The internet archive is a very good initiative, and definitely one of
the most obvious choices for hosting media files like this. However, i
do think that we should at least have one place for ourselves to host
files like this, and / or have a very simple and direct connection to
the internet archive's upload functionality, preferably a way to
upload files directly from Wikimedia Commons ('Do you have a large
video file? Try our section at the internet archive').
-- Hay / Husky
On Feb 17, 2008 2:08 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Feb 16, 2008 8:58 AM, Husky
<huskyr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is there some sort of policy on where (long)
videos like this should
go? I still have something like 10 hours or more video footage of the
Dutch Wikimedia Conference, from october last year. I was thinking of
uploading it on Commons, but is has to be transcoded to Theora (which
i have done before, but is quite a hassle) and there seems to be some
kind of file size limit (1 hour of video is very large of course). I
could also upload the videos to the Wikimedia Nederland server (we
have an account with about 200gb space), but it would seem better if
there is some kind of general Wikimedia server for large files like
this...
-- Hay / Husky
I think the Internet Archive would be an ideal place for long videos, because:
1) They have an unlimited storage space, and no restrictions on video
length or file size (these are the people who literally archive the
entire internet, as best as they can)
2) They're an "allied" non-profit pro-free culture project.
3) We already have a bunch of long videos there, and hopefully they'll
be organized into a distinct sub-collection in the relatively near
future.
Thanks
On Feb 15, 2008 7:41 PM, Cary Bass
<cbass(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Pharos wrote:
Currently all the Wikimedia videos (of various
talks, activities, and
conferences) on the Internet Archive are in the catch-all Open Source
Movies collection.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Wikimedia%20AND%20mediatype%3Amovie…
Since we have quite a few of them, I suggest that we apply for a
sub-collection in the Computers & Technology collection. I've read
that the usual requirement is for at least twenty videos, and we have
quite a few more than that.
http://www.archive.org/details/computersandtechvideos
This way our videos would be better organized, and have a higher
profile to the public.
Who should I contact in WMF for official permission to apply for such
a sub-collection?
Thanks
I can't see any way this would harm the work we do, and appears to
certainly benefit us. Unless someone can find a compelling reason to go
against it, I say, go forward.
Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
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