User talk:Brion VIBBER/Media codec alternatives

Motion JPEG and other free formats upload
In my opinion, Wikimedia should allow uploading in pretty much any free format (such as the ones that gstreamer good plugins support ) that can be transcoded into ogg theora or webm. This would include motion jpeg, which some cameras (such as for example http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/a/finepix_ax650/specifications/ ) support. Motion JPEG is very poor so far as compression goes, so it shouldn't be served for download, but we should at least make it easier for people to upload other free formats besides Ogg and Webm. Jrincayc (talk) 13:25, 26 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Worth considering... --brion (talk) 22:20, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion: separate ingestion and playback more
Hello Brion,

This is a great page. It would be helpful to split it into "if we don't support MP4 playback" and "if we don't support MP4 ingestion". That also highlights how much more daunting the challenge of client-side ingestion is. Sj (talk) 08:05, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Possible work
Are there other existing efforts worth listing here? You mention Brendan's work; GMG and others might merit a mention. Pushing for better toolchains for Ogg and WebM is daunting, but presumably we're not alone in wanting this very, very much. Who at Google and Xiph are responsible for such things?

Also: for those not following mobile app development, is there a specific Commons app being discussed, WP apps, something new?

Warmly, Sj (talk) 08:05, 29 January 2014 (UTC)