Do you allow "Video" uploads? What is your max file size allowed?

Do you allow "Video" uploads?

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Most videos in my niche end up on YouTube....
As posted earlier, it would be great if one could have the videos "sent" to YouTube for inclusion on a site specific YouTube channel.
 
There is so much extra information needed to upload files that it wouldn't be practical to do it through an interface in XF. I never look forward to uploading because I usually forget something and have to go back and edit the details. Fortunately not many of our members create their own videos that they would want to upload, so it's not a big deal either way.
 
We do not. We only have 400gb on the server we're moving to, and that will include both our personal sites (a friend and I) and our company site on the dedi.
 
digitalpoint said:
I’ve thought about making an addon that allows videos to be uploaded, but then the backend sends them to the site’s YouTube for transcoding and hosting. Then the site controls the video but also doesn’t have the overhead of hosting/transcoding. Then I remembered I don’t have a site that needs video. 😀
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this is a great idea
 
Mr Lucky said:
I'd like that for others reasons also, ie it would take care of copyright issues.
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Or make the problem even worse. You could have a channel with 10,000 videos and then someone comes along and uploads 3 copyright videos that get hard-struck and all 10,000 videos are gone.

It'd be best to handle a DMCA request (if it's not obvious copyright infringement like a full-length feature film) and delete the video yourself if you're looking at the long-term.
 
YouTube has become an annoyance with advertisements, embed blocking, required login, etc. I wish there were an easy way to host videos.
 
sub_ubi said:
YouTube has become an annoyance with advertisements, embed blocking, required login, etc. I wish there were an easy way to host videos.
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There is, for XF 2.1 and 2.2, built into 2.3:
Using DigitalOcean Spaces or Amazon S3 for file storage XenForo

Using DigitalOcean Spaces or Amazon S3 for file storage

The same concepts can be applied to other adapters too.

I use Vultr and it's $6 for 1 TB storage/1TB bandwidth.
Seeker-Smith said:
21.5TB (5 TB used)
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Something like this, as you only pay for what you use, would only be $24 more, provided bandwidth stays below 1TB, else it's $10 per TB more.
 
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