Commons talk:VideoCutTool

This is a collaborative effort

Happy to hear further feedback on its development. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:51, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Discussing to put it in the sidebar

• Commons:Village_pump/Proposals#Commons:VideoCutTool

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:19, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Additional changes

• Change "Play Video" to "Edit Video" as the step one button

 Done and deployed Gopavasanth (talk) 16:09, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

• Bring over "timed text" (will need to adjust the timing if parts of the video have been cut)
• For cutting videos allow the times to be manually entered (not just entered by dragging the balls)

 Done and deployed Gopavasanth

• Allow upload of MP4 (and other formats) from a person's computer or device and than allow upload to Commons as a WebM

 Done and deployed Gopavasanth (talk) 19:17, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

• Allow users to select suitable licenses.

Can you please describe this feature request? "==Licensing==" is already exist in the tool right? Gopavasanth (talk) 19:17, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

I have created a phabricator task for future discussion. Here it is: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262894 -- Gopavasanth (talk) 07:35, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

• Auto fill in a summary of what the tool did Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:33, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Doc James Do you mean in "Upload Comment" field? Gopavasanth (talk) 19:24, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

I have created a phabricator task for future discussion. Here it is: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262895 --Gopavasanth (talk) 07:37, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Two notes

I have two notes:

First, look at this file. I have cropped file PD-USGov but the lisence is CC? and own work? I think it should have {{Extracted from}} (or similar template) in the source field and also the author and the licanse should be from the original.

 Done, Also live in production Gopavasanth (talk) 02:59, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Second, what about cropping single frame?

-- Geagea (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Doc James, I think that the license and author should be taken from the original file and in the source field someting like {{Extracted from}}. -- Geagea (talk) 14:48, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

User:geagea agree completely. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:39, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Phab ticket [1] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:00, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

 Done As per https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247602 --Gopavasanth (talk) 05:43, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Quality degradation - Removal audio

Hi,

If you compare the current version with the oldest version of File:BORDEAUX CORONAVIRUS - 24H AVANT LE CONFINEMENT.webm. There is a significant difference in quality of the video. Higher Compression factor ? or is there an error on my side. -- Eatcha (talk) 07:22, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Eatcha Thanks for reporting us, We have created a phabricator task for the future dicussion and to track the progress here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262892. --Gopavasanth (talk) 07:28, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Doesnt seem to work 2020-08?

1. https://video-cut-tool.toolforge.org/ shows page not found.

   OOPS, This site is no more at toolforge. We deployed the tool at https://videocuttool.wmflabs.org/ Gopavasanth (talk) 03:41, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

 Done As per https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250029 --Gopavasanth (talk) 05:47, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

1. then I used https://videocuttool.wmflabs.org/ , tried to trim File:«Давайте снова сделаем выборы праздником!» Светлана Тихановская в Бобруйске.webm, selected 05:39 to the end, clicked preview. Nothing happened after an hour.--RZuo (talk) 13:08, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Doc James: is this project still active? Could you please attend to User:Eatcha's and my reports above? Thank you!--RZuo (talk) 16:37, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

User:Gopavasanth can you look into this for User:RZuo? Appears were the tool lives has moved and thus the other pages need updating which I did in one spot. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:13, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

@Doc James: , RZuo, VideoCutTool is live, I just used the tool and trimmed the video to the 5 sec and re uploaded to the commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Testing_Trimming_YellowFineTuna2020.webm). @RZuo: Thanks for reporting your problem here, something might have gone wrong, I will create a phabricator task with this problem and link here. -- 05:00, 30 August 2020 Gopavasanth

well i just tried again with «Давайте снова сделаем выборы праздником!» Светлана Тихановская в Бобруйске.webm , clicked trim video, chose 05:33 to 12:05.212 , clicked preview. now 20 minutes later and it's stuck at the spinning dots and Your video is trimming...

