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December 2009 - ARCHIVES

How do Videos/Movies work?

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Here's the Wikipedia page onto which I am trying to put a video...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lozano

Here's the code for the video on this page...

File:Pathfinders_to_Peace.ogg|right|thumb|The Shinnyo-en Foundation presents Maria Shriver with its 2009 "Pathfinders to Peace" Award. (NOTE: It's in the "[[ ]]" brackets)

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EXAMPLE:

File:Pathfinders to Peace.ogg

The Shinnyo-en Foundation presents Maria Shriver with its 2009 "Pathfinders to Peace" Award.

(NOTE: it does not play, unless you download it)

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Here's the code for a video from Barack Obama's page... (it has a play button and plays perfectly!)

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File:20090124 WeeklyAddress.ogv|left|thumb|Obama presents his first weekly address as President of the United States, discussing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (NOTE: It's in the "[[ ]]" brackets)

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EXAMPLE:

Obama presents his first weekly address as President of the United States, discussing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

See how his video has a play button and a screen capture shot and mine is just a simple listing of the filename? Mine is in the right format, and it will actually play if you download it, but it's missing the play button and the screen shot image. It almost looks like the play button is part of the art that's uploaded at the time the movie is uploaded. Here's the master of Obama's movie...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20090124_WeeklyAddress.ogv

I'm very confused.

Many, many videos are uploaded to Wikipedia everyday. I wonder how I can find an expert on this topic?

I just want to say Thank You! for your advice and I appreciate your help.

Eric. -- Scubeesnax (talk) 00:30, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there Scubeesnax, I'm not sure, but I think it is caused by the format being .ogg rather than .ogv, which is the other (working) video's format. I'd let other's confirm this first though. Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 00:37, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But File:Pathfinders_to_Peace.ogv exists but doesn't work, either. —La Pianista ^{♫ ♪} 00:41, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the file is in an incorrect format. It must be in Theora to work properly. Intelligentsium 00:44, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I thought ogg was just the updated standard of ogv format. Both are Theora. Do you know how I can find expert advice on this topic, ie. how to convert a file to the correct format for Wikipedia use? Eric. -- Scubeesnax (talk) 00:48, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could ask at WP:HD - it might take longer for a response, but it's likely you'll get in touch with an expert. —La Pianista ^{♫ ♪} 00:52, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Help:Converting video. Intelligentsium 00:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RESOLVED! Thanks to your help, I was able to download the free ffmpeg2theora-0.25.exe software and convert my mpeg4 and flv files to ogv. (In the past, I had converted them incorrectly and you're right, ogg files don't work!) This link, provided by Intelligentsium, also was invaluable Commons:Help:Converting video. The videos played perfectly first try! THANKS FOLKS!! Eric. -- Scubeesnax (talk) 03:48, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:Pathfinders to Peace.ogv

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NOTE: I deleted Pathfinders to Peace.ogv and Pathfinders to Peace.ogg, and I posted correct source info for Pathfinders to Peace 2.ogv. Thanks for catching this :) ERIC

Thanks for uploading File:Pathfinders to Peace.ogv. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 15:24, 30 December 2009 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:24, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:Pathfinders to Peace.ogg

Thanks for uploading File:Pathfinders to Peace.ogg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 15:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:Pathfinders to Peace 2.ogv

Thanks for uploading File:Pathfinders to Peace 2.ogv. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 12:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unconstructive edits

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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Henry Lozano. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. I have removed the extra spaces. AGAIN. Please stop adding them back in. Paragraphs in Wikipedia are spaced using a single line. I have fixed the overlapping titles by adding the extra lines required. ttonyb (talk) 03:45, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File copyright problem with File:Henry Lozano and John Bridgeland.jpg

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File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:Henry Lozano and John Bridgeland.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. ww2censor (talk) 22:46, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]