FYI, two of the videos from Wikiconference are up already:

WikiconferenceUSA 2015 - Video in Wikimedia: Today and Tomorrow
https://archive.org/details//videoeditserver-124

WikiconferenceUSA 2015 - WikiProjectX
https://archive.org/details//videoeditserver-125



On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:22 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Brion,
>> I suppose that I could try uploading to Google Drive and sharing the
>> files with you, which may or may not encounter the same problem that the
>> Labs tool has. I would prefer to be done with this project ASAP, so if it's
>> OK with you I can send you some kind of physical media and then you can
>> upload as you see fit.
>>
>
> Yeah physical media is fine - best not to lose momentum! I'll follow up
> off list with shipping details.
>
> -- brion
>
>> One note: there are a couple of clips that I would rotate or concatenate
>> if I could. My antiquated editing software is 32-bit, so like my browser,
>> it crashes when dealing with large video files. If you could rotate or
>> concatenate as you think best, I would appreciate it.
>>
>> Please email me off-list with the address where you would like me to ship
>> the physical media with the videos.
>>
>> Pine
>> On Oct 20, 2015 4:09 PM, "Brion Vibber" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Pine!
>>>
>>> I'm looking at streamlining the import/upload process for videos among
>>> other things, and would be more than happy to help with this.
>>>
>>> If the files are already cut up into presentation-sized pieces, then I
>>> can handle the batch conversion/upload, and the experience will help me
>>> with designing tools for the next batch! If they need cutting still, we'll
>>> figure it out. :)
>>>
>>> If network speeds are a problem for uploading the footage in its current
>>> state, we can work out shipping or otherwise transporting a portable drive.
>>> (20G isn't super huge in video terms, so it might be easiest to ship it to
>>> me in Portland and I'll do the batch-conversion and upload from my end. For
>>> very large collections we may have to ship things to the data center
>>> directly and that requires more coordination.)
>>>
>>> -- brion
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jan,
>>>>
>>>> The individual segments have a maximum size of around 1.5GB and are
>>>> about 25 minutes long at most. I have too many other priorities to be
>>>> spending lots more volunteer time with these videos, so a batch upload
>>>> would be most appreciated. Otherwise there may be a long wait before I get
>>>> around to uploading these one by one.
>>>>
>>>> Pine
>>>> On Oct 20, 2015 3:13 PM, "Jan Ainali" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not an answer to your question, but my suggestion would be to cut it
>>>>> in shorter pieces before you try to convert and upload it, By doing that
>>>>> you will reduce the file size and as a side benefit most likely increase
>>>>> the usefulness of, and the chance to the discover the videos.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kdenlive is a great tool to do that.
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kdenlive
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
>>>>>
>>>>> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
>>>>> 0729 - 67 29 48
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
>>>>> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-10-21 0:03 GMT+02:00 Pine W <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Multimedians,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to lightly edit, convert and upload about 20GB of video
>>>>>> from Wikiconference USA. One of the conversion tools suggested to me,
>>>>>> https://wikimedia.meltvideo.com/index.php/main, uses a self-signed
>>>>>> security certificate that is not trusted by my browser for secure Oauth
>>>>>> use. Another tool, the videoconvert tool on Labs, crashes my browser,
>>>>>> possibly because it wants to put all of the video batch in RAM, and 20GB 
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> both more RAM than I have and far more than the 3GB limit for 32 bit
>>>>>> applications. Any other suggestions about how to convert and upload 20GB 
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> video in a batch?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pine
>>>>>>
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