That is a drawback to @dtube, something I expect they will work on. That said, check out @vimm (vimm.tv). They are another streaming service on STEEM.
By the way, video and photos are not on the blockchain. I believe dtube does use IPFS; if not the videos are on their servers.
There will be other options for streaming very soon I am sure. Dlive only opened up another hole for developers to fill.
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Yes, @dtube uses IPFS to help host their videos. The reason the videos disappear is probably due to the lack of space on the Dtube servers, and they need to remove them to allow for new uploads. These videos would not disappear if they were "saved" to other IPFS nodes.
I created a decentralized network of nodes to help solve this issue called @nebulus. This project is a Python-based project that gives the content creator a place to "backup" media within the Interplanetary File System (IPFS). The more areas your content exists, the better the chance that your work will be available whenever a viewer wishes to consume your media.
All that said, we are still new(ish) and improvements are made every day. The coolest part about Nebulus is that the nodes are not "saving" the content out of the kindness of their heart. We use the STEEM blockchain to pay them for their support of the media.
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That sounds like a great project. Thanks for the update @jrswab.
I gave the new account a follow....looking forward to more information about it. This sounds like something that could really be helpful.
How do the nodes get paid their STEEM? Where does that come from?
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Glad you find it interesting! I probably spend too much time coding this than I should, but our Dapps need the support.
Right now, the creator or one of their supporters/viewers/listeners need to send one STEEM to @nebulus. This will change to SBD once the price of STEEM increases past 1 USD. We made this easy on our site nebulus.app with a form that builds a steemConnect link for the user.
A goal is to have the Dapps pay to have their users' content backed up instead of the creator. This will allow a similar user experience to the centralized alternatives for the Dapp user while allowing to keep the Dapps' server cost down.
This is a challenge however, since I am working on getting the nodes stable so anyone can start one and earn STEEM and don't have time to market this project as I should.
We have a Discord group where I hold voice chats to help explain the goals, ideas, and direction of the project. There is also a bot there that you can use to back up a Dtube video or Dsound track. Along with chats to ask questions and contribute to the project in whatever way a person's skill set brings value.
If you have any questions or want to chat about this more feel free to message
jrswab#3132on Discord orjrswabon steem.chat.Long Live STEEM!
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Thanks for your reply Task! It is certainly a dynamic arena right now. It's great to be part of it. I have not heard of Vimm. I read about it in the comments to dlive's departure post but misinterpreted what it was. Have a wonderful day!!
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You are welcome @yogajill.
I am not too familiar with it either. Might have to do some research and make a post about it.
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You do all the hard work! LOL --i'd upvote your comment but I am not sure if you use dust sweeper! My 100% vote doesn't meet the dust threshold right now boo, if you do use it...let me know!
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I'm sorry to say, but dtube and vimm will not survive. It just works very bad, it's laggy, can't upload few weeks old videos and dtube design it just look like a bad version of youtube. I only get stressed by being on the dtube website. Dlive have been here much less time than dtube and works 1000x better than dtube. It's a sign of the team is not good enough unfortunately. We need something new, something better than dlive.
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That all could well be true. That said, I believe vimm is relatively new.
Plus, as you said, the replacement might be something completely new. Where there is a void, there is opportunity.
Or perhaps, the development teams of those projects see what is taking place and step up their game.
It is like the blogging interface, Steemit was (and still is in the lead) but there are other apps that far surpass it and are starting to get users.
We could see the same thing in video.
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Out of curiosity, what are these other apps? (all the ones I've seen so far sucked)
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It’s not that hard to offer faster streaming when you don’t bother using an actual blockchain. That team is only more competent at being scammers.
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That’s a big drawback to dTube.
If dTube is supposed to be an alternative to YouTube censorship/banning, but your content is only available for about 30 days, how is that a viable alternative?
DTube “censors” everyone by default in that case.
Some content is evergreen, and as such creators want it accessible and to be able to build on it. That’s even a drawback with the way Steemit is organized, or actually unorganized.
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