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dansup

:pixelfed: video + p2p = soon 😉

Edit: github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/p 👀

Edit 2: Special thanks to @Chocobozzz for their amazing WebP2P library, and to @NGIZero for funding this feature ❤️

Edit 3: Shipped and now available!

23 Oct 2023 at 5:13 | Open on mastodon.social
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Mr. Funk E. Dude
dansup

@Mrfunkedude Pixelfed will soon support p2p for videos, similar to torrents but in the browser, admins will enjoy reduced CDN/origin use!

23 Oct 2023 at 5:19 | Open on mastodon.social
Mr. Funk E. Dude

@dansup Doesn’t that only work if multiple people are watching at the same time? Or am I thinking of something else? It’s late.

23 Oct 2023 at 5:23 | Open on mastodon.social
dansup

@Mrfunkedude Yes! This feature really shines for popular videos that have multiple simultaneous viewers, reducing the load/bandwidth on the origin.

This is one of our @NGIZero milestones, and has been in the works for a while!

23 Oct 2023 at 5:35 | Open on mastodon.social
Gytis Repečka

@dansup @Mrfunkedude The way how PeerTube does it? :peertube:

23 Oct 2023 at 6:04 | Open on fedi.lt
dansup

@gytis @Mrfunkedude Yes! We are actually using the same library as PeerTube and are aiming for full compatibility with their implementation!

github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/p

23 Oct 2023 at 6:07 | Open on mastodon.social
dragfyre
dansup

@dragfyre Eventually yes, we don't federate this yet, but that is on our roadmap!

23 Oct 2023 at 5:19 | Open on mastodon.social
Vancha :fedora:
Paolo Redaelli

@dansup
Wonderful!
Just a little curiosity: doesn't this feature overlap with @peertube functionality?

23 Oct 2023 at 10:21 | Open on mastodon.uno
CryptGoat

@dansup Well, hopefully this behaviour can be disabled. Would even suggest to make this feature an opt-in for instances. A lot of folks certainly do not want to have their IP leak to the public. @Chocobozzz @NGIZero

23 Oct 2023 at 12:12 | Open on digitalcourage.social
Eniuu² :verified:
Andrew :fediverse:

@dansup @Chocobozzz @NGIZero This is awesome! Based on what I can gather from the repo, this is utilizing WebTorrent right? The more P2P the Fediverse gets, the more scalable it'll be!

24 Oct 2023 at 11:23 | Open on fosstodon.org
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