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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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          • archsimkatA Offline
            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
                  last edited by

                  @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

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                  • Brutus5000B Offline
                    Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
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                    You can't put a 5mb+ file as a background video on the main page...

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                    • RoweyR Offline
                      Rowey
                      last edited by Rowey

                      @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

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

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                      • Eternal-E Offline
                        Eternal- @Rowey
                        last edited by Eternal-

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

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                                    • Brutus5000B Offline
                                      Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
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                                      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
                                        last edited by

                                        For context, the existing image is already 2.3mb.

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                                        • TheVVheelboyT Offline
                                          TheVVheelboy
                                          last edited by TheVVheelboy

                                          Well on a certain game we are using webm and manage to get 720p 30fps videos that are 1.30 minute long in a range of 10-30Mb depending on how much action there is in it. So honestly I can see 720p 30s video at 15fps doable in range of like 5Mb.

                                          Actually might as well try seeing what will the trailer end up after moving it through ffmpeg with said settings in webm container.

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                                          • JipJ Offline
                                            Jip @speed2
                                            last edited by

                                            @speed2 said in FAF Website Main Video:

                                            @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

                                            I get your concerns - we could detect the fact that you're on a phone and show a static image instead.

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