On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
I am pretty sure that videos in .ogg (or another more easily playable format) are going to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons soon. BA is working on it, atm.
Does this mean that the upload limit of 20mb on Commons will be increased? 20mb isn't enough to upload a movie in any format that is longer than 20 minutes or so, and you would probably have very bad quality then because you need to decrease the bit rate.
And in the meantime, maybe the Commons videos could be uploaded through a video hosting website such as blip.tv. Yes, that's all Flash video, but it's a lot better than offering files in a format (Windows Media) that is only playable on Windows computers. Afaik, it's also possible to attach Creative Commons licenses to videos there.
-- Hay / Husky