It became known the launch of the new version of the decentralized platform for organizing video hosting and streaming Peer Tube 4.1 and in this new version various sections of the platform have been improved, such as the video player for mobile devices, as well as the privacy options, among other things.
For those who are unfamiliar with PeerTube, they should know that this offers a vendor-independent alternative to YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo, using a content distribution network based on P2P communications and linking visitors' browsers.
PeerTube is based on the use of a BitTorrent client, WebTorrent, which runs in a browser and uses WebRTC technology to organize a direct P2P communication channel between browsers, and the ActivityPub protocol, which allows disparate video servers to be combined in a common federated network, in which visitors participate in the delivery of content and have the ability to subscribe to channels and receive notifications about new videos.
Currently, there are more than 900 servers to host content, supported by various volunteers and organizations. If the user is not satisfied with the rules for posting videos to a specific PeerTube server, they can connect to another server or start their own server.
PeerTube offers a vendor-independent alternative to YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo, using a content distribution network based on P2P communications and linking visitors' browsers. The developments of the project are distributed under the AGPLv3 license.
Main new features of PeerTube 4.1
In this new version of the platform that is presented, it is highlighted that the performance of the built-in video player has been improved on mobile devices. When you tap the center, a popup block of buttons is displayed that allows you to control playback without using the bottom panel.
Besides it the size of the bottom panel has been increased to facilitate working with touch screens. When viewed in full-screen mode, landscape mode automatically activates when the screen is rotated, plus the ability to skip forward and back 10 seconds by double-tapping the left or right edge of the player has been added.
We can also find expanded options for configuring PeerTube servers, with it theadministrators can now define the type of privacy default that applies to uploaded videos (for example, instead of the "public" type, you can select the "unlisted", "private" and "internal" types), set the default license for the content and disable certain functionality ( for example, prohibit uploading videos or sending comments).
On the other hand, the ability to disable the use of the P2P delivery protocol, which is used by default for popular videos, has been provided to reduce server load by involving users in content distribution. P2P mode can also be disabled for videos embedded in external web pages.
Another change that stands out is that provided the ability to develop plugins to integrate custom pages into the PeerTube interface and add custom fields to the video update form displayed in the video info tab.
Were added additional search result filters to show only videos, channels or lists playback on output. With the help of filters, for example, it is convenient to find channels or playlists on certain topics.
And it is also mentioned that the ability to be able to customize the behavior of the login form and display the buttons on the login form for the available authentication plugins, as well as automatic redirection to an external authentication platform when the login button is pressed.
Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it about this new released version of PeerTube 4.1, you can consult the complete list of changes in the following link