VIDEO STORAGE: I think I'm against big resolution copies of video online - so per video more videos...
(things like peertube or yewtu.be have a lot of big versions of files for arguably little use or could be put somewhere for download more than streaming)
So multiple video's for the same video I think overall is perhaps too much of a luxury / sucking big energy and processing power 9even for 1 video)... Could really be reserved for when it's really needed, The added videos (per video) are like a multiplier or compound equation in terms of cost / damage / energy during running time and download / upload / backup etc:
- bandwidth ( ↑UP and ↓DOWN streams for higher resolution... a lot of gb/s )
- storage cost per video (5 video for each video a pyramid of for example 2hrs = 2gb (1080p) + 1.5gb (720p) + 700mb (360p) and then smaller formats (which is ok to get people access at mobile speeds)
-CPU processing power / data centres encoding multiple video files per video (5 format let's say per video)
- massive backups, snapshots, daily routines that could be halved perhaps in terms of time / energy / hardware usage.
- and more considerations
Overall I'd like the medium formats and then 1 place to get big or to ask for it... rather than stream / allow people to not care (the hosts also have responsibility as well as users)
So designing (or not even creating the bigger files) is a type of responsible management. Let user back it up and have just 360p and 720p of files.
Something better than what you see pictured. (over-giving choice / not being used while eating resources just for being there *every* second of the day!!!)
Costs a lot of planet time / heat / storage for each video, and with various quality and reasons for video I think 360p / 720p is MAX and more needs justification or to hunt for it elsewhere (like asking the sources for a link).
The less all-you-can-eat system the more reality (unless you think all-you-can-eat is possible in world or worth the exchange... for a bunch of videos)
Eating the planet while someone forgets to reduce the quality and burn life is also part of this as it's often played at speed people's line's can't even handle (and then imagine sharing a household streaming everything)...
TL;DR
- Towards low footprint
A lot of room for improvement by cutting video and therefore reducing planetary footprint / damage from the cake=like setups we have now.
- Fast ways more than quality
- Giving choice to remember as best ways.
-Remembering user settings - I prefer 360p for example but video's often default to 720p :/ even in PeerTube... the default could be lower or learned per user.
