Android should "just work" but there are some regressions since I last tested it, from what I hear. Hopefully we can get these examined and fixed soon.

There are some possible things we can do launching files in the VLC app for iOS; some clever JavaScript could make this experience smoother. I plan to do a little more research when time permits (after Architecture Summit this week).

There are some vague ideas jumping around for linking a proper WebM video player into our iOS app, but we haven't committed to such a thing yet.

-- brion

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

[cross-posted]

Following discussion at:

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#FLAC_on_Apple_devices>,

about the difficulty of playing Wikimedia audio and video on mobile
devices, we've added red links to:

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Media_help>

for iOS and Android.

I'm sure some of the readers of these lists have the requisite
knowledge, to populate those pages; so please do!

The issue arose during a project I've been running with the BBC:

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project>

in which they've released clips of broadcast material under open
licence, for the first time.

Assisting mobile users to play our media more easily will lend weight
to future requests to them and other archive holders, to release
audio-visual resources under open licences.

--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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