Consider archive.org

J.B. Nicholson
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:35:37 +0100

Have you considered uploading to archive.org?

archive.org used to let you upload in bulk via FTP and offered an upload tool—see https://blog.archive.org/2019/06/05/the-ia-client-the-swiss-army-knife-of-internet-archive/ for more.

archive.org tells you how they make their derivative files—https://blog.archive.org/2013/02/09/new-mp4-h-264-derivative-technique-simpler-and-easy/—and (last I knew) they also offered downloading the exact files you uploaded to them (YouTube does neither of these things, as far as I know).

archive.org offers download URLs which automatically redirect the user to the correct archive.org server and downloads aren't prohibited, a hassle, nor do they require any special program (can't say that for YouTube). This makes archive.org a viable place to direct people to get their copies (including watching them inline on a webpage via HTML5's video and audio elements) before trying other alternatives.

For people who aren't looking to make money from their uploads, archive.org looks to me like a fine place to consider posting copies. I'm sure that you'll have to wait a while before your uploads appear, archive.org is a popular place to post files (of any type, not just videos) and the upload queue is long. But I've found it to be incredibly handy.

Finally, thanks for hosting a blog that doesn't require any Javascript to use including posting comments.