Dear Google,
Why oh why does Google Maps return Vismarkt, 2500 Lier, Belgium as a result for a search for Vismarkt, Mechelen, Belgium? The place I'm looking for is here, thank you very much.
Why oh why does Google Maps return Vismarkt, 2500 Lier, Belgium as a result for a search for Vismarkt, Mechelen, Belgium? The place I'm looking for is here, thank you very much.
Have you considered uploading to archive.org?
archive.org used to let you upload in bulk via FTP and offered an upload tool—see https://blog.archive.org/2019/06/05/the-ia-client-the-swiss-army-knife-of-internet-archive/ for more.
archive.org tells you how they make their derivative files—https://blog.archive.org/2013/02/09/new-mp4-h-264-derivative-technique-simpler-and-easy/—and (last I knew) they also offered downloading the exact files you uploaded to them (YouTube does neither of these things, as far as I know).
archive.org offers download URLs which automatically redirect the user to the correct archive.org server and downloads aren't prohibited, a hassle, nor do they require any special program (can't say that for YouTube). This makes archive.org a viable place to direct people to get their copies (including watching them inline on a webpage via HTML5's video and audio elements) before trying other alternatives.
For people who aren't looking to make money from their uploads, archive.org looks to me like a fine place to consider posting copies. I'm sure that you'll have to wait a while before your uploads appear, archive.org is a popular place to post files (of any type, not just videos) and the upload queue is long. But I've found it to be incredibly handy.
Finally, thanks for hosting a blog that doesn't require any Javascript to use including posting comments.