adding .mp4 to the end.
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Self hosting media in a Nostr-native way is harder than it seems. Today I logged into Blossom Drive - the web UI to interact with Blossom server by nostr:nprofile1qqszv6q4uryjzr06xfxxew34wwc5hmjfmfpqn229d72gfegsdn2q3fgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uf948ut to see most of my media uploads vanish from my media folder. Luckily it was just the preview functionality that went missing, not the blobs themselves.
Another GUI I use is bouquet by nostr:nprofile1qqst03hkj9w04xnzllm2rupxqn0g3s3ud3kx6xu0vtrucyr5nuc8aqgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsjgg85r , but it struggled to display uploaded mp4 files (specifically the GUI preview).
The cool (but obviously way less visual and intuitive way) thing is that I can still browse blobs.
So as I uploaded a video file I took the blob, added .mp4 at the end of the link and voila, the file can now be shared and it supports preview functionality.
I guess the moral of my story is twofold:
1. We are so early
2. Self sovereignty is hard to reach, but possible. You just need to really want to do it.
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