James, Great work but I wish some of the videos were split by speakers, sitting down to watch a +1hour video sometimes is not that easy. All in all, thumbs up. David.

James, Seen that already, but still difficult for anyone who would want do download the video... like I said, not a complain, just an observation. David. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:26 PM, James Alexander < jalexander(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- ------------- David Mugo, Adviser to Kenya's VP on Digital Media & Technology, CEO & Board Chairman, Wikimedia Kenya http://mugo.me Twitter: @raidarmax _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Am 21.08.2012 22:31, schrieb James Alexander: is there a way to download these videos? /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

There are unofficial ways to download videos from YouTube, but it may be better to wait until the videos are available on Wikimedia Commons.

Thanks for posting these! What did you use to make http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lr8voYs9zQ&feature=plcp ? The slides are all f**cked up :-( Op 21-8-2012 21:25, James Hare schreef: Hello again! Videos of Wikimania 2012 sessions have begun making their way to YouTube. As videos are uploaded, they will be made available here: < http://www.youtube.com/user/wikimediadc>gt;. If there is a lecture you want to see that has not been uploaded yet, it will be uploaded in the coming weeks. Once we have all the videos, we will send hard drives of the videos off to the server farms for direct upload to Wikimedia Commons, with both low-resolution and full HD versions being made available. Enjoy these videos! The presenters did a fantastic job and I know there were many sessions I wish I could've went to. All the best, James Hare Coordinator, Wikimania 2012 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

On 21 August 2012 22:10, Michael Peel &lt;michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: Youtube is specifically designed for sharing videos. Commons isn't. _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

2012/8/21 Michael Peel &lt;michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; It says a lot about the state of the Wikimedia Commons upload system that even the WMF ends up uploading videos to Youtube in advance of posting them on a website that it operates. :-( Thanks, Mike WMF isn't the one who's uploading the videos, but rather WMDC.

Great! On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Michael Peel < michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang

It seems the highest quality is 480p, no 720p available? On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Shujen Chang &lt;i(a)blue.cat&gt; wrote: Great! On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Michael Peel &lt;michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: On 21 Aug 2012, at 22:41, Nicholas Michael Bashour &lt;nicholasbashour(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Ah, sorry, my bad. Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

But after Wikimania 2011 in Haifa, WikimediaIL uploaded 720p version of all videos. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Joseph Fox &lt;josephfoxwiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: I think uploading several dozen hours of HD video would take an awfully long time. Even on DC Internet. ;) Joe Sent from my iPhone On 22 Aug 2012, at 05:34, Shujen Chang &lt;i(a)blue.cat&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

The plan is to upload low-resolution and full HD (1080p) video to Commons. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2012, at 5:58 AM, Shujen Chang &lt;i(a)blue.cat&gt; wrote: But after Wikimania 2011 in Haifa, WikimediaIL uploaded 720p version of all videos. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Joseph Fox &lt;josephfoxwiki(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Arnav Sonara, 22/08/2012 19:53: Apparently they've already been published but they're very few: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Lisa_N_Marrs> I've not checked the very last uploads though: <http://toolserver.org/~magnus/catscan_rewrite.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=15&categories=Wikimania+2012&ns%5B6%5D=1&sortby=uploaddate&sortorder=descending&ext_image_data=1&x=x&doit=1> Nemo _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Well someone "official" was around during the other days. I know because his behavior vis-a-vis respecting people's wishes not to be photographed was problematic. It definitely wasn't the opening or last day either. Did the WMF hire people? Sven