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RE: DTUBE file size limits? My large file failed to upload at 638MB
I'm not a technological fanatic but I remember DTUBE using IPFS letting the platform be decentralised but to enable this peer to peer system you need some storage on the user's computer. I guess this would lead to bottlenecks and limits being reached depending on your browser.
This is just a suggestion, I'm not completely sure though @surfyogi
EDIT:
I just checked the original dtube thread and could this be the problem:
'IPFS is cool, but there is no magic. Someone needs to seed the files, and your browser cannot permanently store huge files (local storage is limited to 50MB on most browsers)'
Thanks for pointing this out. I'm thinking local storage is not used for seeding, but I have no idea..
Part of the fee for posting on dtube is supposed to cover storage on IPFS for ~56 months I believe, and after that, users would have to seed the files themselves, as I recall it described in original announcement posts.
The smallest Video i have posted was about 80Mb and the largest so far that worked was 532Mb.. it seems that it has an issue once you hit the 600Mark. just a though.