Frequently Asked Questions
Ceist no dhà airson eòlas fhaighinn air PeerTube
You can also go on the forum to discuss with the community.
Taisbeanadh PeerTube
Dè th’ ann am PeerTube?
PeerTube is a tool that you install on a web server. It allows you to create a video hosting website, so create your "homemade YouTube".
’S e an diofar eadar PeerTube is YouTube nach eil e ag amas gun dèid ùrlar a chruthachadh a chuireadh na videothan o fheadh an t-saoghail ri chèile air an aon tuathanas fhrithealaichean (is bhiodh sin cianail fhèin daor).
Air a’ chaochladh, ’s e bun-bheachd PeerTube gun dèid lìonra de dh’iomadh solaraichean òstadh video beaga a chruthachadh a bhios co-cheangailte ri chèile.
Dè na buannachdan as cudromaiche a gheibh mi à PeerTube?
Bun-tùs fosgailte fo cheadachas saor
- PeerTube is freely provided, no need to pay to install it on your server
- We can look under the hood of PeerTube (its source code): it's auditable, transparent
- It can be enhanced by everyone's contributions
Co-nasgadh de sholaraichean òstaidh
- It decentralizes video storage and decision-making power
- We can display videos and accounts of other PeerTube websites
- Tha e stèidhichte air ActivityPub ach an dèan sinn ceangal ri innealan eile coltach ri Mastodon, mar eisimpleir.
Craoladh is coimhead peer-to-peer
- It reduces server bandwidth overload if a video becomes viral
- We become an actor of the video broadcasting
- Tha e stèidhichte air WebRTC, seo pròiseact saor le bun-tùs fosgailte airson brabhsairean-lìn.
Exciting features for viewers
- Enjoy a beautiful adaptative player that includes chapters and previews on the web interface or the mobile application
- Personalize the interface with themes, filtering, NSFW settings, and autoplay preferences
- Save videos for later, organize playlists, resume playback, and check watch history
- Follow channels and access new videos in a dedicated feed
- And many more features!
For content creators
- Join a community with aligned values, talk to real moderators, and export/import your content across PeerTube platforms
- Let PeerTube automatically synchronize a channel from a remote platform (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.)
- Access detailed analytics, edit (trim, watermark, intro/outro) or a upload new version of your video
- Stream via OBS or other RTMP software, enable replays and interact with viewers via live chat
- Manage multiple channels that can be followed by ActivityPub platforms (PeerTube, Mastodon, Pleroma, etc.) for greater discoverability
- And many more features!
And for administrators
- Full control & customization with many settings, plugins, themes
- Customize the homepage with Markdown/HTML, set instance branding (avatar, banner, categories), define default user settings, and broadcast messages with a banner
- Manage user registrations, set upload limits, assign moderator roles, review abuse reports, block or ban users, and mute accounts or platforms
- Advanced video transcoding with the ability to use remote runners
- And many more features!
Cò tha ag obair air PeerTube?
Tha PeerTube ’ga leasachadh le Framasoft, seo buidheann neo-phrothaideach Frangach a tha ag amas air foghlam a thoirt dhan mhòr-shluagh mu chùisean digiteach.
It employs two developers: Chocobozzz and Wicklow.
Chocobozzz has been working on PeerTube projects since 2018:
- Leasachadh ghleusan ùra agus obair-ghlèidhidh air a’ bhathar-bhog;
- Beachdan air an ailtireachd, an dealbhadh agus an t-àm ri teachd aig PeerTube;
- Ullachadh is conaltradh mu sgaoilidhean seasmhach ùra (postaichean bloga, loga nan atharraichean is msaa.);
- Leasachadh ⁊ obair-ghlèidhidh air làrach-lìn oifigeil PeerTube;
- Leasachadh ⁊ obair-ghlèidhidh air Inneacs nam plugan PeerTube;
- Leasachadh ⁊ obair-ghlèidhidh air Inneacs nan ionstansan PeerTube;
- Leasachadh ⁊ obair-ghlèidhidh air Inneacs luirg nam videothan/seanailean PeerTube;
- Leasachadh ⁊ obair-ghlèidhidh air làrach-lìn docamaideadh PeerTube;
- Sgioba-taice PeerTube agus deasbadan air tracaichean nam buga, air a’ bhòrd-bhrath, air IRC no air a’ phost-d;
- Lèirmheasan air Pull Requests/Merge Requests, merges agus taic ri gleusan a chaidh a chur ris le luchd-cuideachaidh aon taobh a-muigh (càradh air bugaichean, docamaideadh, refactoring is msaa.);
- Maintenance of several PeerTube plaftorms (peertube.cpy.re, peertube2.cpy.re, etc.).
