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| 72 | ## If a client requests each chunk of a video through HTTP, will the server be overloaded? | 72 | ## If a client requests each chunk of a video through HTTP, will the server be overloaded? |
| 73 | 73 | ||
| 74 | Not really. Reverse proxies like Nginx handle very well requests of static | 74 | Not really. Reverse proxies like Nginx handle static file requests very well. In my tests, it can send chunks at 10MB/s without consuming more than 5% CPU on a very small VPS. |
| 75 | files. In my tests, it can send chunks at 10MB/s without consuming more than 5% | ||
| 76 | of CPU on a very small VPS. | ||
| 77 | 75 | ||
| 78 | 76 | ||
| 79 | ## Will an index of all the videos of servers you follow be too large for small servers? | 77 | ## Will an index of all the videos of servers you follow be too large for small servers? |
| 80 | 78 | ||
| 81 | In our benchmarks, 1,000,000 videos takes around 2GB of storage on PostgreSQL. | 79 | In our benchmarks, 1,000,000 videos consume around 2GB of PostgreSQL storage. |
| 82 | We think it is acceptable for a video platform. | 80 | We think that is acceptable for a video platform. |
| 83 | 81 | ||
| 84 | 82 | ||
| 85 | ## Which container formats can I use for the videos I want to upload? | 83 | ## Which container formats can I use for the videos I want to upload? |
| @@ -94,13 +92,13 @@ and FLV formats when transcoding is enabled on their instance. | |||
| 94 | It's not officially supported, but you can try the `update-host` script: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/#/maintain-tools?id=update-hostjs | 92 | It's not officially supported, but you can try the `update-host` script: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/#/maintain-tools?id=update-hostjs |
| 95 | 93 | ||
| 96 | 94 | ||
| 97 | ## Why do we have to put our Twitter username in PeerTube configuration? | 95 | ## Why do we have to put our Twitter username in the PeerTube configuration? |
| 98 | 96 | ||
| 99 | You don't have to: we set a default value if you don't have a Twitter account. | 97 | You don't have to: we set a default value if you don't have a Twitter account. |
| 100 | We need this information because Twitter requires an account for links share/videos embed on their platform. | 98 | We need this information because Twitter requires an account for links share/videos embed on their platform. |
| 101 | 99 | ||
| 102 | 100 | ||
| 103 | ## How video views are calculated? | 101 | ## How are video views counted? |
| 104 | 102 | ||
| 105 | Your web browser sends a view to the server after 30 seconds of playback. If a video is less than 30 seconds in length, a view is sent after 75% of the video. After giving a view, that IP address cannot add another view in the next hour. | 103 | Your web browser sends a view to the server after 30 seconds of playback. If a video is less than 30 seconds in length, a view is sent after 75% of the video. After giving a view, that IP address cannot add another view in the next hour. |
| 106 | Views are buffered, so don't panic if the view counter stays the same after you watched a video. | 104 | Views are buffered, so don't panic if the view counter stays the same after you watched a video. |
| @@ -122,12 +120,12 @@ So you would need: | |||
| 122 | 120 | ||
| 123 | Yes you can, but you won't be able to send data to users that watch the video in their web browser. | 121 | Yes you can, but you won't be able to send data to users that watch the video in their web browser. |
| 124 | The reason is they connect to peers through WebRTC whereas your BitTorrent client uses classic TCP/UDP. | 122 | The reason is they connect to peers through WebRTC whereas your BitTorrent client uses classic TCP/UDP. |
| 125 | To check if your BitTorrent client supports WebTorrent you can see this issue: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/issues/369 | 123 | You can check if your BitTorrent client supports WebTorrent in this issue: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/issues/369 |
| 126 | 124 | ||
| 127 | 125 | ||
| 128 | ## Why host on GitHub and Framagit? | 126 | ## Why host on GitHub and Framagit? |
| 129 | 127 | ||
| 130 | The project has initially been hosted on GitHub by Chocobozzz. A full migration to [Framagit](https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/PeerTube) would be ideal now that Framasoft supports PeerTube, but it would take a lot of time and is an ongoing effort. | 128 | The project was initially hosted on GitHub by Chocobozzz. A full migration to [Framagit](https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/PeerTube) would be ideal now that Framasoft supports PeerTube, but it would take a lot of time and is an ongoing effort. |
| 131 | 129 | ||
| 132 | 130 | ||
| 133 | ## Are you going to use the Steem blockchain? | 131 | ## Are you going to use the Steem blockchain? |