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    • KazbekK Offline
      Kazbek @Rowey
      last edited by

      @rowey I guess I still have it

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      • RoweyR Offline
        Rowey
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        @Eternal how you downlod dircet from youtube ?

        "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" - Spock

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        • archsimkatA Offline
          archsimkat @Rowey
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          @rowey You can google youtube to mp4, there's like a trillion options like: https://iyoutubetomp4.com/en/

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          • RoweyR Offline
            Rowey
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            the only issue a lot of them are limited to 720p Res hence why I was asking about if he had the original file

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            • KazbekK Offline
              Kazbek
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              Give me a place where I can place 500mb file. After you can crop what you want on it.

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                archsimkat @Kazbek
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                @kazbek https://wetransfer.com/

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                • speed2S Offline
                  speed2
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                  Having an auto playing video on the website doesnt sounds like a good idea

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                  • KazbekK Offline
                    Kazbek
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                    https://we.tl/t-5ykTUuXYpX

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                    • JipJ Offline
                      Jip @speed2
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                      @speed2 said in FAF Website Main Video:

                      Having an auto playing video on the website doesnt sounds like a good idea

                      It won't make sound - just an animation sequence like BAR has:

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                      • Brutus5000B Offline
                        Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
                        last edited by

                        You can't put a 5mb+ file as a background video on the main page...

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                        • RoweyR Offline
                          Rowey
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                          @Brutus5000 can you explain why its a 5mb+ cap for the main page. whats the limitation ? the clip being use was ripped from the C&C website for testing and its 8.7Mb

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                          • Eternal-E Offline
                            Eternal- @Rowey
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                            @rowey i think it should be light to load it faster

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                            • TheVVheelboyT Offline
                              TheVVheelboy
                              last edited by TheVVheelboy

                              Yeah, you don't wanna have a mobile user suddenly see 500mb disappear from their packet.
                              Though it's entirely possible to get this video 2 min video to like 30-40MB. Though I still think this is gonna be too much.

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                              • RoweyR Offline
                                Rowey
                                last edited by

                                the current clip was using is 20 seconds and is only 8.8mb wich to me doesn't seem that much of a streach

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                                • Eternal-E Offline
                                  Eternal-
                                  last edited by

                                  can be used webp, or smt that is better. Or some other types of streaming content

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                                  • AskaholicA Offline
                                    Askaholic
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                                    You need to make sure it works on mobile. I’ve had videos like this cause all sorts of issues like completely freezing the page or crashing the browser or like others said just eating a ton of data. Don’t assume that you know what is “ok” for someone else’s data usage. Just because your mobile plan can handle it doesn’t mean that others can.

                                    You also need to make sure that it scales properly on small screens and doesn’t make the whole website derp out. You can use CSS to load different resources depending on the screen size, so I’d recommend either loading a lower res version of the video or maybe not loading a video at all on mobile.

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                                    • speed2S Offline
                                      speed2 @Jip
                                      last edited by

                                      @jip said in FAF Website Main Video:

                                      @speed2 said in FAF Website Main Video:

                                      Having an auto playing video on the website doesnt sounds like a good idea

                                      It won't make sound - just an animation sequence like BAR has:

                                      • https://www.beyondallreason.info/news

                                      It still has 7,5MB
                                      So if you're browsing on a phone and eats that much data for news, in our case for a webpage. I'd rather have a simple image

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                                      • H-masterH Offline
                                        H-master
                                        last edited by

                                        Sounds good, for sure much better than an image from supcom 2.

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                                        • Brutus5000B Offline
                                          Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
                                          last edited by

                                          Since it's a background video it can be scaled down and have reduced framerate. I remember back in the days people had contests how they could fit best looking videos into tiny gifs. No clue what can be reached today but I would aim for 2mb max on the main page.

                                          "Nerds have a really complicated relationship with change: Change is awesome when WE'RE the ones doing it. As soon as change is coming from outside of us it becomes untrustworthy and it threatens what we think of is the familiar."
                                          – Benno Rice

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                                          • SwkollS Offline
                                            Swkoll Global Moderator
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                                            For context, the existing image is already 2.3mb.

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