Hey Dev Excellent work. Hopefully we will be able to upload MP4s via the Upload Wizard soon. I think we are just waiting on legal.
James On Sat, May 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM Dev Jadiya via Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'd like to share a Toolforge tool I've built for uploading > device-recorded videos to Wikimedia Commons: clip2commons. > > https://clip2commons.toolforge.org/ > > It encodes locally in the browser using the WebCodecs API and uploads > via the official MediaWiki API. > > > WHY ANOTHER TOOL > > This is intended to complement, not replace, video2commons. > video2commons handles URL imports (YouTube, archive.org, etc.) and > remains the right tool for that workflow. > > clip2commons covers a different case: a video file already on the > user's device that needs to reach Commons. For that case, the > existing options are: > > - video2commons (file upload mode): the file goes to a Toolforge > encoder pool that is shared and currently overstretched > (Community Wishlist W447, W392, W443, W512, W523, W536 are open > about v2c stability or capability gaps). > - UploadWizard: accepts files up to 5 GB chunked, but does not > convert formats. iPhone .mov and many Android .mp4 files fail > TimedMediaHandler post-upload or upload as patent-encumbered > formats. > - Manual ffmpeg + UploadWizard: works for those who can do it, > but is outside what most uploaders are willing or able to manage. > > clip2commons does the WebM/VP9 conversion in the browser via > WebCodecs, then uploads chunk-by-chunk to commons.wikimedia.org. > There is no shared queue, no server-side encoder pool, and no > infrastructure that needs maintenance to keep the tool running. > The only resource constraint is the user's own device. > > > VALIDATION > > End-to-end test, 1-2 Mbps connection, 683 MB 1080x1920 portrait > (Original) file (6 min 13 s): > > - In-browser encode: 15 min 20 s > - Total wall-clock (encode + upload combined): ~16 minutes > - Final file: 163 MB, VP9/Opus, 1080x1920 > - Result on Commons: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Script_Publisher_Presentation_at_Developer_Skill_Development_Program_India_01.webm > > > PROVENANCE / LICENSING UI > > The "Release rights" step mirrors UploadWizard's question tree > exactly: same root choice (own work vs. someone else), same > sub-questions for "contains the work of others" and "not protected > by copyright law", same hard blocks for "I don't know" and > "copyright-protected", same VRT-pending workflow for permission > uploads, same set of accepted CC license templates per branch. > > This was deliberate. Files uploaded through clip2commons should be > indistinguishable in policy terms from files uploaded through > UploadWizard or video2commons. The wikitext output uses the > standard {{Information}} + {{self}} / bare-license-template > structure with [[Category:Uploaded with clip2commons]]. > > > BROWSER SUPPORT > > Verified working (full encode + upload): > - Google Chrome (desktop and mobile) > - Microsoft Edge (desktop only) > - Brave > - DuckDuckGo browser > - Samsung Internet > - Dolphin > - Bing browser > - Opera Mini (already-WebM/VP9 files only) > > Limited mode (already-WebM/VP9 files; cannot re-encode): > - Firefox (desktop and mobile) > - Safari (encoder support coming in 26.1) > > Not currently supported: > - Microsoft Edge on Android (WebCodecs implementation incompatible) > - Opera (decoder errors at encode start) > - Yandex > - Tor Browser (WebCodecs disabled as fingerprinting protection) > > Browsers in the "limited mode" or "not supported" lists show a > clear banner up front instead of letting the user start a doomed > upload. video2commons remains the recommended fallback for those > browsers. > > > KNOWN LIMITS > > - No URL imports. video2commons remains the right tool for that. > - Hard cap: 1 GB / 1 hour input file. Larger files risk OOM during > in-browser encode on memory-limited devices. > - Encode time depends on the device. Modern hardware encodes at > roughly 0.2x to 1x video duration; older devices can be slower. > > > FEEDBACK WELCOME > > This is beta. Bug reports, policy / wikitext / copy review, and > testing on devices and connections I do not have are all welcome. > > - GitLab issues: > https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/clip2commons (MIT) > - My talk page: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dev_Jadiya > > Thanks, > Dev Jadiya > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/T5AN5AX3QSJF7PUPCBCFIYRGHUBLVSTA/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/F3T4ZVC3JGIZPO7H7GUFNP6WNPY2DDCA/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
