users should not have to think about this. its just us client devs and media hosts who are dropping the ball.
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transcoding is expensive. media hosts are not getting funded while projects of no real value get dumped huge sums and large social media platforms have deep pockets
I think its doable on the client with the latest iphones with an ABR ladder of 2 rungs (540p/720p). latest iphones have good hardware HEVC encoders apparently.
I should look at android hardware and see what is available there as well..
probably way more variable support. also HEVC is not supported by many clients and is worse in terms of patent-trolling
AV1 is great but the hardware encoders bascially only newly existing and the decoders as well, so it's either a battery sink or no compat
so I guess I'm stuck with h264 hls for now
I am willing to pick up the ball, but I hear you. If you want people to post whatever they want they shouldnt have to think about it
Yes and no. How many times have we heard users scream “why does my video look like garbage when I post it?!”
I don’t think there’s a perfect solution but I like the idea of giving users an option along with a li’l education. Something like a toggle that switches between “higher quality / slower for users” and “regular quality / faster for users”? 🤔
Also wen BYO blossom server in Damus? It would be much more convenient than having to manually upload to my Nostrcheck server (shoutout nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624) and copy-paste a link every time I want to post media 🙏🙏
Doesn’t primal compress the files for you with their caching relay?
I doubt they are transcoding videos on the fly... although that would be cool. even if they cache it, the videos could still be too large.
Would that be something damus will do at some point in the future? Would save my battery life a lot
