Tag Archives: derivatives

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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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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new audio/video player — safari/IE improvements

Posted on June 25, 2011 by traceypooh

below the current audio/video player on archive.org you have probably seen by now the link: Would you like to try our new audio/video player? (beta!) We had some known problems in this beta rollout that affected audio MP3 playback. Specifically, on … 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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New Support for HTML5 audio tag!

Posted on July 9, 2010 by internetarchive

We just rolled out the [audio] tag support option for our audio files (which is similar to our [video] tag support that we have had as an option for a bit). So patrons can now opt to not use our … 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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Audio and Video improvements

Posted on April 14, 2009 by internetarchive

Hi Patrons, Yesterday we made live a large update to the way we create the audio and video displayed on our site.  Most folks might not notice the changes, so here’s a rundown: For Audio: We can now read and … Continue reading →

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New strategy for Internet Archive movies!

Posted on November 25, 2008 by internetarchive

We have rebuilt all of our nearly 200,000 videos at the archive! [We finished this Dec 1, 2008] Related cross-blog with OLPC. Here is a table-based chart of which video formats will be “derived” into which formats (we are creating … Continue reading →

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