Commons:Graphic Lab/Video and sound workshop
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Video and sound workshop
This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.
This specific page is the requests page for the Video and Sound Workshop. Anyone can make a request for a video or sound to be improved. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed.
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Use the following template when making a new request, replacing the examples with your image(s) and request(s):
<gallery> IMAGENAME.EXT|Description of image IMAGE#TWO.EXT|2nd image (If there is one) ETCETCETC.EXT|Don't request too many at once, though </gallery> ;Request: : Details of your request go here… --~~~~ ;Graphist opinion(s):
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Venezuela president recognition map[edit]
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"Map showing the recognition of Juan Guaidó as acting president of Venezuela:"
Article(s): en:Responses to the Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Request
- Hi! Users that are familiar with the topic know that the presidential crisis in Venezuela has been ongoing for four years, and it hasn't been until recently that it seemingly has come to an end. Naturally, this map: File:Venezuela president recognition map.svg has changed drastically since its beginning in 2019. To reflect these changes over the time, I've thought that an animated file, such as a gif, would be ideal. Are there contributors that could help with this? Many thanks in advance! --NoonIcarus (talk) 22:47, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
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Subtitling Video[edit]
Article(s): en:The_Devil_Bat
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- Hi, I've recently found a video called "The Devil Bat". I've recently gotten into adding subtitles to it, but the media player that opens the video isn't very precise, it doesn't measure the milliseconds, different from the SubScript text thing it offers to use to add subtitles. I've already asked this question on the help desk, and a user suggested I try the Graphic Lab/Video and sound workshop.Is there something like an extension that can show the milliseconds/ zoom in onto the video-playing bar?
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Rotating videos[edit]
Article(s): [[]]
- Request
- Can videos be rotated? They don't carry the usual options of commands to Rotatebot. If they can, this one needs rotating 90°, please! - MPF (talk) 10:46, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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@MPF:
Done. You may find free online tools like ezgif to be helpful for the future. --痛Designism (talk) 19:15, 10 May 2023 (UTC)- Excellent, thanks! - MPF (talk) 21:31, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, the new version is cropped to just 4 secones, and is lacking the audio it had before? Can you check what's gone wrong, please? Thanks again! - MPF (talk) 21:34, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- I am so sorry! I tried it again with multiple different tools, but there appears to be something wrong with the video's duration that's preventing me from exporting the video properly. I have reverted my edits. --痛Designism (talk) 23:41, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Audio files of soldiers and politicians[edit]
Article(s): en:James Clapper, en:Mark Milley, en:Jill Hruby
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- DNI Clapper fileː Try to remove the sudden coughing around the 2ː40 mark.
- Mark Milley fileː Reduce and remove if possible, the sudden muttering from a nearby person around 0ː21 to 0ː24, make the audio slightly more crisp if possible.
- Jill Hruby fileː Reduce and remove the trolley sound that takes place from around 0ː18 to 0ː27. SuperWIKI (talk) 17:01, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
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@SuperWIKI: I reduced sound of cough of DNI Clapper file and Please check any words are missing in the audio. After checked please ping me. Thank You Sriveenkat (talk)
- @Sriveenkat: Seems fine. Thank youǃ
Stockton Rush[edit]
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Stockton Rush talking
Article(s): en:Stockton Rush
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- This snippet of Stockton Rush talking has background music. I checked the source video, and they didn't mention where the music came from, so we can't assume it's properly free. Can the music be stripped out, leaving only Rush's voice? Thanks. --DS (talk) 13:59, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
- Done SweetCanadianMullet (talk) 22:05, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- It would be difficult to surgically remove the music, but the the short duration of the clip and its being barely recognizable in the background at low volume, indicate there is little chance that the clip infringes any copyright. However, if someone has adequate audio editing skills, go for it! RCraig09 (talk) 00:28, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
Best file format for 3 minutes 4K video of building demolition[edit]
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A chimney that was 170 meters high has been recently demolished by explosives in en:Leipzig. I’ve lent a 4K camera and got quite nice video footage from the event including the warning siren, the explosion, the collapse and the dust cloud. I cut exactly 3 minutes from my raw footage. It will be a nice addition to Category:Chimney blastings or Category:Videos of demolitions because it has better quality than most videos there, I think.
According to Help:Converting video I must convert the original MP4 to VP9. I tried to do that with ffmpeg like described under #Linux and OS X command line. The 4K file in VP9 is HUGE although everything seems correct. I am not a video expert. Is VP9 so much worse than H264?? I’ve got these files (specs from mpv output):
- 3.2GB 4K.mov: h264 3840x2160 59.940fps, pcm_s16be 2ch 48000Hz
- 28GB 4K.webm: vp9 3840x2160 59.940fps, opus 2ch 48000Hz
- 2.9GB 720p.webm: vp9 1280x720 59.940fps, opus 2ch 48000Hz
Which format would Wikimedia Commons prefer to receive?
What could be wrong about my files? Can I create a VP9 file of reasonable size?
Are there any alternatives to uploading VP9 like AV1 or even the original MP4? The help page doesn’t even mention AV1 but in this thread it’s been discussed but I don’t know the current state.
--Frupa (talk) 23:04, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
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Uploading and rotating a video[edit]
Article(s): en:Alex Dugdale
- Request
- Hoping to rotate and upload https://vimeo.com/872676598. I've already marked the file with the appropriate permission in the Vimeo description. --Jmabel ! talk 19:29, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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