[WikiEN-l] Things to do with your home movies

[Risker]

2009/9/27 Sage Ross
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>

> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:56 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Put 'em on Wikipedia!
> >
> > Is it still super complicated and like a lot of hard work?
> >
>
> It's not too hard now if you're running Firefox 3.5.  Just edit your
> video in whatever video software is easiest on your machine (e.g.,
> Windows Movie Maker) and save a high quality version in a convenient
> format (e.g., AVI, MPEG, other common formats), then go firefogg.org,
> install the plug-in, click "make ogg", and use the default encoding
> settings.
>
> If you're feeling especially ambitious, you can add metadata and/or
> fiddle with the resolution and bit-rate settings (all through
> firefogg).  Converting to Commons-ready ogg with firefogg is actually
> easier than uploading a file to Commons.
>
>
See now...when I read Steve's question, I was thinking about the "hard work"
of taking care of the star of the film...

Cheers, Sage.

Risker