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You can watch YouTube on Jellyfin with TubeArchivist

2025-07-242025-07-24 Danie
A user interface displaying a "Continue Watching" section with video thumbnails and details about various shows and courses.

This is quite interesting, especially for those with bandwidth issues or wanting to watch offline (dare I say without ads or tracking…). TubeArchivist actually will run completely self-contained on its own, but there is also […]

BlogJellyfin, opensource, selfhosting, technology, videos

PeerTube, the Open-Source YouTube in the Fediverse, Now Has Official Mobile Apps

2024-12-112024-12-11 Danie
The image shows two smartphone screens displaying the PeerTube video platform. The screen on the left shows a cartoon of a cat and dog, along with a video titled "What is PeerTube?" in French and English. The background of the cartoon is a simple green field under a bright, partly cloudy sky. The screen on the right shows a live video of two middle-aged men, possibly hosts of a talk show, engaging in conversation. The background features a blurred bookshelf indicating they are in a library or a study setting. On the left-hand side, subtle details include the number of likes and dislikes, showing that user interaction exists for the content. On the right-hand side, a 'Watch Later' option suggests a feature to manage the viewing experience. The number of views and upload times help to understand the popularity and age of the video.

PeerTube is an open-source and decentralized video network, with videos hosted across thousands of interconnected servers, from large YouTube-like public servers to smaller ones set up by individual creators. You can browse and watch videos […]

Blogopensource, Peertube, technology, videos

The Fastest Ways to Compress Video on iPhone and Android up to 70% Smaller while still outputting a video in full HD

2022-10-272022-10-27 Danie
videocompression

Smartphones are amazing video cameras—the iPhone, Google Pixel, and Galaxy do a great job at capturing 4K, stabilized video, with great detail and color quality. But these videos are massive in size. That’s okay if […]

Blog#compression, #savespace, technology, videos

Odysee video platform seems to have sorted out their buffering problem, and livestreaming is available to all

2022-05-192022-05-19 Danie
Odysee

This is really great news as the service was becoming fairly unusable for me for the last few months. Tested it now and seems buttery smooth. I also see more resolution options, which in the […]

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VokoscreenNG is a powerful open source screencast creator for Linux and Windows, with a magnifying glass and mouse cursor halo

2022-02-152022-02-15 Danie
vokoscreenNG

I’ve been using SimpleScreenRecorder for ages to record my YouTube videos, but I realised today it is missing a good magnifier, as well as a halo effect to show where the mouse cursor is, and […]

Bloglinux, opensource, screencasting, technology, videos
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