IPFS is kind of like the BitTorrent DHT. Every file is indexed by a cryptographic hash and can represent anything. There is no general way to search it, but you can build an index and search the index like how torrent search engines work.

This was something I suggested for this instance, since there is even a guide for hosting an onion service: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/135234

Maybe /u/db0 will have more time after the spam settles down, but it seems he’s got a lot on his plate at the moment between being an admin and doing AI stuff.

Note that H.264 and H.265 are the video compression standards and x264 and x265 are FOSS video encoding libraries developed by VideoLAN.