Thanks to @SniperOG for the suggestion. I noticed there’s some confusion amongst newer members on how posting links to videos works on this board, so thought I’d make a quick guide.
If you’re a new member, and your trust level is ‘Basic’, then you cannot post clickable links.
When your trust level becomes ‘Regular’, you can post clickable links, but they will usually be sent to the pending queue and will need to be reviewed by a mod before going public.
These restrictions are set in place mainly to prevent mass spamming and to help upkeep the forum’s rules, and are the standard protocol for most forums out there.
You can upload directly to this site, but it’s easier to upload via an external cloud storage service/file host and paste the link here. Uploading directly to this site also will compress the file and lower the video quality. Some decent file hosts you may want to try include Mediafire, CyberFile, Bunker, FileLu, and GoFile.
However, if you are a ‘Basic’ user, you can still post links, just they won’t be clickable or track the amount of clicks - like so:
Remove the https and :// part of the URL.
Say you’re uploading to FileLu (works with any file host, just space out the name before the .com, .net, .la, .io, etc.) – keep the filelu(dot)com part.
Do a line break like so (keep the website name – ‘filelu’ – on one line and the domain extension – ‘.com’ – part with the rest of the URL on the next line):
filelu .com/crs9z22psz2x
Or, if you want, you can just put a [.] in betwe33n the website name and domain extension, and it will achieve the same outcome: filelu[.]com/crs9z22psz2x
You can then post it, and it should go through without issues.
Guess I’ll be the first to say it: Thank you thank you THANK YOU for taking the time out and writing this guide. It’s incredibly beneficial and insightfully written!
As far as I know, Mediafire doesn’t have an option for anyone to view the video beforehand, other than downloading it and playing it locally. For Mediafire, FileLu, and a majority of other file hosts, they require that the file be downloaded first before it can be played.
Okay thank you, so thats what everyone is doing? Of so i am fine with it haha. I just thought not everyone is willing to download a vid always when they wanna see it. Just wanted to give ya’ll the bes experience with my posts
This really is amazing! What should i ise if i wanna have a solid platform where i can just let the videos sit there and delete them from my phone without needing to worry that they will disappear?
If you pay for hosting most hosts will not delete your files.
If you use the free hosting, yes they will delete your files.
The set t i m e frame for deletion is different for each host.
Something to consider very carefully.
Free is not always a good choice.