I know some things about both, but im still confused for some reason. Like what is the difference between peertube and youtube, which is better?

I was thinking of getting into one of theses for video creation but im not sure which would be better as a sort of hobby? also do i need a powerful pc or a good microphone to get started? is it better to record with or without your voice?

Feel free to add on to this, but please be kind.

  • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You only need to choose an instance if you want to upload. If you bump an instances limits. Roll your own on a cloud service like akami-linode and then you set your own limits.

    Basically peer tube is like a bit torrent instance with a bit of local storage provided by the server operator that is oriented towards streaming. What you upload is what you get. There is no re-encoding or recompression or resizing. Unless you do it yourself. If you try to watch a version with a much higher bit rate than your connection can sustain there will be lots of buffering. But you can absolutely still watch.