I've also started a tracking bug on phabricator with problems I ran into and improvements I think we could make to the batch-uploading process:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116510 Some things are just bugs in UploadWizard; others are conceptual problems with how we treat file uploads... Lots of fun to work on later. :D -- brion On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, the videos I got from Pine are now uploaded on Commons into this > category: > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiConference_USA_2015_presentations > > For the longer videos I uploaded both the split parts, and a > further-recompressed stitched-together version. (The stitched versions were > compressed with VP9 so I could reduce the file size under the 1GB > chunked-upload limit.) > > Note that it may take a bit more before they all properly render > low-resolution versions for online viewing, but the originals should still > play in Firefox/Chrome while they run. > > -- brion > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:22 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Multimedia mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Multimedia mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Multimedia mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Multimedia mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia >>>> >>>> >
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