Why Is My Video Lagging on LBRY

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If you are a video creator, noob or pro, it doesn't matter, you should try to post your content on as many possible video platforms out there... If your content is original, you can do with it whatever you want... So, why you wouldn't use more video platforms to get a bigger reach for your content...

I know that there are people that call for "loyalty" to the platform, but if you have followed things around YouTube, you have probably seen how they "dumped" some of their "old" authors from the platform... Yes, and they called YOU for exclusivity...

Luckily for us, video content creators, with the blockchain and cryptocurrency movement, we have got a lot of opportunities for video publishing, but also for monetizing our stuff...

As I don't want to "feed the beast", I don't publish at all on Youtube, but only on these "alternative solutions"... My favorites are 3Speak, D.Tube and, of course, LBRY, which is a bit specific platform...

The LBRY network is a peer-to-peer file sharing platform based on blockchain technology... It has its cryptocurrency named LBC (Library Credits), which you can earn by publishing your stuff on the platform... It is not just a video-sharing website, as you can share also blog posts, images, documents, etc., but it is mostly used by video creators...

As it is still in the very young phase of development, sometimes there are small problems with thumbnail uploads or video lagging problems... I have dedicated this video to the "lag problem" and tried to explain why is it happening and how can you, as a content creator, avoid it...

Check the video for more details...

Thank you for your valuable time,

~ph~

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Nice post @ph1102 I have found a number of Lbry Vids lag, even the 20 second ones, :)

great little tutorial on Video size etc :)

Thanks

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yeah, it happens... as platform is growing, it will be more "seeders", so I hope that it will be more smooth experience... ;)

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Good information Zoltan, I have been a member of LBRY for a short time and I need to start uploading video's there also. You are right about youtube they can take your content down when ever the feel like it, but the blockchain it belongs to you so it stays forever.

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You never know what will happen tomorrow with your content on YT... Besides all that I have said in the blog post, I also don't like how YT treats their authors... earning from monetized videos are ridiculously low... and I remember the time when Google-publisher earnings were split in almost 50-50%... I doubt that publishers on YT get more than 3-5% of ads revenue...

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That was most helpful man. I realised that I've uploaded my last video as Full HD (1920 x 1080) and that's probably why it's lagging so much. What size and encoding would you recommend?

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You said a couple of days ago that you watched some of my videos on LBRY... Did they load OK? I'm not doing max 720P... Sometimes 640P if I have done longer video...

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I have my daily routine. First I claim from faucets and then I go to Lbry and I watch your video first. There are some days when I have the feeling that Lbry has some troubles and it seems there are no videos loading correctly. I then watch your video when I go on Hive. On most days however there is no lag on your videos. I will try to reduce the size of what I upload in the future.

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Thanks for the feedback... I just searched for confirmation about the resolution and loading issues...

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Great video Zoltan, and nice explanation about LBRY and how their network works, I am not sure how their website works for uploads since I have only used the app, but in the app I always use their optimization where it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to convert it into a lot of different formats before publishing it, and doing that I don't get much lag if any most of the time, the only problem with the app is that it keeps on syncing to the network in the background and drain the battery on my phone, which is why I am not using LBRY at the moment since I have limited options for charging it, stay awesome.

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Yes, I understand what are you talking about... On my old laptop, my CPU would go wild when I would start the app... I suppose that they have to do optimization, as it is too heavy... But, on the other side, they are doing a lot of updates and I do understand that optimizing the app after every update is a painful process... I suppose that they will do it after bringing up the "final" version of the product...

Until now, we will have to do with the tools that we have at the moment... with a lot of patience... :)

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Being new to blockchain and marketing this is awesome. I am learning the video download process. Thanks for all the info.

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If you are doing videos or vlogs, you have to spread your reach... and different platforms have different viewers... So, I would say that it's a good way to upload your stuff on more places...

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