On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, Diego Novillo wrote: > >> If sourceware has enough room, I suppose they could be converted into > >> an appropriate format and stored in sourceware's ftp space. Could you > >> take care of the conversion, upload and publishing, in case the > >> original format is not desirable? > > > > Given the original files on sourceware I'm happy to use ffmpeg to convert > > them to WebM at a similar bit-rate (though someone else may have more > > experience and a better idea of the best configuration for the conversion > > I need 147Gb of free space, but my home directory on gcc.gnu.org only has > 117Gb. > > overseers, any way to create room somewhere on sourceware for me to > upload the 2013 videos?
Given that the converted videos would probably take up a similar amount of space to the originals to have a similar quality (and until the MP4 patents all expire - around 2027, apparently, by which time 147Gb may be a negligible amount of space - we'll want both the originals and the best available unencumbered format), maybe we should ask gnu-prog-discuss what the best place is for hosting large amounts of high-quality GNU-related video? The issue can hardly be unique to the Cauldrons. (The above assumes the originals are MP4 or some other patent-encumbered format. If an unencumbered format there's no real point in converting unless the result of conversion is much smaller than the original - which might well be the case if the original format is one that only compresses individual frames, such formats also being more likely to be unencumbered.) -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
