Fantastic to hear about the video player. Now all we need to do is increase the maximum file size that the servers accept for .ogv files so that we can upload longer and higher quality segments. For your next media player overhaul, may I suggest the horribly dysfunctional player for audio recordings?
This is alsoSven Manguard14:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
THM does in fact update the audio player as well. It outputs the <audio /> tag in the html output. The player is then rewritten by the javascript library, and you can even associate text tracks with audio files for timed display of audio text content with wiki links ( if desired )
mdale (
talk)
20:26, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
I've done it that way since I took over writing the Tech Report full time (i.e. for the last two and a half years); I'm pretty sure I inherited it from one of my predecessors. In any case, I read wikitech-l on Gossamer-Threads, so it's more work to track down the pipermail URLs (which we know can change from time to time) than just leave the neatly threaded Gossamer-URLs. -
Jarry1250Deliberationneeded20:14, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
The UI at
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/ (etc) is awful. The mirror at
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/ is far from perfect, but it is much better. Why do so many techies put up with such poor UI for their discussions?! (Similar issues apply to talk pages, where newbies would benefit from simple in-place replies, like those implemented on Reddit.) Are there no better off-the-shelf alternatives for viewing threaded discussions on the web? Ajax ought to make browsing mailing lists much easier. —
Richardguk (
talk)
21:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
For the most part, techies don't. Most technical types subscribe to the mailing list, and read the messages in the email client of their choice. --
Carnildo (
talk)
22:40, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
I'd add that gossamer links are probably more stable than pipermail's, which are sometimes corrupted when the archives are rebuilt.
guillom13:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Will this support WebM format? Hopefully there will be a blog post or new page detailing the new features in an easy-to-read format (and with pictures!)
155.201.35.58 (
talk)
19:03, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
WebM support will be added as soon as its enabled on commons, for ease of rollback we are enabling wiki consumers of commons first ( since WebM supports ogg ) but oggHandler does not support WebM
mdale (
talk)
20:22, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
Does this version support during-playback selectable resolutions (selectable files, really) for low- and high- bandwidth viewing? If not, is this planned? --
Lexein (
talk)
00:42, 7 November 2012 (UTC)reply
The embedded CC video is up for deletion on the Commons
Fantastic to hear about the video player. Now all we need to do is increase the maximum file size that the servers accept for .ogv files so that we can upload longer and higher quality segments. For your next media player overhaul, may I suggest the horribly dysfunctional player for audio recordings?
This is alsoSven Manguard14:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
THM does in fact update the audio player as well. It outputs the <audio /> tag in the html output. The player is then rewritten by the javascript library, and you can even associate text tracks with audio files for timed display of audio text content with wiki links ( if desired )
mdale (
talk)
20:26, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
I've done it that way since I took over writing the Tech Report full time (i.e. for the last two and a half years); I'm pretty sure I inherited it from one of my predecessors. In any case, I read wikitech-l on Gossamer-Threads, so it's more work to track down the pipermail URLs (which we know can change from time to time) than just leave the neatly threaded Gossamer-URLs. -
Jarry1250Deliberationneeded20:14, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
The UI at
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/ (etc) is awful. The mirror at
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/ is far from perfect, but it is much better. Why do so many techies put up with such poor UI for their discussions?! (Similar issues apply to talk pages, where newbies would benefit from simple in-place replies, like those implemented on Reddit.) Are there no better off-the-shelf alternatives for viewing threaded discussions on the web? Ajax ought to make browsing mailing lists much easier. —
Richardguk (
talk)
21:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
For the most part, techies don't. Most technical types subscribe to the mailing list, and read the messages in the email client of their choice. --
Carnildo (
talk)
22:40, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
I'd add that gossamer links are probably more stable than pipermail's, which are sometimes corrupted when the archives are rebuilt.
guillom13:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Will this support WebM format? Hopefully there will be a blog post or new page detailing the new features in an easy-to-read format (and with pictures!)
155.201.35.58 (
talk)
19:03, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
WebM support will be added as soon as its enabled on commons, for ease of rollback we are enabling wiki consumers of commons first ( since WebM supports ogg ) but oggHandler does not support WebM
mdale (
talk)
20:22, 31 October 2012 (UTC)reply
Does this version support during-playback selectable resolutions (selectable files, really) for low- and high- bandwidth viewing? If not, is this planned? --
Lexein (
talk)
00:42, 7 November 2012 (UTC)reply
The embedded CC video is up for deletion on the Commons
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