PeerTube is updated and now allows data export and import

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A new version of has arrived PeerTube with an important and long-awaited update. From version 6.1 it will be possible to import and export your account data! The ability to import or export your data into an application Fediverse it is generally one of the most requested and appreciated features by the people who frequent it.

The possibility of migration is in fact essential to make the Fediverse much more practical. Currently, not all applications allow import and export and perhaps it was the first to introduce it Mastodon (we weren't able to check this but let's go by memory). Normally, in fact, you can register on any Fediverse server and interact with all the other servers and also with different applications: those who are on Mastodon can interact with Lemmy and so on.

However, if one day the server you are on is no longer to your liking, for any reason, in our opinion it is essential for a common user to be able to move to another server easily without losing all the data created up to that moment. It's what Mastodon allows you to do and it's what PeerTube finally allows you to do too.

PeerTube is updated and now allows data export and import

Thanks to this new option, all you need to do is enter your profile and go below My Account and select “Request a new archive”. The data that is inserted into the archive are:

• account settings and avatar
• their channels with banners and avatars
• accounts and servers silenced
• your comments
• your subscriptions and followers
• your playlists
• your videos with thumbnail
• your history

From this version it is also possible to download the original uploaded file while up to 6.1 it was only possible to download the transcoded files.

Obviously Don't immediately run into your PeerTube profile hoping to find this setting: the release is official and stable but wait until the administrator of the server you have chosen deems the update appropriate. Check first that version 6.1 has been installed by going to /about/instance for example: https://peertube.uno/about/instance.

But what is PeerTube?

For those who don't know it yet, there is a our dedicated article.

PeerTube is an application of the Fediverse which allows you to share videos. It is, in practice, the free version, Open source and federated with YouTube. All PeerTube servers are connected to each other but also part of the Fediverse it is therefore also connected with other platforms such as Mastodon, Friendica or Lemmy. One of the most famous servers in Italy is the one managed by Devol at the address https://peertube.uno. However, it is not the only one and you can find your favorite server at this address although to make the Italian language appear you have to press at the top on Languages and put it in Italian if it is not already so.

Going up instead Sepia Search you can search for a video on the entire PeerTube network while for smartphones we have created this article which summarizes a few valid applications.

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