working on peertube recommendation algorithm has made me realize that we should be collecting our own data.

my program that monitors peertube watching habit and stores it locally and should track YouTube watching habit just so that data can be used in a recommendation algorithm. it would be a good idea for fediverse if there were programs that monitors and stores the data locally for the fediverse and corporate counterpart.

the reason why I would track youtube data was to get the titles of the video

I made a browser extension that track the video you watch on a peertube instance linked here https://github.com/solidheron/peertube_recomendation_algorythm

it works decently well but it still has some glitches and a bug that causes minor information loss that will need to be patched out. so this is in alpha and needs to be worked on. I do have another script that gets the data of a hundreds of peertube videos and the closed captions. so got some basic components of an algorithm started. next ill probably figure out how to categorize videos based on peertube api and closed captions.

It's weird knowing someone will improve on this at some point

bellow is the data structure of the browser extension. I did watch videos to get that data and all of this will be stored locally. I recommend looking at it with https://jsonformatter.org/json-viewer . leave a comment/suggestion, I'm up for any submissions.

[{"title":"The Blues Brothers (1980) - Dalek Zone","url":"https://dalek.zone/w/56ozwq8e

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28252147

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Little update on making a peertube recommendation algorithm. I made a script that collects video json and closed caption from instances. Later on I'll figure out a way to organize the data into video description vector. (Data manipulation will be ever improving process but data collecting should be stagnant and only change with activityhub and peertube updates)

My question is if there's a program that monitors or gets a users video watch time and interaction data and stores it locally. I just need something to record my video interactions of peertube videos such as like or dislike a video.

writing down my thoughts for added elements called Video_description_vector and Video_description_vector_history. Video_description_vector is an element that an instance gives to describe what categories a video does and does not belong to and Video_description_vector_history is record of user submissions of what categories they say a video belongs to so that way categories can be removed.

Video_description_vector has sub elements that are format standards, this is done so that so that future potentially better format can be entered into Video_description_vector . I'm working on my recommended standard, so far I have isTrue array that lists what categories the video belongs to, while the isFalse element lists what categories it does not belong to—subjectively. done that way so that isn't a sea of element like "cartoon":True or "action":False . I do know that I need sub-element for music metrics

Below is a made-up example. It’s about the Cleveland Browns, an American football team, do

So I started by doing research and by research I mean watching two videos on YouTube about basic recommendation algorithms.

I did watch a 30 minute video on Netflix software engineer talking about using machine learning and complex matrix and these bandit style machine learning algorithms to recommend TV shows/movies really the base conclusion is that there's a 50% improve over doing all these complex things over their baseline measurement. Baseline will mean traditional pre neral network based algorithms.

The way I interpret it is that basics take you a long way and all the basics are is just organizing any peertube video into a vector and people watching into a vector as well. The idea would be that which videos are more similar to each other would be good recommendations if a watcher watch one of those videos, or if they didn't like it don't recommend any videos similar to that. Once these videos get vectorized then the watcher's vector can be updated in a basic way more watch tim

I hate how if you search trans on peertube (at least on .wtf) it’s straight up porn, like I’m tryna find relatable content, not wank off (update, so porn is against peertube.wtf’s rules so I went through and reported them)

"The Fediverse has its own full-fledged YouTube alternative that possesses some unique superpowers thanks to ActivityPub. In the previous article in this series I covered what it’s like to use PeerTube from the point of view of a casual user:

Today’s post will discuss: how to use the software as a video creator – and its advantages over video hosting platforms by Big Tech companies."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27001400

PeerTube is a decentralized and federated alternative to YouTube. The goal of PeerTube is not to replace YouTube but to offer a viable alternative using the strength of ActivityPub and P2P protocols.

Being built on ActivityPub means PeerTube is able to be part of a bigger social network, the Fediverse (the Federated Universe). On the other hand, P2P technologies help PeerTube to solve the issue of money, inbound with all streaming platform: With PeerTube, you don't need to have a lot of bandwidth available on your server to host a PeerTube platform because all users (which didn't disable the feature) watching a video on PeerTube will be able to share this same video to other viewers.

If you are curious about PeerTube, I can't recommend you enough to check the official website to learn more about the project. If after that you want to try to use Peer

I just downloaded peertube but can't get past the welcome screen as it goes longer than my screen and I can't scroll down. I'm on an S25 if that helps.

Hey, @SLURF, ik vroeg me zo af, gaat er ook een SURF @peertube server komen?

What would the best instance be? I’m thinking there’s probably an instance that focuses on musicians and other artists. The store is alt rock, if it matters. Thanks in advance!

I noticed if I change the Original Publication Date on my videos it affects their position in the Recently Added list

https://spectra.video/videos/browse?scope=local&live=false&c=true&s=3

I feel like it should only affect the sort by "Original Publication Date" which is a separate feature

https://spectra.video/videos/browse?sort=-originallyPublishedAt&c=true&s=2

I feel kinda dumb, but how do I sign into my #PeerTube account on the official #app?

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Currently, there's an official PeerTube app, but I have been wondering if they should instead potentially consider an alternative strategy similar to what Lemmy has done.

The proposal is this:

Instead of maintaining an official PeerTube app, what if PeerTube focused instead on being the core system and API, while encouraging third-party developers to create various client apps?

PeerTube could then concentrate on managing and improving the web app, api, etc.

Potential benefits of this approach:

1. Diverse ecosystem of apps catering to different user preferences
2. Reduced workload for the core PeerTube team
3. Increased community involvement and innovation

Potential drawbacks:

1. Lack of a "standard" mobile experience
2. Possible fragmentation of the user base
3. Quality control challenges

What are your thoughts on this idea? Would this approach better serve the PeerTube community and align with the project's go

Suggestion Overview:

PeerTube could potentially host and maintain an official, beginner-friendly server, similar in purpose to Mastodon.Social for Mastodon, or Lemmy.World for Lemmy.

Perhaps call it something like Peertube.Video, or something similar.

This server could function as an easy onboarding point for new users, enabling them to sign up and immediately start exploring videos without the need to understand or manage federated server distinctions.

This server could provide an experience akin to YouTube, where users can browse, search, and watch videos from both the local server and federated servers seamlessly.

By simplifying the experience, this initiative could help make PeerTube more appealing to mainstream audiences and lower the barrier to entry.

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Features and Benefits

1. Centralized Onboarding for New Users

• Provide a trusted, official PeerTube instance that's beginner-friendly.
• Serve as a default place where individuals can si