Category Archives: Video Archive

new mp4 (h.264) derivative technique — simpler and easy!

Posted on February 9, 2013 by traceypooh

Greetings video geeks!  8-) We’ve updated the process and way we create our .mp4 files that are shown on video pages on archive.org It’s a much cleaner/clearer process, namely: We opted to ditch ffpreset files in favor of command-line argument … Continue reading →

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new video and audio player — video multiple qualities, related videos, and more!

Posted on February 9, 2013 by traceypooh

Many of you have already noticed that since the New Year, we have migrated our new “beta” player to be the primary/default player, then to be the only player. We are excited about this new player! It features the very … Continue reading →

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files.xml and metadata API now showing video file’s width, height, and duration

Posted on February 9, 2013 by traceypooh

For those video oriented of you who inspect our _files.xml directly, or use a metadata API (JSON) for items, you’ll likely be pleased to know that for all new items, as well as items that update (eg: review posted, metadata … Continue reading →

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Improved theora/ogg video derivatives!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by traceypooh

We’ve made our ogg video derivatives slightly better via: minor bump up to “thusnelda” release “upgrade” from 1-pass video encoding to 2-pass video encoding direct ffmpeg creation of the video (you’ll need to re/compile ffmpeg minimally with “–enable-libtheora –enable-libvorbis” configure … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes SF6: huge success– Next Lost Landscapes of Detroit February 22

Posted on January 25, 2012 by brewster

Standing room only for Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscape of San Francisco 6 at the Internet Archive last night.   New films including “process plates” from studios brought a new sharpness to many of the films presented.   Suggested donations was 5 … Continue reading →

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new off-site video/audio embed codes

Posted on January 14, 2012 by traceypooh

We are about to rollout a “new new” video/audio player You can see it in action now with our upcoming embed codes to go with this new player. It will allow for additional much wanted features like: – off-site playlists … Continue reading →

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improved h.264 derivatives!

Posted on June 4, 2011 by traceypooh

We have thoroughly tested a newer and simpler way to create h.264 derivatives! Changes you’ll notice: More pixels!  previously 320 x 240    goes to 640 x 480 pixels Slightly higher video bitrate — from about 512kb/s   to   … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes of San Francisco

Posted on April 22, 2011 by internetarchive

On April 10, 2011 Internet Archive kicked off the Internet Archive Presents public events series with a hometown favorite, Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco. Culled from thousands of hours of home, commercial and institutional movies, Lost Landscapes presents … Continue reading →

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Digitizing Balinese Lontars

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Grace Neveu

With the help of the Internet Archive and Ron Jenkins, a theater professor at Wesleyan University, the Balinese are leading the world as the first culture to have their entire literature go online. The documents are centuries-old lontar palm leaves … Continue reading →

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The Real Mad Men

Posted on March 30, 2011 by internetarchive

What do Susan Sarandon, Frosty the Sno-cone Machine, Chuck Norris, Florence Henderson and Elsie the Cow have in common? They are all in vintage television commercials in the new Adviews Collection at http://www.archive.org/details/adviews. Over 8,500 very cool, funny, weird and … Continue reading →

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Jules Verne

Posted on February 8, 2011 by internetarchive

A colleague here at Internet Archive suggested that I post on the birthday of the French author Jules Verne.  He wrote about space, air and underwater travel before practical means of those types of travel had been invented. He is … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted on January 17, 2011 by internetarchive

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day I found a number of items of interest. I’ve included some descriptions written by the uploaders. “I Have A Dream” speech from August 28, 1963 Often referred to as one of the greatest … Continue reading →

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Holiday Flicks

Posted on December 15, 2010 by internetarchive

Internet Archive Forum contributors are a diverse bunch. A recent post by The_Monkey_Master in the Movies Forum had a timely list of films for the holiday season. With his permission I thought I’d share it. (He requested that credit for … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Internship at the Archive

Posted on November 29, 2010 by internetarchive

I’ve been working as an intern here at the Archive since the end of August–a requirement of my Library Technology program at Diablo Valley College. Since I was a professional cook for 20 + years, I undertook consolidating the cookbook … Continue reading →

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Ted Nelson Launches His Autobiography at Internet Archive

Posted on October 15, 2010 by internetarchive

    On October 8, 2010, Brewster Kahle and Internet Archive hosted Ted Nelson’s book launch for his autobiography “Possiplex.” It was a special evening. There was a wide array of guests, including some of Ted’s closest collaborators. Ted Nelson … Continue reading →

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Little Known Classics You NEED To Watch!

Posted on September 21, 2010 by internetarchive

The classic, the rare, the obscure…you movie junkies love this stuff. It’s always cool to discover the weird films made by familiar faces. Kudos Matt Holmes and Peter Willis of Obssessed With Film for assembling a Top 10 of little … Continue reading →

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Top 40 best free legal movies you can download right now

Posted on August 12, 2010 by internetarchive

Sean P. Aune at tech.blorge has put together a great list of movies on archive.org.  From his blog: The Internet Archive works to bring together anything and everything that resides in the public domain, and that includes movies.  We’ve gathered … Continue reading →

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Then and Now

Posted on July 22, 2010 by internetarchive

With the continued difficulties in the economy and the comparison often heard to the Great Depression I thought I’d search the Archive for some perspective. While unquestionably there was hardship and suffering, I was heartened to see footage from two … Continue reading →

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Eels as party favors?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by internetarchive

I was in Mexico City a couple of weeks ago, and we went to Plaza Garibaldi where all of the mariachi hang out, waiting to be hired.  There are great bars on the plaza where you can sip tequila (NOT … Continue reading →

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better mp4 (h.264) derivatives at archive.org!

Posted on April 26, 2010 by internetarchive

Late last week, we pushed live a new video deriving technique, as well as in the process updated our audio/video file reader, ffmpeg. New items will benefit from this newer method, and prior items can be re-derived by users if … Continue reading →

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