Good questions!
So a couple things:
- The primary plan is to not upload unlisted to YouTube and just embed here. I’m utilizing PeerTube to host the videos and instead of using the PeerTube front-end as a “video site” (because I just don’t really like it and curating/organizing it etc. is falling into the same traps of YouTube uploads) I’ll be embedding the videos here to watch (providing downloads for paid subscribers, too!) kind of like a blog, but where I can keep adding additional videos and we can discuss, etc.
Example:
- Even if I did just embed a YouTube upload - like I sometimes do for early access videos or longer-form stuff that gives me issue on PeerTube for transcoding/storage constraints - the advantage becomes a few things:
- Not everything has to be public on YouTube in the first place. There’s plenty of random things I want to show/talk about/etc. that don’t make sense to format into a full, public video, get the packaging down, or have potential negative impact on my channel, etc.
- Sharing here early means I get to share videos, get feedback, possibly make revisions should it be warranted, etc. without having finalized the title/thumbnail/description/etc. Those packaging elements can take addition hours of work to create/finish, and there can be upwards of a week between finishing a video and it going live on YouTube (due to scheduling, packaging, other factors) and it could live on here ahead of time.
But regardless, the goal is to own the pipeline from creation to publishing - and then just syndicating to YouTube after, not still depending as directly on YouTube.
As an example, I will have a capture card review published here shortly, which will not go live on YouTube until ~Tuesday of next week, possibly later as my kiddo will be on spring break and I won’t be in the office.
EDIT: here it is - AVerMedia ELITE GO Capture Dock Review