PeerTube Admin Chronicles

A series about my journey of running this PeerTube instance. I go through the problems I have with the UI/UX and things I learn on the way.

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Dec 19, 2025

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Episodes

PeerTube Admin 35: PeerTube v8.0.0 - first look 19.12.2025

https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.0.0

PeerTube Admin 34: Mobile upload UX needs improvement 06.12.2025
PeerTube Admin 33: PeerTube Mobile App v1.0 18.06.2025

Framasoft released v1.0 of their mobile app for PeerTube: https://joinpeertube.org/news/app-v1

PeerTube Admin 32: PeerTube v7.0.0 - first look 21.12.2024

I updated my instance to version 7.0.0 of PeerTube, let's have a first look at the changes to the UI/UX together.

PeerTube Admin 31: Fix buffering when viewing from other continent 26.11.2024

I finally was able to fix my long standing problem where viewing private videos from a different continent than the server was hosted on would result in constant buffering.

PeerTube Admin 30: Broken videos? Re-transcode your webtorrent videos to HLS 16.12.2023
PeerTube Admin 29: Roadmap for PeerTube v7 in 2024 13.12.2023

https://joinpeertube.org/news/peertube-future-2024

PeerTube Admin 28: PeerTube Version 6 - New Features 29.11.2023

Going through https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-6.0 and testing the new features on my instance after I upgraded it.

PeerTube Admin 27: YouTube or PeerTube as backup for personal videos? 13.11.2023
PeerTube Admin 26: Distributed (Remote) Transcoding in 5.2.0 31.05.2023

New release candidate for 5.2.0 introduces remote transcoding for videos and live streams: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v5.2.0-rc.1

PeerTube Admin 25: Watching private PeerTube on Google TV / Chromecast via Web Video Caster 09.05.2023
PeerTube Admin 24: Testing synchronization of a YouTube channel in v4.3.1 01.12.2022
PeerTube Admin 23: Moving the NUC to Korea and Bug in Synchronization in 4.3.0 12.10.2022

I'm moving the NUC which hosts this PeerTube instance from my parents house in Germany to South Korea. Also I found a bug in the new synchronization functionality which was introduced in 4.3.0

PeerTube Admin 22: Version 4.2.0 - Subtitles Editor, Studio Editor, Video Stats 26.06.2022

TOC Subtitles Editor, Studio Editor, Video Stats, Upgrade Don't forget to run the migrations Otherwise avatars not showing, Update Nginx config Subtitles editor, Update -> Captions -> Edit Studio, First need to be tu...

PeerTube Admin 21: Redundancy of videos to boost performance 28.04.2022

Problem I run my PeerTube instance at my parents house on a NUC., They only have 10 Mbit uplink, They live in Germany and I'm far away in South Korea on a different continent, Sometimes it takes a lot of time to start the video, Somet...

PeerTube Admin 20: What should be on the Instance Home Page? 24.04.2022

Home page of your PeerTube instanceWhat is it? Landing page for new users, What should be on a home page? IndieWebCamp in Berlin, Results https://i...

PeerTube Admin 19: Custom CSS for your instance 08.02.2022

In this episode I show you how to add custom CSS for your PeerTube instance, be it to change colors or preliminary fix small bugs in the theme you use.

PeerTube Admin 18: Change UI language and video ownership 22.01.2022

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PeerTube Admin 17: Version 4 - going through new features 17.12.2021

Checking out the new Peertube v4 features according to: https://framablog.org/2021/11/30/peertube-v4-more-power-to-help-you-present-your-videos/

PeerTube Admin 16: Answerding Reddit questions - How do I know if an instance is for me? 16.11.2021

I found some interesting questions on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/PeerTube/comments/qucf5u/looking_for_an_active_and_wellmoderated_peertube/hktirjl/) which I am trying to answer in this video.

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