Wicklow is a developer who joined Framasoft in 2023. He also works on the PeerTube project, but focuses on the mobile application.
- Development of PeerTube the mobile application;
- PeerTube mobile application support and discussions on bugtrackers, forum or by email;
- Deployment of the mobile application on Google Play, App Store and F-Droid;
- Collaboration with Chocobozzz on PeerTube core development;
Moreover, Chocobozzz works on internal Framasoft's projects (Framapad, Framatalk, etc.). On his side, Wicklow also works on internal Framasoft projects such as the Lokas application and system administration tasks. In other words, the management of PeerTube projects is operated by only two employees, who have other responsibilities in addition to their workload.
Other Framasoft's volunteers and salaried members also contribute to the PeerTube project on various aspects (strategy, communication, development, community animation). Nevertheless, PeerTube is not developed by a startup with a team of 50 people, and a workflow full of hyper-formatted processes.
Air an adhbhar sin, bheir e ùine ach an doir Framasoft piseach air a’ bhathar-bhog beag air bheag ’s air an astar againn fhìn agus leis na dòighean neo-chumanta againn fhèin a tha air a bhith caran èifeachdach gu ruige seo.
A bheil PeerTube ’na bhathar-bog neo-phàirteach?
Chan eil.
PeerTube is a software created, developed and maintained by Framasoft, a French non-profit popular educational organization on digital issues. Framasoft has a French culture, respects French laws and is a political actor (« who participates in the life of the city-state ») of civil society.
Buinidh PeerTube ris na h-iomairtean a tha Framasoft a’ cruinneachadh air mapa-rathaid Contributopia. These actions aim to propose alternative digital tools to those coming from surveillance capitalism, so that people who do not recognize themselves in such a system can create spaces of freedom.
A thoradh air sin, dh’fhaoidte nach còrd leasachadh PeerTube agus/no stiùireadh nan làraichean-lìn co-cheangailte ri pròiseact PeerTube (joinpeertube.org, instances.joinpeertube.org, search.joinpeertube.org is msaa.) ris a h-uile duine (gu h-àraidh ris an fheadhainn air a bheil beachdan, ideòlas no dualchas eile).
Tha suim againn air sin agus bu mhiann leinn cur ’nad chuimhne gu bheil gach bathar-bog aig pròiseact PeerTube saor agus gun gabh a stàladh fon ainm-àrainne agad fhèin.
A bheil fainear PeerTube gun dèid e an àite YouTube?
Chan eil sin fainear dhuinn idir!
Bidh sinn ag amas an-còmhnaidh gum mair sinn ’na roghainn eile a tha sgaoilte agus saor: chan eil roghainn eile ag amas gun dèid sinn an àite rud eile ach gun tairg sinn rud ùr le luachan eadar-dhealaichte a thuilleadh air na nithean a tha ann mu thràth.
A bheil “PeerTube” ’na chomharra-malairt clàraichte?
Tha, chlàraich Framasoft an comharra-malairt “PeerTube” ann an iomadh dùthaich gu ro-chasgach.
Framasoft affirms here its intention to not use intellectual property for predatory purposes or to constrain legitimate uses of the software. However, Framasoft reserves the right to use trademark law, especially in case of damage to the image of the PeerTube project, edited by Framasoft.
Mholamaid gun cruthaich thu an aithne dhigiteach agad fhèin gun a bhith a’ cur “PeerTube” air a’ phròiseact agad (ainm a’ bhathair-bhog, na h-àrainn-lìn…) ach nach chuir thu daoine troimhe-chèile a thaobh cò tha air cùlaibh na làraich-lìn/a’ phròiseict.
Airson barrachd fiosrachaidh, thoir sùil air còd-giùlain a’ chomharra-mhalairt againn.
Cha toigh leam an t-ainm “PeerTube”
PeerTube is just the name of the software. You can install it on your server, and choose the name you want. Mar eisimpleir, tha FramaTube air an ùrlar PeerTube aig Framasoft.
Who is the mascot of PeerTube? Is it an octopus?
No it's not an octopus, it's a cuttlefish! From Latin sēpia, it's the reason why the mascot of PeerTube is called Sepia.
Chaidh a chruthachadh le David Revoy (tha na sgead-dhealbhan fo cheadachas CC-BY).
’S urrainn do Sepia do chuideachadh le lorg susbaint PeerTube mar videothan no seanailean air Lorg Sepia cuideachd!
What web browsers are supported by PeerTube?
The following web browsers are supported by PeerTube:
- Firefox 78+ on desktop
- Latest Edge version on desktop
- Latest Chrome version on desktop
- Safari 14+ on macOS
- Latest Chrome version on mobile
- Latest Firefox on mobile
- Safari 14.5+ on iOS
Does PeerTube have a mobile application?
