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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">+wikivideo-l list as well. Note this
has already been merged, but still worth mention for visibility. <br>
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On 2/1/13 12:10 PM, Michael Dale wrote:<br>
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We are about to merge in support for audio derivatives to Timed
Media Handler (TMH). The big value here, I think is encoding to <span
class="pln">AAC</span> or MP3 and adding a <i>listen to this
article</i> feature to the mobile app. <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/39363/">https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/39363/</a><br>
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This can really help with improving accessibility of Wiktionary
pronunciation media files as well.<br>
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Also AAC / m4v ingestion, could make audio recordings a lot easier
to import into the site, i.e a "record a reading of this article"
mobile app feature #2 ;) <br>
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There are already thousands of spoken articles, with some
promotion their could probably be a lot be more:<br>
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spoken_articles">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spoken_articles</a><br>
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The software patent situation for mp3 is sad, considering how long
the mp3 format has been around:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/">http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/</a><br>
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I think AAC is a similar situation, encoder wise:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding#Licensing_and_patents">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding#Licensing_and_patents</a><br>
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But fundamentally Wikimedia is not "distributing" these encoders
and there are no royalties for media distribution. Likewise we are
not shipping decoders ( the decoders are in browser or the mobile
OS ) <br>
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I don't know why Wikimedia's commitment to being accessible in
royalty free formats, somehow also precludes making content
accessible for folks on platforms that ~don't~ decode royalty free
formats. But hopefully we can change that over time.<br>
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Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I hope we could
come out of this thread with rough consensus to enable these
formats to help increase the reach of audio works. <br>
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peace,<br>
--michael<br>
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