YouTube does not feel appropriate since it is not my content.
What about posting a description of the content and a link to the original?
Some of the videos are on Reddit, Twitter, or Instagram. They don’t work well when shared elsewhere.
I want to download the video and reupload it in a better place
I think Reddit works? Instagram and Twitter don’t though. I liked the Twitter mirrors for that, since you could hot link their videos, but I think they all got shut down.
Reddit video player is terrible though and linking to it requires you to load their bloated New Reddit web pages. Most of us came here to get away from Reddit.
I see a lot of people on here using Catbox to host videos, but I haven’t tried it personally. You could also use Imgur which has worked well for me to post pictures. I know they support video uploads as well.
Redgifs appears to be lewd NSFW content only. Do they allow other content?
For sure. It’s the best site for hosting. Why do you there’s so much porn there?
I didn’t know if .world or .dev allow it, but .works let you upload short videos directly I think, at least they used to.
But hotlinking I think would be best. Firefox usually lets you copy the source link, but idk which formats and sites integrate well with Lemmy.
I often use Imgur.
Imgur should really rename itself as vidyer. Seems like it’s mostly videos these days!
I’m not mad about it, I just think it’s funny that videos have taken over from images.