Commons:Featured media candidates/File:Don't Mess with Mercury.webm

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Description : Why should not we touch mercury? A video by CDC, USAGov
Category: Commons:Featured videos/Educational
Info created by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAGov - uploaded to commons by Fæ - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 14:10, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Educational content. Fv for me :) -- Eatcha (talk) 14:11, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose In this form. It's very visible that this has been through Youtube: bad quality even in the highest resolution available (compression artifacts, pixelization). The mp4 version at cdc.gov is much better quality-wise. -- El Grafo (talk) 13:02, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
El Grafo Is there any chance of allowing MP4 files on commons, conversion to webm makes commons deprived of HQ videos? -- Eatcha (talk) 13:07, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And Should I start a discussion at COM:VP/P -- Eatcha (talk) 13:08, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Eatcha: Don't bother, we had a lengthy Rfc about that in 2014 and it looks like mp4 at Commons is not going to be a thing any time soon. But I think it would be worth a try to take the mp4 source and convert it to something commons-compatible instead of using the file from Youtube. I think I've heard complaints about Youtube applying some rather strong compression, so it may be possible to squeeze a bit more quality out of the source file … --El Grafo (talk) 13:25, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

El Grafo Proposal to convert convert mp4 to ogg/webm inbuilt upload wizard ? -- Eatcha (talk) 13:32, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Eatcha: I think we may have had that in the past as well with similar results. But wait a sec … the 1080p version of the video at Youtube also looks fine. I guess something went wrong with the upload at Commons? --El Grafo (talk) 13:34, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Fæ Can I upload a newer version ? Thanks // Eatcha (talk) 04:01, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I suggest using the 2-pass encoding to webm as recommended at Help:Converting_video#.webm. This encoding was probably a single-pass and the options I use now are pretty different. --Fæ (talk) 08:27, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Eatcha (talk) 02:26, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Hanooz 11:55, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral My major concern has been resolved through the new upload, general quality seems fine now – thanks, [User:Eatcha|Eatcha]]! Some of the included video clips are still pretty poor quality though (e.g. at 1:30, 4:17). Also, around 4:45 Mrs. Watters is directly addressing the students this video is targeted at with practical advice while looking somewhere else – not very engaging if you ask me. I know this is often done in documentaries, where the interviewed person is looking at the interviewer instead of the camera. But in my opinion this has been over used in the past and does not really make sense in this situation anyway. That's all not really enough to oppose, though, so I guess I'll stay neutral on this one. --El Grafo (talk) 15:23, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 2 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /Eatcha (talk) 17:39, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]