Hi @tjkirk,
there is a way to upload videos to d.tube quickly without long waiting.
I just watched a video explaining how to do so but unfortunately it's in German.
It explains how you upload directly to the IPFS network. Of course you need the right formats (480p) but that's easy because youtube can do that for you - just download that format from youtube. It's the transcoding which makes d.tube so slow and using youtube for that might be a simple solution.
Also d.tube is working on a desktop application which does exactly what is explained in the video to make the upload more comfortable / quicker.
Take care and happy steeming.
Here the link to the German video. Perhaps you can find an English version somewhere.