i dont know what the problem might be. the filename containing cyrillic? this video's codec might be a bit special?... please investigate.--RZuo (talk) 09:21, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Sure RZuo I created a phabricator task to track the further updates and dicusssions related to this issue. Gopavasanth (talk) 07:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@RZuo: I hope we fixed now, Can you try and let me know? Gopavasanth (talk) 08:21, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@Gopavasanth: i just tried using «Давайте снова сделаем выборы праздником!» Светлана Тихановская в Бобруйске.webm again. now the button "preview" is not even clickable no matter what i do. i dont know whether this might be related to browser. i'm using firefox 80.0.1 (64-bit).--RZuo (talk) 20:13, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@RZuo: Preview button will not be clickable if the user have not opted for any options from the Video Settings(trim/rotate/crop/remove audio), So users have to select one or more option from Video Settings and then click on "Preview button". --Gopavasanth (talk) 05:37, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

 Done As per https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262891 --Gopavasanth (talk) 05:47, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Tool logos

Looking at the source, there is a logo file in /src/logo.svg, and there is also a line in src/components/Header.jsx which says const logo = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/JeremyNguyenGCI_-_Video_Cut_Tool_Logo.svg"; (which is a different logo). Is this intentional? Also, things probably shouldn't be loaded on the fly (via an URL) but could be part of the codebase itself and deployed on the same server. (If I understand correctly, haven't looked much at the code.) --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 12:16, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks @AKlapper (WMF) We created a ticket based on your feedback, you can track the further progress here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T276003 Gopavasanth (talk) 18:53, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done Gopavasanth (talk) 18:54, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Tool not working...

...tried few features - none worked :-/ Can you check what is up on the backed side please? Zblace (talk) 22:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Zblace: , We faced some server side issues due to the heavy load last week, Can you please try again and let us know? Gopavasanth (talk) 18:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done Hi @Zblace We have made some updates to the tool please try now and it should work. https://videocuttool.wmcloud.org/ Gopavasanth (talk) 08:54, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Shortcut mode for audio removal?

could there be a shortcut mode for audio removal? this is done quite often to get rid of copyrighted soundtrack, but the tool would keep me waiting for the preview to be finished. i dont need a preview for this simple task. can there be a special shortcut mode?

also, do i have to keep my tab open during processing? or if i could close it and come back a day later and click submit?--RZuo (talk) 09:36, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi @RZuo,

On clicking "Preview" button the actual video encoding takes place in the server, In this case encoding happens to remove audio from the video. After the encoding tool displays the final output file, if user is satisfied then he can either download/upload back to commons.

> do i have to keep my tab open during processing?

Unfortunately, if the tab is closed, all the session activity will be lost. We will try to keep this on mind and improve this functionality in future :) Gopavasanth (talk) 17:03, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Something went wrong 2021-07

i removed audio of File:2 Weeks In Italy - A Cinematic Travel Film.webm and clicked "upload to commons" and then "overwrite".

"Something went wrong". RZuo (talk) 09:42, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes the same. Trouble getting this tool to work. Not sure if anyone is still maintaining it. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi @RZuo, @Doc James We have made few updates and it should work now! Please try now and create a phabricator ticket if its not working as expected. Thanks! Gopavasanth (talk) 08:53, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

@Gopavasanth: between each try i refreshed the page to make sure they dont interfere.

1. i first tried using it without logging in. after previewing the video, i cannot upload it, so i did the login process without leaving or refreshing the page, but it after logging in automatically refreshed the page and i had to redo the edit. so, can it please warn users to log in first?
2. 2nd try: error 504 and back to start of "video settings" step.
3. 3rd try: File:DJI Mavic Pro TEST - 2k, 30fps, ND8 edited 0.webm. i chose to overwrite?!! also i'm not sure about video quality because on my shitty computer they all look the same, but you may want to check. RZuo (talk) 11:03, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi @RZuo,

Thanks for your trails!

> but it after logging in automatically refreshed the page and i had to redo the edit. so, can it please warn users to log in first?

