TV stations don’t just volunteer to put your home videos on the air.

        Well, not usually.

        • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
          92·
          1 year ago

          All these platforms have business models. Some sell ads, some take a cut of subscriptions/rentals. They’re just asking for a decent alternative to relying on YouTube, and didn’t even state that monetization was a hard requirement. Would think Lemmy users would welcome the opportunity to reduce reliance on a single giant megacorporation for basic video hosting.

          • zeroxxx@lemmy.my.idEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            Becuase there is, honestly, zero alternative to getting profit on top of demanding requests that OP posted.

            Had he not requested profit there could have been decent alternative at worst.

            • shades@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              Monitization isn’t a ‘hard requirement’, just a very icing on the cake. The content is really for others’ enjoyment. I don’t need to be recording said content. I was asked by someone, “Do you record/stream this? People would be interested in watching!” and at that point I wasn’t recording but I decided to start. I’m currently just hovering around 123 interested individuals and/or botnet operators following me. Monitization doesn’t have to be through the video being viewed on said hosted platform, any donations into my wallet address or PayPal address (which I’m trying to figure out how to set up to receive funds while not doxing me)

      • shades@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        I don’t watch TV or movies anymore. The last film I remember watching, I was in a military PAX (PAssenger Transport) terminal awaiting a bird to take this princess to another castle, and some troll thought it’d be a good idea to leave the movie, “Black Hawk Down” playing for everyone waiting for their bird to touch down. It wasn’t looking good for the protagonists and I had to leave before the movie was over. I then later experienced extreme turbulence due to a sandstorm and we had to make an unscheduled landing (luckily at somewhere I also had equipment to service) but during the whole ordeal I thought I was going to die. I then made the realization that watching TV/Movies just raises my cortisol levels, and why am I doing that to myself? I don’t want that. I stopped watching TV and Movies after that. I just create content now. I only listen to music for my media consumption. I just don’t get people that need to watch horror to be terrified. I don’t need horror to be terrified. I can just, turn on the TV, or, go outside!

  • enu@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Both rumble and vimeo will work as alternatives. Rumble has been easier to use for me, but I’d check them both out for sure.

    • shades@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      It looks like it’s currently out of my price bracket. I guess I need to grind more on getting more subscribers before I can have a budget to spend on a platform for archival purposes.

      • enu@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Rumble is free to upload videos to. I haven’t uploaded to Vimeo in a while, so I’m not as sure on that one. I believe the paid tiers for Rumble are just for commercial accounts to use to display videos with no ads and they also unlock streaming.

  • hitagiAEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    None. YouTube is still the best for uploading anything and being able to monetize it with ads.

    Maybe consider selling it as stock footage?

    • shades@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t know that was a thing. Where can I look for potential clients to purchase said stock footage?