On Feb 3, 2015 8:43 PM, "Nkansah Rexford" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I couldn't find a tool to convert my videos from whatever format into .ogv > outside my PC box before pushing to Commons. I guess there might exist > something like that, but perhaps I can't find it. But I made one for > myself. Maybe it might be useful to others too. > > I call it CommonsConvert. Upload any video format, enter username and > password, and get the video converted into .ogv format plus pushed to > Commons all in one shot. You upload the original video in whatever format, > and get it on Commons in .ogv > > Some rough edges currently, such as can't/don't know/no available means to > append license to uploaded video among other issues. Working on the ones I > can asap. > > It uses mwclient module via Django based on Python. Django gives user info > to Python, Python calls avconv in a subprocess, and the converted file is > relayed to Commons via mwclient module via Media Wiki API. > > I think not everyone has means/technical know how/interest/time converting > videos taken on their PC to an Ogg-Vorbis-whatever format before uploading > to Commons. > > Doing the conversion on a server leaves room for user to focus on getting > videos than processing them. > > I don't know if this is or will be of any interest that someone might wanna > use, but I personally would enjoy having a server sitting somewhere convert > my videos I want to save onto Commons, than using my local computer doing > that boring task. > > In an email to this list a week or so ago, I 'ranted' about why commons > wants a specific format (which if not for commons, I never come across that > format anywhere), but has no provision for converting any videos thrown at > it into that format of its choice. Well.... > > Tool can be found here: khophi.co <http://khophi.co/commonsconvert>/ > <http://khophi.co/commonsconvert>commonsconvert > <http://khophi.co/commonsconvert> > > And this is sample video uploaded using the tool. > https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Testing_file_for_upload_last.ogv > (will be deleted soon, likely) > > What I do not know or have not experimented yet is whether uploading using > the api also has the 100mb upload restriction. > > Will appreciate feedback. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Cool. Thanks for working on this sort of thing. The uploading videos process certainly benefit from some love. May i suggest using webm (of the vorbis/vp8 variety) as the output format? Webm will give higher quality videos at lower file size, so is probably a better choice if converting from another format. For the 100mb thing - there are multiple ways to upload things with the api. The chunked method has a file size limit of 1gb. All the other methods have the 100mb limit. If you havent already, id encourage mentioning this on [[Commons:VP]]. "Real" users would probably be able to give much more specific feedback. Cheers, Bawolff P.s. im not sure, but i think user:Prolineserver might have been working on something similar, in case you are looking for collaborators. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
