Things to do with your home movies

[David Gerard-2]

Put 'em on Wikipedia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_reflex
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moro_reflex_in_four-day-old_infant.ogv

(and cheers to Sage ;-) )


- d.

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[Steve Bennett-8]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:56 AM, David Gerard <dgerard@...> wrote:
> Put 'em on Wikipedia!

Is it still super complicated and like a lot of hard work?

Steve

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[Sage Ross]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp@...> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:56 AM, David Gerard <dgerard@...> 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.

-Sage

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[Risker]

2009/9/27 Sage Ross
<ragesoss+wikipedia@...<ragesoss%2Bwikipedia@...>
>

> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp@...>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:56 AM, David Gerard <dgerard@...> 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
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[Steve Bennett-8]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@...> wrote:

> 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.

Hmm, sounds like that would make a good extension to Commonist.

Steve

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[Sage Ross]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp@...> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@...> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Hmm, sounds like that would make a good extension to Commonist.
>

Firefogg is part of the "add media wizard" that (I think) is being
refined for default deployment on Commons.  (It's already available if
you add a bit of code to your javascript page.)  So yeah, sooner or
later it will be possible for many users to simply upload their
non-free format videos have them seamlessly transcoded.

Along the same lines, hopefully Commonist will simply become
unnecessary and batch uploads possible without extra software.


On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Risker <risker.wp@...> wrote:
> See now...when I read Steve's question, I was thinking about the "hard work"
> of taking care of the star of the film...

All the jokes I thought of in response require too much familiarity
with me to be unambiguously non-sexist to WikiEN-l subscribers, so
I'll just say... that's how I read the question at first, too.

-Sage

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[Durova]

Congratulations!  And thanks for your dedication to the project.  You
realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over
this...?

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Sage Ross
<ragesoss+wikipedia@...<ragesoss%2Bwikipedia@...>
> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp@...>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@...<ragesoss%2Bwikipedia@...>>
> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Hmm, sounds like that would make a good extension to Commonist.
> >
>
> Firefogg is part of the "add media wizard" that (I think) is being
> refined for default deployment on Commons.  (It's already available if
> you add a bit of code to your javascript page.)  So yeah, sooner or
> later it will be possible for many users to simply upload their
> non-free format videos have them seamlessly transcoded.
>
> Along the same lines, hopefully Commonist will simply become
> unnecessary and batch uploads possible without extra software.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Risker <risker.wp@...> wrote:
> > See now...when I read Steve's question, I was thinking about the "hard
> work"
> > of taking care of the star of the film...
>
> All the jokes I thought of in response require too much familiarity
> with me to be unambiguously non-sexist to WikiEN-l subscribers, so
> I'll just say... that's how I read the question at first, too.
>
> -Sage
>
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[David Gerard-2]

2009/9/28 Durova <nadezhda.durova@...>:

> Congratulations!  And thanks for your dedication to the project.  You
> realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over
> this...?


Only if he hasn't made admin yet.


- d.

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[Sage Ross]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Durova <nadezhda.durova@...> wrote:
> Congratulations!  And thanks for your dedication to the project.  You
> realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over
> this...?
>

That's the idea.  We're stocking up on embarrassing things we can show
to his first girlfriend/boyfriend.  :)

I'd be surprised (and disappointed) if someone doesn't put up a better
video of the Moro reflex by the time he's 13, though.  It's finally
becoming easy to make videos for Wikimedia projects.

-Sage

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[Ray Saintonge]

Sage Ross wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Durova <nadezhda.durova@...> wrote:
>  
>> Congratulations!  And thanks for your dedication to the project.  You
>> realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over
>> this...?
>>    
> That's the idea.  We're stocking up on embarrassing things we can show
> to his first girlfriend/boyfriend.  :)
>
>  

The exception would be if that first boy/girlfriend is met on wiki. :-)

Ec

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