Yes it does! On Android:
On iOS:
A list of unofficial third-party clients can also be found on https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/third-party-application.
What is PeerTube's environmental impact?
As any digital tool, PeerTube inevitably has a negative impact on the environment.
However, this impact will vary according to different factors.
- The hardware used (Multiple servers? A single server? A Raspberry Pi?);
- The energy mix required to run the equipment (Coal-fired? Wind-powered? etc.);
- Whether the peer-to-peer (P2P) technology is enabled or not;
- Whether the proposed content is a simple mirror of content already existing on other services, or whether it is original;
These factors provide a very rough estimation of PeerTube's environmental impact.
Bear in mind that is impossible to know the environmental impact of a web service used in real-life conditions, due to the immense complexity of the links that make-up the very nature of the Internet.
However, we think it's still important to consider the environmental impact of non-quantifiable elements.
- What is the impact of Google's AI training on YouTube videos?
- What is the impact of their seemingly complex (and no doubt environmentally costly) recommendation tool?
- What is the impact of exploiting cognitive bias to encourage us to stay on the platform and consume videos and ads?
- What is the impact of this advertising? If only 1 person in 1,000,000 buys a new SUV as a result of one of these ads, what environmental impact does that represent?
As we can see from these questions, the issue of environmental impact goes far beyond a simple technological choice.
It is the political visions of our tools that can and will define their environmental impact.
I want to watch videos
Dè na gleusan a gheibh an luchd-amhairc air PeerTube?
- Enjoy a player with many features
- See the different chapters of the video in the progress bar
- Preview the video frame while scrubbing the progress bar
- The size of the player is automatically adjusted according to the video ratio
- Choose subtitles, playback speed or video resolution in the player settings
- Communicate with the streamer and other viewers using the livechat PeerTube plugin
- Gabh pàirt ann an craoladh nam videothan fhad ’s a bhios tu a’ coimhead orra
- Cuidich làrach-lìn PeerTube le co-roinneadh nam videothan ’s nan sruthan beòtha is cleachd P2P
- Cuir P2P à comas gun duilgheadas sa chunntas agad ma tha thu air do chlàradh a-steach no sna roghainnean gun urra mur eil
- Gnàthaich an eadar-aghaidh
- Update your name, avatar or description in your profile
- Suidhich am poileasaidh a tha iomchaidh dhut a thaobh susbaint inbhich (seall, cuir sgleò air no falaich videothan le susbaint inbhich)
- Tagh ùrlar PeerTube airson coltas na h-eadar-aghaidh atharrachadh
- Criathraich videothan gu fèin-obrachail a-rèir iomadh cuspair-deuchainn (cànan, roinn-seòrsa, beò/air iarrtas is msaa)
- Tagh poileasaidh na cluiche fèin-obrachail dhut
- Stiùirich an leabhar-lann agad
- Cleachd an liosta-chluich Coimhead air uaireigin eile a thig ’na bhroinn agus cior videothan rithe gun duilgheadas
- Organize videos in public or private playlists
- Lean air coimhead videothan on àm mu dheireadh a choimhead thu orra gu fèin-obrachail
- Thoir sùil air eachdraidh de na choimhead thu air le duilleag fa leth
- Fo-sgrìobh air seanailean
- Faigh fo-sgrìobhadh air seanailean ionadail no cèine ach am faigh thu brath nuair a dh’fhoillsicheas iad video ùr
- Seall videothan nam fo-sgrìobhaidhean agad air duilleag fa leth
- Co-roinn is dèan conaltradh le videothan is liostaichean-cluich
- Share the video or the playlist URL/embed with attributes (automatically start/stop at, loop enabled, muted...)
- Luchdaich a-nuas video le còmhradh mòdail sònraichte
- Thoir beachd no freagairt is rangaich videothan le PeerTube no le bathar-bog eile a tha co-chòrdail le ActivityPub (Mastodon, Pleroma…)
- Lorg videothan, seanailean is liostaichean-cluich
- Search local or remote videos, channels and playlists
- Cleachd pailteas de chriathragan adhartach (tagaichean, roinn-seòrsa, ceadachas…)
- Cleachd URL a’ video, URL na liosta-cluich no làimhsichear/URL na seanail airson susbaint chèin fhaighinn
Do you control what is uploaded on a PeerTube platform?
No we don't, because PeerTube is not a service but a free software. This means that anyone can download and install PeerTube to host videos on a specific domain name (this is called "hosting a PeerTube platform/website"). Framasoft has no control over who downloads PeerTube and who installs or uses it.
