PeerTube Admin Chronicles

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A series about my journey of running this PeerTube instance. I go through the problems I have with the UI/UX and things I learn on the way.... more

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PeerTube Admin Chronicles episodes:

May 09, 2023 PeerTube Admin 25: Watching private PeerTube on Google TV / Chromecast via Web Video Caster
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December 01, 2022 PeerTube Admin 24: Testing synchronization of a YouTube channel in v4.3.1
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October 12, 2022 PeerTube Admin 23: Moving the NUC to Korea and Bug in Synchronization in 4.3.0
I'm moving the NUC which hosts this PeerTube instance from my parents house in Germany to South Korea.
Also I found a bug in the new synchronization functionality which was introduced in 4.3.0
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June 26, 2022PeerTube Admin 22: Version 4.2.0 - Subtitles Editor, Studio Editor, Video Stats
TOC
Subtitles Editor
Studio Editor
Video Stats
Upgrade
Don't forget to run the migrations
Otherwise avatars not showing
Update Nginx config
Subtitles editor
Update -> Captions -> Edit Studio
First need to be turned on in:
Administration -> Configuration -> VOD Transcoding -> Video Studio
In video ... menu click Studio
Add intro/outro video
Add overlay
Top right small picture, no way to place or decide on size
Edit
Subtitles in wrong place now
Video Stats
In video ... menu click Stats
Viewers
Watch time
Countries
Retention
I removed stats from my website
so I'm not sure I want to see those stats
but they give a lot of feedback
especially watch time and retention
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April 28, 2022PeerTube Admin 21: Redundancy of videos to boost performance
Problem
I run my PeerTube instance at my parents house on a NUC.
They only have 10 Mbit uplink
They live in Germany and I'm far away in South Korea on a different continent
Sometimes it takes a lot of time to start the video
Sometimes the video stutters
It might not be a problem if I used a real server
But that is expensive
I'm already hosting almost 40 GB and it will only grow with time
When several people wath the same video then peer to peer kicks in
You share your bandwidth and upload for other people
But when you're the only one watching especially on a small instance like mine then p2p doesn't kick in and you see the problems mentioned before.
Solution
Now that you know what the problem is, what is the solution?
PeerTube has the concept of "Redundancy" between instances
But how do I get other server administrators to donate expensive hard drive space?
I have still space left on my laptop at home
The laptop is (almost) always connected to ethernet with a cable
The laptop has a static IP in my internal network
I installed a PeerTube instance on my laptop following the Arch wikis documentation
I configured the PeerTube instance
Especially the rudundancy:
I have a Duck DNS subdomain which always points to my home even if the IP address changes, which it didn't in the last 7 months
I made it available on the internet with a https domain with help of letsencrypt
On the new instance I followed my main instance
I checked the "Redundancy allowed" and it started pulling down the most viewed videos
Let's check out the difference between a video which does not have many views - and thus will not be made redundant
We see here the problems with the long time to start the video and the stuttering because there is only one peer sharing it, it is the main instance server itself
And now one with many views - which will be redundant on the new instance which caches up to 10 GB, so 1/4 of the videos from the main instance
We see here that it starts imediatelly and doesn't stutter at all
But you might ask: "What happens if you disconnect your laptop because you need to take it with you?"
Great quastion, not much happens
I'm not hosting any videos on this instance
just replicating videos from a different one
If this new instance is not available only the one redundancy is removed
Once I connect it back it is available again
Ending
This solution is not for everyone, but I have this special case where:
I'm on a different continent than my PeerTube instance (Europe and Asia)
I'm already running my main instance from my parents home
I already know how to host a PeerTube instance at home
I already have a running computer with space available
Therefor it was kind of natural to do it this way
I don't need to spent any extra money which is great
That is it, leave a like and subscribe and see you next time
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April 24, 2022PeerTube Admin 20: What should be on the Instance Home Page?
Home page of your PeerTube instance
What is it?
Landing page for new users
What should be on a home page?
IndieWebCamp in Berlin
Results https://indieweb.org/homepage
My home page https://jeena.net/
I should add latest video also
What should be on a PeerTube home page?
Let's look at other instances
tilvids.com
share.tube
tube.tchncs.de
diode.zone
I like diode.zone most
It has a
welcome message
Latest uploads
Featured Channels
It is clean
But doesn't have
anything individual
recognition factor
What does JTube have on the home page?
Welcome message
With short explanation of the purpouse
and the video which explains it in more detail
Logo for the recognition factor
Recently added
Featured channels
Featured Playlist (Should add more info about it probably)
How to change it?
Administration -> Configuration -> Homepage
Markdown
custom PeerTube HTML tags
Specific video: peertube-video-miniature
Recently added peertube-videos-list data-only-local="true"
Featured channels: peertube-channel-miniature
Featured playlist: peertube-playlist-miniature
Maximize Editor
I'm not happy about the look yet, it doesn't look tidy
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February 08, 2022 PeerTube Admin 19: Custom CSS for your instance
In this episode I show you how to add custom CSS for your PeerTube instance, be it to change colors or preliminary fix small bugs in the theme you use.
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January 22, 2022 PeerTube Admin 18: Change UI language and video ownership
Thumbnail icon from: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/sell "Sell icons created by itim2101 - Flaticon"
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December 17, 2021 PeerTube Admin 17: Version 4 - going through new features
Checking out the new Peertube v4 features according to: https://framablog.org/2021/11/30/peertube-v4-more-power-to-help-you-present-your-videos/
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November 16, 2021 PeerTube Admin 16: Answerding Reddit questions - How do I know if an instance is for me?
I found some interesting questions on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/PeerTube/comments/qucf5u/looking_for_an_active_and_wellmoderated_peertube/hktirjl/) which I am trying to answer in this video.
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FAQs about PeerTube Admin Chronicles:

How many episodes does PeerTube Admin Chronicles have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.