Sure, This is a great idea! we have created a phabricator ticket on the same: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309299

> Quality loss

We are working on it and hopefully we might resolve it sooner. For more info: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262892 Gopavasanth (talk) 11:15, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

just wanted to add about quality. i looked closely at the water surface in this video. it seems there was quality loss. the water doesnt look as smooth as the original. (i was inspecting webm 720p for both.) RZuo (talk) 11:20, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

also, i wanted to overwrite the original, but it uploaded to a new file, but then the categories are messed up. now it only has cat:videocuttool. RZuo (talk) 11:21, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi @RZuo, tool provides you couple of options to select, one is to upload as a new video and other is to overwrite the existing video, You might need to select appropriate option. I've tested these two features and its working fine. Let us know the steps to reproduce the issue if the tool doesn't work as expected. Gopavasanth (talk) 17:06, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

@Gopavasanth: please, i ask you to try this:

1. put https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DJI_Mavic_Pro_TEST_-_2k,_30fps,_ND8.webm in the tool
2. select remove audio
3. select overwrite
4. select upload to commons.

i get "Error! An error has occured". RZuo (talk) 08:57, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Status code 504 error

Every time I try using this, it works up until the time I click on "preview". A status bar runs for a while and then I inevitably get a "request failed with status code 504." Any idea what this means or how I can fix it? IronGargoyle (talk) 17:20, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @IronGargoyle, I've tested to edit a video a few mins back and the tool works pretty fine. I'm very sorry to hear that tool not working for you, Can you please help us understand what's going wrong on sharing the steps to reproduce the issue by sharing the video link and the options (trim duration/crop/rotate..) you are trying to edit video on commons? Gopavasanth (talk) 17:11, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @IronGargoyle :  Done Resolved and deployed Gopavasanth

Request failed with status code 413

Hello, when I want to make any operation I get this error. Best, ProtoplasmaKid (talk) 20:38, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Google Summer of Code 2023

FYI, it seems improving this tool is a GSoC project for 2023 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327582 - Fuzheado (talk) 00:03, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

OAuth failure

I'm getting the following message when attempting to LogIn with OAuth: 404 Not Found (nginx/1.25.2) at page https://videocuttool.wmcloud.org/error

I'm using Windows 10 in Chrome Version 117.0.5938.92 (Official Build) (64-bit) Nick Moyes (talk) 13:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

How does it work? cant rotate video

i wanted to try rotating File:Signal for Help.ogg. it seems i cant press preview and so i cant proceed. RZuo (talk) 22:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

File:Conspiracy (1930) by Christy Cabanne.webm

Hi, I tried to crop this video, but it failed to load. Yann (talk) 11:17, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Working to fix it. Hopefully soon. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:52, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

QoL requests

• Ability to lock to aspect ratios like COM:CROPTOOL has;
• Ability to upload from VCT as just audio, without the video component.

— Arlo James Barnes 02:38, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Does this tool still work

Hello!

I've being trying this tool for a longtime, but never been able to publish a video to Commons. Is there someone using it? BamLifa (talk) 11:10, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

User:BamLifa We at WikiProjectMed are directly taking over the maintenance. We are working to get this up again. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

In the meantime if people are only looking for trimming videos these commands can be used (adjust the two timings):

1. ffmpeg -copyts -ss 00:00:23.000 -to 00:01:24.400 -i ./file.webm -c copy ./output.webm
2. The command will run through very quickly. Check the video: if it trimmed at the right times, you're done but if not use the command below which can take a while to run
3. ffmpeg -ss 00:00:23.000 -to 00:01:24.400 -i ./file.webm -c copy ./output.webm

Doc James, could you get only trimming videos to work again (maybe using the above commands) if some other things don't work? That didn't work either.

Second, it would be nice if there was a way to scroll quickly through the video to find the exact right time to trim – this is currently not possible with the slider. Maybe one could have the arrow buttons make the video jump 100 milliseconds or 1 frame forward or backward for example. Prototyperspective (talk) 16:56, 17 August 2024 (UTC)