LBRY is a free, open, and community-run digital marketplace. As so It says on their website. I've been very curious about the UI/UX. It has been available through GitHub, but since I'm not that techy, I signed up for the early access code which I got a couple of days ago.
I downloaded the LBRY software, installed it and got connected.
The Home page reminds me of Netflix. It has several horizontal scrolls and smooth/gentle pop-ups of the video avatars.
Playing the video means downloading it from the users. When they are not connected, you can't watch.
If a video is available, you have to wait for a little bit before you can watch it.
You can also publish/download images.
This is where your download content is shown. Offline look in your download folder.
You get 10 LBRY Credits or LBC upon registering.
Send transfers.
Receive transfers.
Claim more rewards!
Settings
Publish your content and create an identity and address.
First upload :) and ten more LBC!
So right now it's a p2p setup run through a standalone. Not sure about the technicalities bit I'd like to be able to share the videos. Embed them even. I'll read up a bit more, but I get the feeling that's going to take a bit longer. Then again perhaps I'm still too much stuck in the Youtube way of thinking about video distribution. It's more a Vimeo on Demand setup, now that I think of it. I recently started buying films on Vimeo. They have a lot of quality independent films and documentaries, and the prices are very doable for a hi-res download. Transporting the above mentioned Vimeo on demand construction to the blockchain could help create a more thriving independent film scene.
I like the straight forward ness, and I'm going to upload a few video's just to see if there's some response. I guess it's within the LBRY Slack were more of the social action is going on.
