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
>>>>>>>
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