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*Search works but has a few issues (punctuation stripped, 'play inline' plays audio although video is paused, search-by-date not yet enabled for all videos)
*Search works but has a few issues (punctuation stripped, 'play inline' plays audio although video is paused, search-by-date not yet enabled for all videos)
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*The two stream sizes (352×240 and 424×240) are hard-coded ''per-stream'' as there is not a simple way to lookup <tt>file_desc_msg</tt> from the <tt>mv_stream_files</tt> table.  This is an ugly hack.
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*Find a way to add <tt>style="width:352px;"</tt> to embed code in 352×240 streams.
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:Also, add <tt>style="width:352px;"</tt> to embed code in 352×240 streams.
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*Test Vorbis-only (.oga) streams.  Also implement a Vorbis option on video streams for low-bandwidth connections.
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*Test Vorbis-only (.oga) streams.  Also implement a Vorbis-only option on video streams for low-bandwidth connections.
*Video playback might take ~6 seconds to start (pending seeking support in [http://www.xiph.org/oggz/ oggz-chop])
*Video playback might take ~6 seconds to start (pending seeking support in [http://www.xiph.org/oggz/ oggz-chop])
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*Edit [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] to download animated gifs only [[OMwiki:Finding_aid|when 'show' is clicked]], to avoid long page loads.  Also think about replacing animated GIFs with low-FPS, clickable, enlargeable  Theora.  Alternatively, use [http://pad.ma/ Pad.ma]-style mouse-overs (see [https://wiki.pad.ma/browser/padma.dev/padma/static/javascript/info.js?rev=padma.dev%2C354&order=size&desc=1 <nowiki>$(imagePoster).load(function() {...})</nowiki>]).
 
*An occasional ~30-second JavaScript-related delay, unknown cause, when using native playback on 64bit Minefield and possibly other browsers.  No bandwidth transfer, no CPU usage, the page just waits then eventually loads.
*An occasional ~30-second JavaScript-related delay, unknown cause, when using native playback on 64bit Minefield and possibly other browsers.  No bandwidth transfer, no CPU usage, the page just waits then eventually loads.
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*Edit [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] to download animated gifs only [[OMwiki:Finding_aid|when 'show' is clicked]], to avoid long page loads.  Also think about replacing animated GIFs with low-FPS, clickable, enlargeable  Theora.  Alternatively, use [http://pad.ma/ Pad.ma]-style mouse-overs (see [https://wiki.pad.ma/browser/padma.dev/padma/static/javascript/info.js?rev=padma.dev%2C354&order=size&desc=1 <nowiki>$(imagePoster).load(function() {...})</nowiki>]).

Revision as of 03:12, 18 September 2009

Known issues:

  • Search works but has a few issues (punctuation stripped, 'play inline' plays audio although video is paused, search-by-date not yet enabled for all videos)
  • Find a way to add style="width:352px;" to embed code in 352×240 streams.
  • Test Vorbis-only (.oga) streams. Also implement a Vorbis-only option on video streams for low-bandwidth connections.
  • Video playback might take ~6 seconds to start (pending seeking support in oggz-chop)
  • An occasional ~30-second JavaScript-related delay, unknown cause, when using native playback on 64bit Minefield and possibly other browsers. No bandwidth transfer, no CPU usage, the page just waits then eventually loads.




Scripts needed:

  • Retool download_from_archive_org.php to work with different source videos and meta tags from the Internet Archive. Simultaneously generate Media RSS <items> from the same information, and insert date_start_time into mv_streams.
  • Script to import MetaVidWiki clips from apps that can produce .srt or .cmml captions (e.g., Gnome Subtitles)
  • Find a command-line script that produces .torrents that include multiple HTTP seeds, no tracker, a comment, and "just works" with Mainline.



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