Cha dèan Framasoft fhèin òstadh no brosnachadh ach air dà ionstans de PheerTube: https://framatube.org agus https://peer.tube
Cuideachd, cha dèan Framasoft fhèin òstadh o brosnachadh ach air on inneacs luirg PeerTube: https://sepiasearch.org
A bheil videothan mì-iomchaidh air PeerTube?
Administrators have full control of the content they accept and they decide whether sensitive content (violence, pornography etc.) is displayed by default or not. In its default configuration, PeerTube hides videos that contain sensitive content.
Therefore, you may find inappropriate videos on some PeerTube platforms. But it's far from being the majority of the PeerTube content. For example, in September 2021, the 900 platforms listed on our public index host only ~1% videos tagged as containing sensitive content.
Ciamar a nì mi gearan mu shusbaint air PeerTube?
See the dedicated section in the PeerTube documentation: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/report
Ciamar a nì PeerTube cunntadh air luchd-coimhead?
The web browser generates a random string to identify the viewer during the browser session and periodically notifies the server that a user is watching the video. By default, a view is counted after 10 seconds of viewing (or 50% of the video duration if the duration is less than 10 seconds). Views are buffered, so don't panic if the view counter stays the same after you watched a video.
I want to upload videos
Dè na gleusan a gheibh ùghdaran susbainte air PeerTube?
- Lorg an làrach-lìn PeerTube a bhios nas iomchaidhe dhut
- Faigh ballrachd ann an coimhearsnachd PeerTube a-rèir a’ chuspair, teirmichean a’ chleachdaidh no an còd-giùlain a th’ aice
- Bruidhinn ri rianairean is maoir a tha nan daoine ceart seach robotairean
- Export all your data (videos, settings, channels...) to an archive file and import it on another PeerTube platform!
- Luchdaich suas is ion-phortaich videothan
- Luchdaich suas no ion-phortaich videothan on lìon (YouTube, Dailymotion…) no o fhaidhle torrent
- Automatically synchronize a remote channel or playlist
- Suidhich meata-dàta: roinn-seòrsa, ceadachas, cànan, tagaichean, tuairisgeul, dealbhag…
- Choose video privacy: public, unlisted, password protected, internal or private
- Add subtitles
- Add chapters
- Cuir beachdan à comas no luchdaich a-nuas iad gun duilgheadas
- Luchdaich suas faidhle fuaime is dealbh agus nì PeerTube video dheth dhut-sa!
- Manage your videos
- Let PeerTube save and store your original video file so you no longer have to keep it on your hard drive anymore (this option must be enabled by your administrator)
- Get detailed statistics on your videos (views, watch time, unique viewers...)
- Cut, add a watermark, an intro/outro to your videos directly from the web interface using the PeerTube studio
- Upload a new version of the video (this option must be enabled by your administrator)
- Sruthadh beò
- Publish live videos in PeerTube using your favorite RTMP compatible software (OBS, Restream, ffmpeg...)
- Cruthaich sruthan beòtha maireannach iomadh turas am broinn an aon sruthaidh bheò (chan atharraich an URL dhan luchd-amhairc)
- Let PeerTube create a replay of your live sessions
- Communicate with your viewers using the livechat PeerTube plugin
- Stiùirich na seanailean agad
- Create multiple channels inside your account to group your videos by topic
- Cuir brannd air an t-seanail agad le ainm sònraichte, bratach agus avatar
- Suidhich putan taice dhan t-seanail agad a mhìnicheas mar a chuireas daoine taic ris an obair agad
- ’S urrainn do dhaoine fo-sgrìobhadh fhaighinn air an t-seanail agad o làrach-lìn PeerTube no o bhathar-bog a tha co-chòrdail le ActivityPub (Mastodon, Pleroma…)
- Cruthaich liostaichean-cluich poblach a bhios iomruinte dhan t-seanail agad airson rian a chur air an t-susbaint agad no air videothan cèine
On a tha e saor, am faod sinn stuthan mì-laghail a luchdadh suas gu PeerTube?
Cha chiall do shaorsa nach gèill sinn ris an lagh! Cuiridh gach solaraiche òstaidh PeerTube roimhe dè na cumhaichean coitcheann air a’ chleachdadh fo riaghailtean an laga ionadail aca.
Mar eisimpleir, san Fhraing, tha susbaint leth-bhreitheach toirmisgte agus faodar a h-aithris dha na h-ùghdarrasan. Leigidh PeerTube leis an luchd-chleachdaidh gearan a dhèanamh mu videothan ceisteach agus feumaidh rianaire maorsainneachd a dhèanamh orra a-rèir nan teirmichean is cumhaichean agus an lagha.
Dè am poileasaidh aig PeerTube a thaobh airgeadachadh na susbainte?
