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diff --git a/ADMIN.md b/ADMIN.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f0edcc --- /dev/null +++ b/ADMIN.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +# Video for web consumption + +## Sources + +Best: DV +(or another "classic" lightly compressed format). + +Second-best: MPEG-4 AVC or VP9 +(or another "modern" strongly compressed format), +with compression settings lowered most possible. + +Tolerated: almost any format - +if in doubt just accept as-is. + +Worst: Tolerated format transcoded into a "better" one. + + +## Fetching + +Beware that a good source format is huge in size - +can literally take *days* to download over the Internet! + + +### videohost + +To fetch video from a videohost like Vimeo Youtube, +try each of these until it succeeds: + + cclive 'http://example.com/the.url.single-quoted' + youtube-dl 'http://example.com/the.url.single-quoted' + get_flash_videos 'http://example.com/the.url.single-quoted' + + +## Transcoding + +Move the source file(s) to subdirectory src. + +Use transcoding script localvideowebencode. + +Simple use: + + localvideowebencode src/the-source.dv + +Refined use: + + localvideowebencode --video talkinghead --profile 480p25 --audio speech src/the-source.dv + +Documentation: + + localvideowebencode --help + + +## Publishing + +Push video files to media server, +e.g. media.biks.dk. + +Reference thepublished files, +e.g. using a template in Ikiwiki. |