[Wikimedia-l] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?

[Victor Grigas]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This proposal asks to move to a "free as in beer" model, where content
> will
> > be free to view, but not necessarily to reuse
>
>
> I'm not sure this is correct.
>
> There are two different implementations possible.
> * Accept MP4 and support a transcoding toolchain, but only show readers and
> editors patent-unencumbered* formats.
> I think this is an excellent idea, and something we should implement.
>
+1


>
> * Accept MP4 and support transcoding as above, show readers and editors
> patent-unencumbered formats by default, and allow them to download the
> original file if they wish.  This would allow people using toolchains that
> only support MP4 to continue to edit one another's work without themselves
> having to implement a transcoding toolchain on the client side. Again, the
> default presentation for anyone who doesn't know what they are doing would
> be unencumbered, but we would be more extensively providing a server-side
> transcoding toolchain for users who do not or cannot [depending on whether
> they have full control over the hardware they use].
>
> Lionel writes:
> > Most of the time it is a bad idea to upload a video without any form of
> editing. Most of the time you need to
> > remove at least the begining and the end of a video file.
>
> Just because that video is incomplete doesn't mean it is a bad idea to
> share.  As with text, we should be able to upload drafts and work on them
> online.  This sort of basic editing is something we should support online
> post-upload.  Forcing uploaders to have an offline editing toolchain in
> order to be able to share material is unnecessary; the uploader doesn't
> have to be the one to refine the result.
>
> Sam.
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