Chan eil gin aig an àm seo: Chan eil fainear dhuinn gum biodh PeerTube ’na acainn neo-phàirteach a thaobh airgeadachadh.
However, the uploader can display a support button under the video. This button displays a frame in which people who upload videos can display text, images, and links freely (link to Patreon, Tipeee, Paypal, Liberapay...).
We did not go any further, as we refuse to tie our code to a particular content funding method, that might not fit all communities and deter others. Seo as adhbhar gum mol sinn dhan luchd-leasachaidh gun cleachd iad API nam plugan PeerTube airson siostam airgeadachaidh aca fhèin a chruthachadh.
I want to administer a PeerTube platform
Dè na gleusan a gheibh rianairean air PeerTube?
- Bathar-bog saor le bun-tùs fosgailte
- Stàlaich PeerTube air an fhrithealaiche agad agus cruthaich “YouTube dèanta aig an taigh” agad fhèin
- Official Docker support
- Documented REST API and CLI tools
- Co-nasgadh le ActivityPub
- Cuir an co-nasgadh an comas no à comas dhan ionstans agad
- Seall videothan/cunntasan o ionstansan eile air an fhear agad-sa
- Automatically follow instances from a public index
- P2P le WebRTC
- Caomhainn leud-banna air an fhrithealaiche le P2P air videothan air iarrtas is beòtha
- Cuir P2P an comas no à comas dhan ionstans agad gun duilgheadas
- Help (or get help) other instances using PeerTube redundancy
- Tar-chòdachadh video
- Optimize videos and generate multiple resolutions using ffmpeg
- Cuir an comas barrachd leudachain video (.mkv, .mov, .avi…) no luchdadh suas fuaime
- Gin liostaichean-cluiche HLS no faidhlichean MP4 amh
- Gnàthaich pròifil tar-chòdachaidh ffmpeg le plugain PeerTube
- Transcode videos by remote runners
- Sruthadh beò
- Enable live streaming for your instance
- Thoir comas dhan luchd-chleachdaidh agad gum foillsich iad ath-chluiche de videothan beòtha
- Suidhich cuingeachadh air uiread nan sruthaidhean beòtha aig an aon àm (gach cleachdaiche/ionstans)
- Cuir an comas tar-chòdachadh nan sruthan beòtha gu iomadh dùmhlachd-bhreacaidh
- Gnàthaich pròifil tar-chòdachaidh ffmpeg beò le plugain PeerTube
- Transcode lives by remote runners
- Ion-phortadh videothan
- Cuir an comas ion-phortadh videothan le youtube-dl (Youtube, Dailymotion…)
- Cuir an comas ion-phortadh videothan le webtorrent (faidhle torrent no URI magnet)
- Innealan maorsainneachd
- Enable or disable signup, approve manually new users or set upload limits
- Assign moderator/admin roles
- Stiùirich gearanan a thaobh mì-ghnàthachadh mu videothan, cunntasan no beachdan le deas-bhòrd fa leth
- Bac videothan gu fèin-obrachail ma thig iad o thùsan neo-earbsach a tha a’ feitheamh air lèirmheas le maor
- Bac videothan sònraichte agus thoir seachad adhbhar
- Bac cleachdaichean ionadail, mùch cunntasan no ionstansan
- Rèiteachadh glè shùbailte
- Easily set instance metadata: avatar and banner images, name, description, main categories...
- Cruthaich an duilleag-dhachaigh agad fhèin le markdown no HTML
- Search and install PeerTube plugins or themes
- Cleachd ùghdarrachadh on taobh a-muigh (LDAP, OpenID Connect.…) le plugain ùghdarrachaidh
- Tagh roghainnean bunaiteach nan cleachdaichean (poileasaidh a thaobh susbaint inbheach, beachdan/luchdadh a-nuas/P2P an comas is msaa)
- Store videos and lives in the server filesystem or in object storage
- Craoladh teachdaireachd dhan luchd-chleachdaidh le bratach
How do I install my own PeerTube platform?
The installation guide is here (only in English).
Am bu chòir do fhrithealaiche mòr a bhith agam airson PeerTube a ruith?
Minimum hardware requirements:
- 1 vCore
- 1.5 GB of RAM
- Enough storage for videos
- 20Mbit/s upload network speed
- Enough bandwidth to broadcast videos
Recommended hardware requirements for a big instance to handle 1,000 concurrent viewers (see our blog post about our viewers stress test):
- 4 vCore
- 4 GB of RAM
- Enough storage for videos
- 1Gbit/s upload network speed
- Enough bandwidth to broadcast videos
- Read the scalability guide if you plan to have many users or viewers
If you plan to do transcoding on the same machine as the PeerTube instance:
- 8 vCore
- 8 GB of RAM
For a more detailed guide about hardware requirements:
CPUChan eil ionstans PeerTube fo chuingeachadh a’ CPU ach airson tar-chòdachadh nam videothan. Chan eil Nginx, PeerTube fhèin, PostgreSQL no Redis feumach air tòrr cumhachd coimpiutair. Mura robh an còrr ann, dh’fhoghnadh aon thread/vCPU gun duilgheadas.
