On 04/11/2013 10:48 AM, Quim Gil wrote:
I'm just trying to be consistent: a GSOC project
can't force the
agenda of a Wikimedia project.
Also conservative when it comes to manage GSOC students expectations.
These bug reports have been open for years, and I don't want to
guarantee to a GSOC student that they can count on seeing them fixed now.
Bug 20252 - Support for WAV and AIFF by converting files to FLAC
automatically
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20252
Bug 32135 - WAV audio support via TimedMediaHandler
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32135
Adding Wav to TMH is a pretty small technical addition. Audio
transcoding was already added by Jan. Adding .wav support on top of
that, is probably one of the easiest parts of the project.
I don't think the project would be forcing an agenda on commons, its
analogous work to add TIFF support a while back. Also this is mostly an
intermediate solution while browsers can only capture and upload PCM wav
data. Once browsers ship the full record api, we will be able to
'export out' the captured Opus audio and upload that. Then transcode
from that Opus oga to additional formats that can be played in ( other )
browsers and devices.
--michael