Would it be possible to make a desktop application that allows us to host our own video like a YouTube except every video is hosted by the uploader?
Peertube?
Decentralised. Federated. activity pub. Self Hosted. Open source.
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Maybe this is what your looking for? Self-hosted video sharing set up through Docker.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=hHID50gmkYc&
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
You could technically use this one and just mount everyone else’s videos as network drives https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
Yes there is something that’s exactly what you’re looking for: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
But once you turn off your laptop the video won’t be available anymore.