You will hugely benefit from at least a second thread though, because of transcoding. Transcoding is very cpu intensive. It serves two purposes on a PeerTube instance: it ensures all videos can be played optimally in the web interface, and it generates different resolutions for the same video.
Transcoding can also be offloaded to other machines using remote runners.
RAM1.5 GB of RAM should be plenty for a basic PeerTube instance, which usually takes at most 500 MB in RAM. The only reason you might want more would be if you colocate your Redis or PostgreSQL services on a non-SSD system.
StòrasTha dà fheumalachdan ann a thaobh stòras: caitheamh àite air an diosg agus luaths an leughaidh mairinne. To make a rough estimate of your disk space usage requirements, you want to know the answer to three questions:
- Dè am meud iomlan aig na videothan a bu toigh leat a shruthadh?
- A bheil thu airson an tar-chòdachadh a chur an comas? Ma tha, an solair thu iomadh dùmhlachd-bhreacaidh de gach video? Feuch seo le video no dhà airson tomhas fhaighinn air dè an t-àite a bharrachd a dh’fheumas tu airson gach video agus dèan tuairmse air factar iomadachaidh airson riarachadh àite san àm ri teachd.
- Which sharing mechanisms do you want to enable? Just web video, or also HLS with P2P? If you want both, this will double your storage needs.
If you want to store many videos on your PeerTube instance, you may want to store videos externally using Object Storage.
In terms of read speed, you want to make sure that you can saturate your network uplink serving PeerTube videos. This should not be a problem with SSD disks, whereas traditional HDD should be accounted for: typical sustained read rates for a well tuned system with a 7200rpm hard disk should hover around 120 MB/s or 960 Mbit/s. The latter should be enough for a typical 1 Gbit/s network uplink.
LìonraA rough estimate of a traditional server's video streaming network capacity is usually quite straightforward. You simply divide your server's available bandwidth by the average bandwidth per stream, and you have an upper bound.
Take a server for example with a 1 Gbit/s uplink for example pushing out 1080p60 streams at 5 Mbit/s per stream. That means the absolute theoretical upper capacity bound is 200 simultaneous viewers if your server's disk i/o can keep up. Expect a bit less in practice.
But what if you need to serve more users? That's where PeerTube's federation feature shines. If other PeerTube instances following yours, chances are they have decided to mirror part of your instance! The feature is called "server redundancy" and caches your most popular videos to help serve additional viewers. While viewers themselves contribute a little additional bandwidth while watching the video in their browsers (mostly during surges), mirroring servers have a much greater uplink and will help your instance with sustained higher concurrent streaming.
An cuir PeerTube taic ri sgèileadh air a’ chòmhnard?
At the moment, you can't deploy multiple PeerTube nodes behind a load balancer.
But some pars of PeerTube can be horizontally scaled to bypass the following limits, as described in our scalability guide:
- Bandwidth: can be mitigated using PeerTube redundancy system and cache servers that serve video static files in front of your PeerTube instance
- Storage: can be mitigated using S3/Object storage
- Video transcoding: can be mitigated using remote transcoding by remote workers
Ma mhothaicheas tu do dhuilgheadas leis an dèanadas no bealach cumhang aig an sgèile agad-sa, na bi diùid agus cruthaich buga airson a dheasbad.
Dè th’ ann am poileasaidh sgaoileadh PeerTube?
Framasoft tries to make around 4 major releases per year. Releasing a new PeerTube version takes a lot of our time, so we cannot change this release cycle.
Chan eil tionndadh LTS ann: cha chuir Framasoft taic ach ris an tionndadh sheasmhach as ùire de PheerTube.
Ma tha thu airson develop branch de PheerTube a chur fo dheuchainn, tha sinn a’ solar nightly builds.
An dèan PeerTube cinnteach gum bu an co-nasgadh co-chòrdail ri tionndaidhean nas sine fhathast?
We try to keep compatibility with the latest minor version (2.3.1 with 2.2 for example). Unfortunately we don't have enough resources to keep compatibility with other versions.
