I understand the problem with server overloading and the problems with hosting big database etc. But can’t we host short , compressed videos with just good enough quality . Like some of the high quality gifs on lemmy is much ,much bigger than the kind of videos i described . Or am i missing something ? I do understand the issues but then why do they allow big gifs is it because people wouldn’t post much gifs but everyone and their dog will post videos if allowed ? I am saying if 5 mb is the max size of gif you allow set that as videos limit too . AND I NOT AT ALL AM ASKING FOR VIDEOS ON LEMMY JUST ASKING A QUESTION . I IN NO WAY WANT VIDEOS ON LEMMY BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE INSTANCE HOSTERS . MAYBE JUST MAYBE I SHOULD PUT MY WHOLE THOUGHTS IN A POST BEFORE POSTING AND STOP EDITING IN THINGS AS I GO LIKE AN IDIOT .

EDIT : I put the last sentence in caps because i just wanted to draw attention to it and i am not angry .

    • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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      5 months ago

      Depending on the nature and technology involved in the “gif”, gifs of the same quality are usually larger per second just because they’re not real well-optimized. I think the issue is more the popularity+length+quality of the stuff that will get posted if you allow “real” videos as opposed to just gifs, which will lead to a massive increase in storage and bandwidth.