Mark Pellegrini wrote:
(1) The 2 megabyte upload limit - I discovered through
trial and
error that uploads are capped at 2 megabytes. For full-length songs,
this is way, way too small. A 3-4 minutes song in ogg format at
average quality is about 5 megs. I have to set my encoder to its
lowest settings (0 or 1 out of 10) to get it under 2 megs. Angela
has said (rightly so) that full length songs belong at Wikisource,
not on Wikipedia itself. So the above changes should be made there.
I'd like to add to this comment. I have what is increasingly a fairly
ordinary 5 megapixel digital camera. I took a ton of photos in Europe
of famous things. The size of the photos varies to a degree, but most
are 1.8-2.2 Megabytes. About half of them, therefore, can't be
uploaded unless I reduce the quality.
There are some reasons to limit upload size, particularly if bandwidth
skyrockets, etc. But 2 Mb is now too small, and I would support a
discussion of moving it to a higher number. I would say that for the
bulk of photos that people would upload, 3 Mb is more than enough.
For songs, it sounds like 5Mb would be adequate, if barely.
I want the sound FAQ to refer to it, but I pity the
poor person who
has to go through what I did to get it working. The easiest solution
would be simply to zip up the working version I have here and let
Wikipedia host it.
If it is free software, and not encumbered by patents (why are all the
English sites 404) then we can host it. If there are patent issues
applicable to the U.S. only, then I'm sure some wikipedian will
volunteer a stable place.
--Jimbo