From a85ffc6c814026efd51416a7a2774fba1f25a884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 10:54:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Advice on file format --- doc/EN/app_mediagoblin.org | 14 ++++++++++++ website/EN/app_mediagoblin.html | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/EN/app_mediagoblin.org b/doc/EN/app_mediagoblin.org index 56668b0d..77dac3c9 100644 --- a/doc/EN/app_mediagoblin.org +++ b/doc/EN/app_mediagoblin.org @@ -45,3 +45,17 @@ If you have just obtained a Lets Encrypt certificate as above then go to *About* Create an account and verify it by returning to the *user control panel* opening the email client and looking for the Mediagoblin verification email. It will contain a link that you should follow to activate the account. You should repeat that for however many accounts you want on the system and then go back to the *administrator control panel*, select *App Settings* then *mediagoblin* and turn off new registrations. This will prevent millions of spam accounts from being created by internet bots. + + +* File formats +It's a good idea to upload videos in /webm/ format. In that case Mediagoblin will skip the transcoding step (which can take hours for videos of non-trivial length) and the whole process will be quicker. Transcoding just converts whatever file format you submit into a standard resolution and file type. On your local system you can convert a video to webm with: + +#+begin_src bash +ffmpeg -i myvideo.mp4 myvideo.webm +#+end_src + +Or if you are moving a video from YouTube to your own site: + +#+begin_src bash +youtube-dl -f webm [my_video_url] +#+end_src diff --git a/website/EN/app_mediagoblin.html b/website/EN/app_mediagoblin.html index 2bf16f2e..cff545a3 100644 --- a/website/EN/app_mediagoblin.html +++ b/website/EN/app_mediagoblin.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + @@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ With Mediagoblin you can host video and audio content in a similar manner to the When hosting media files you should take into consideration that since anyone on the internet can view your content then this could significantly increase your bandwidth usage and overall strain on the server. If you are hosting anything which might become popular then it's a good idea to set up the Freedombone system on an old laptop rather than something like a Beaglebone Black. However, as small single board computers become more powerful with more RAM and CPU cores being able to stream media to many clients should be far less of a problem.

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