PeerTube does not contain all the tools I need to manage my platform
“Tha sin suarach tàmailteach: tha sibh a’ sgaoileadh tionndadh de PheerTube aig nach eil na h-innealan a dh’fheumas mi airson videothan fo thagraichean sealbhadairean còrach a stiùireadh gu h-èifeachdach no airson trioblaid an sàrachaidh air loidhne sna beachdan a stiùireadh gu h-èifeachdach no airson airgeadachadh le sanasachd a stiùireadh gu h-èifeachdach no airson (cuir a-steach d’ iarrtas air PeerTube an-seo). Chan obraich e gu bràth tuilleadh! Dè nì sibh mu dhèidhinn?”
Tha thu ceart. Chan e acainn fhoirfe a th’ ann am PeerTube idir. Cha do chuir sinn geall a-riamh gun gabhadh am bathar-bog a-staigh gach uile gleus do gach dòigh cleachdaidh.
Thoir an aire nach eil ach aon neach-leasachaidh làn-ùine agus dòrlach beag de luchd-cuideachaidh saor-thoileach dripeil aig PeerTube. Chan e bathar a th’ ann a tha ’ga leasachadh le start-up aig a bheil sgioba làn-ùine agus taic maoineachaidh mhòr.
So if you feel that PeerTube does not currently meet your needs, it's simple: don't use it right now. We remind you that we don't make money developing PeerTube, and if we obviously hope for its success, Framasoft does not depend on it to continue its activities.
An tairg PeerTube innealan maorsainneachd?
Tairgidh!On chiad tionndadh seasmhach de PheerTube san Dàmhair 2018 a-mach, chuir gach sgaoileadh gleusan maorsainneachd ris no thug e piseach orra:
- Chuir PeerTube 1.1 gnìomhan grunna ri clàr rianachd nan cleachdaichean agus chuir e mùchadh ionstansan/chunntasan ris;
- Chuir PeerTube 1.2 an comas ris gun gabh video air liosta dhubh a dhì-nasgadh; tha siostam nam brathan a’ sealltainn gearanan agus cleachdaichean ùra a-nis;
- Thug PeerTube 1.3 an comas ro rianairean gun cuir iad videothan ùra o chleachdaichean ùra/gun earbsa annta ann an cuarantain gus an dèan maor lèirmheas orra. Chaidh dreach ùr a chur air stiùireadh an luchd-leantainn cuideachd: chaidh piseach a thoirt air an eadar-aghaidh agus gabhaidh an leantainn a dhiùltadh;
- Chuir PeerTube 1.4 siostam phlugan ris agus rinn e cinnteach gur urrainn do phlugain videothan a chur air liosta dhubh no beachdan a dhiùltadh gu fèin-obrachail stèidhichte air riaghailt sam bith (coltach ri Pleroma MRF);
- Faighnichidh stàladh PeerTube 2.0 ceistean dhen rianaire a-nis mu phoileasaidh na maorsainneachd aca ’s an dealas aca rithe. Chuir sinn gleus ri PeerTube fhèin airson leantainn air inneacs poblach de dh’ionstansan PeerTube gu fèin-obrachail ach nach fheum na rianairean seo a sgriobtadh leotha fhèin tuilleadh. Leigidh seo le rianairean ionstans gun lean iad gu fèin-obrachail air ionstansan a tha air an “liosta leantainn” a thogras iad; seo liosta as urrainn dhaibh fhèin òstadh ach an urrainn do choimhearsnachdan fàs aig an astar aca fhèin;
- Chuir PeerTube 2.1 modh prìobhaideachd ionadail ri videothan (cha dèid videothan dhen leithid a cho-roinneadh taobh a-muigh an ionstans) agus chuir sinn inntrigeadh luath do dh’innealan maorsainneachd fo na beachdan ’s hucaichean airson plugain clàraidh a chruthachadh (can geoblocking no captcha); tha cuid a phlugain threas-phàrtaidhean a’ cleachdadh a’ chomais sin mu thràth. Tha an sgaoileadh seo a’ cur cudrom air mìneachadh nan gleusan maorsainneachd am broinn na h-eadar-aghaidh cuideachd: tha rabhaidhean ri gleusan a chuireadh ri obair na maorsainneachd mar an leantainn fèin-obrachail agus chuir sinn tuairisgeulan ri clàran-taice teàrnach nan gnìomhan.
- Thug PeerTube 2.2 piseach mòr air stiùireadh na videothan a nì mì-ghnàthachadh (lorg, sealladh a’ mhì-ghnàthachaidh, gnìomhan air a’ video no air a’ chunntas is msaa.), chuir sinn hucaichean is innealan-taice maorsainneachd ri API nam plugan agus leasaich Framasoft plugan mùchaidh fhèin-obrachail deuchainneach a tha stèidhichte air liostaichean poblach.
