I made a video about copyparty, the selfhosted fileserver I’ve been making for the past 5 years.

The main focus of the video is the features, but it also touches upon configuration. Was hoping it would be easier to follow than the readme on github… not sure how well that went, but hey :D

This video is also available to watch on the copyparty demo server, as a high-quality AV1 file and a lower-quality h264.

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    2 hours ago

    Put out some in-depth docker instructions and this will be common use in a month. Good work.

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    Well done! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! And it’s fun to use and has an aesthetic that reminds me of browsing ftp servers back in the day. And these themes?! I love the whimsy mixed with actual usability.

    And its a damn good file server so far: fast, easy to use, makes reasonable security choices, and accessible in the ways I want (rclone mount)

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    I’ll have to say that this is about one of the most detailed instructions I’ve seen, replete with copious screenshots. I’m going to have to give it a go just based on that. LOL

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    3 hours ago

    Ok this is too damn cool. Will be checking it out soon, but moving to a new apartment this week so I probably shouldn’t dive into new distractions just yet…

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    I looked at the comparison for Seafile as that’s the one I’m most familiar with. In my opinion Seafile’s greatest strength is its encryption, but in your comparison you seem to see this as a negative as I assume this bullet refers to the encryption? “isolated on-disk file hierarchy, incompatible with other software. much worse than nextcloud in that regard”

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    3 hours ago

    OMG I just posted this to lemmy and saw it had already been posted. Great work! Amazing video!!

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    5 hours ago

    Thanks for making the video but also for providing non Youtube link. Maybe there is a PeerTube server that would enjoy hosting it.

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    7 hours ago

    Is there a way to help translate the UI.

    I would like to help translate it into Danish.

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    Holy shit this is so unbelievably full featured it’s not even funny. This is going to rattle some big names. I wonder how long till they try to shut it down because it’s better than anything commercially available.

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      I haven’t even tried it yet, but just from the video you can tell it’s going to be insanely good. I’m so impressed.

      It’s the first bit of software I’ve seen in a long time where I took one look and immediately thought “Fuck me, I need that!”

      I use Unraid for my NAS server and just on the off-chance I checked the Unraid community ‘app store’ and someone’s already created a Docker definition for it, published just today! The hype is real

      I’ll be giving this a shot

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    Thank you so very much. I needed to transfer some files locally yesterday and didn’t have a NAS set up. So I thought I would quickly set up a samba share on my pop-os media server so my spouse (windows) and I (mint) could swap/store files on the fly in the future. It took me 25 minutes and I almost gave up because my config file was having issues.

    This looks sooooo much nicer. May every road rise up to meet you

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      I would add PairDrop to your list to have bookmarked. It’s completely web-based so no download required and thus fully cross-platform. It also works across different networks (i.e. over the internet) by pairing devices or creating a room. Basically Apple AirDrop, but universal and on steroids.

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        Bookmarked, thanks. I’ll have to try them all out at some point and see what works quickest. Obviously the storage aspect of the poster is a different ball game, but out and about this sounds useful

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    7 hours ago

    Have been playing around with it for a bit and it’s AMAZING.

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    7 hours ago

    nice project! I’ll check it out! I’ve also really enjoyed your replies here. it’s obvious you really know your stuff. thanks!

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    8 hours ago

    The video are amazing. It’s entertaining and explains everything so it’s easily understood.

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    9 hours ago

    This is cool. Idk if it’s just me but the h.264 version of your video has no sound!

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      man… that’s really unexpected, I went with h264+mp3 which should be the most conservative / broadly-supported combination you could possibly use, yet still (ノ ゚ヮ゚)ノ ~┻━┻

      what webbrowser / device / player are you using?

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        7 hours ago

        This is me browsing slrpnk.net using the voyager app,on iOS latest version on iPhone 14 Pro, it then opens it in whatever built in player the app uses. Other versions work fine though. This app has me excited as I consider starting self hosting!