- Thug PeerTube 2.3 piseach air còmhradh mòdail nan gearanan agus chuir sinn liosta de dh’adhbharan ro-shocraichte ris. Chuir an tionndadh seo comas ris airson a h-uile beachd aig cunntas a sguabadh às agus leasaich Framasoft plugan bacadh videothan fèin-obrachail deuchainneach a tha stèidhichte air liostaichean poblach.
- Chuir PeerTube 2.4 comas ris airson gearan a dhèanamh mu chunntasan is beachdan, siostam theachdaireachdan eadar am fear no tè a rinn an gearan gu h-ionadail agus na maoir agus sealladh stiùireadh nam mì-ghnàthachaidhean airson luchd-cleachdaidh.
- Chuir PeerTube 3.0 sealladh fa leth ris airson na beachdan air ionstans a stiùireadh (liosta, criathrag, toirt air falbh ann an grunnan is msaa.).
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PeerTube developers are committed to develop and improve moderation tools to make instances always easier to manage. We welcome you to take part in discussions to help ongoing efforts in that direction or suggest new ones!
An gèill PeerTube ris a’ GDPR?
Gèillidh PheerTube lom (seo PeerTube às aonais plugain/ùrlaran air an stàladh) ris a’ GDPR:
- Gabhaidh P2P a chur à comas a ghnàth
- Cha chuir e dàta pearsanta gu treas-phàrtaidh sam bith ma tha P2P à comas
- ’S urrainn dha na cleachdaichean na cunntasan aca a sguabadh às
- Users can export their data and reimport it in another instance (in PeerTube >= 6.1)
- PeerTube provides a privacy guide to help admins to fill their Terms
I can't find my PeerTube platform on Sepia Search or instances.joinpeertube.org and I can't add it: why?
It probably means that we moderated your PeerTube platform after an abuse report and found out that:
- there is problematic content hosted by the platform (not only one video/account/channel or two, but severals)
- the platform doesn't seem to be properly moderated or lacks federation policy ( = lack of ToS or CoC in the about page)
Cha bhreithnich ach Framasoft fhèin dè th’ ann am “mì-ghnàthachadh” san t-seagh seo.
I contribute to the source code
Dè na gleusan a gheibh an luchd-leasachaidh air PeerTube?
- Bathar-bog saor le bun-tùs fosgailte
- Seall, co-roinn is ùraich còd PheerTube
- Gabh pàirt ann an coimhearsnachd rianairean, cruthadairean video is luchd-coimhid
- REST API PheerTube
- Test PeerTube REST API with the getting started guide
- Check the REST API documentation
- Faigh cobhair air bòrd-brath PheerTube
- API leabachadh a’ chluicheadair (embed)
- Leabaich cluicheadair PeerTube san làrach-lìn agad
- Control the PeerTube player embed using the embed API
- Faigh cobhair air bòrd-brath PheerTube
- Plugain ⁊ ùrlaran
- Cruthaich plugain is ùrlaran le treòir toiseach-tòiseachaidh
- Check the complete plugin/theme documentation
- Faigh cobhair air bòrd-brath PheerTube no iarr gleus ùr do dh’API nam plugan/ùrlaran sna PeerTube issues
Carson a chleachdas PeerTube ActivityPub agus WebRTC seach IPFS / DTube / Steemit?
Tha PeerTube a’ cleachdadh ActivityPub on a tha an W3C a’ moladh a’ phròtacail seo airson co-nasgadh agus air sgàth ’s gun cleachd pròiseactan eile e, can an lìonra sòisealta Mastodon.
IPFS is a great technology, but it still seems too young for streaming large files. The PeerTube P2P system based on well established protocols like HTTP and WebRTC, and the redundancy system are more easy for us to use and to maintain.
Chan eil coltas a’ bhun-tùis fhosgailte air DTube air sgàth ’s nach dèid ach an còd air a thrusadh fhoillseachadh agus cha ghabh seo atharrachadh gu saor.
Chan eil PeerTube a’ sparradh modail ìocaidh sam bith ort. Seo an roghainn a rinn sinn fhìn agus rinn pròiseactan eile (mar DTube) co-dhùnadh eile. Tha e an urra riut fhèin dè tha iomchaidh dhut-sa.
Carson a tha an còd ’ga òstadh air GitHub agus Framagit?
Air adhbhar eachdraidheil :)
Lorg mi so-leòntachd tèarainteachd am broinn PeerTube. Càite is ciamar a dh’innseas mi dhuibh mu dhèidhinn?
Tha poileasaidh againn air tabhartasan co-cheangailte ri tèarainteachd. Thoir sùil air a’ phoileasaidh is na comhairlean tèarainteachd againn.