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>>266
Dunno if this would be a good idea or not but I've often wondered if any good can come from banning old image video codecs like H.264/GIF. Like you can't upload .xvid mpeg4 video on 4chan because it wouldn't make sense allowing users to upload super potato quality video.
Maybe it's time to start retiring H.264/GIF so people will be encouraged to start using things like AV1 and quality will go up?
Dunno if this would be a good idea or not but I've often wondered if any good can come from banning old image video codecs like H.264/GIF. Like you can't upload .xvid mpeg4 video on 4chan because it wouldn't make sense allowing users to upload super potato quality video.
Maybe it's time to start retiring H.264/GIF so people will be encouraged to start using things like AV1 and quality will go up?
>>283
You know when I started this project I wondered the same about several aspects of the website, for example I wanted everyone to sign up with a google account before they could see anything, but then I decided to make most pages public and allow anonymous posting
What I'm getting into is that I believe in this day and age it's necessary to make the experience as seamless as possible to the end user. I would rather use the server to reencode older formats than prevent the end user from uploading them, shifting the burden to the website. I believe this is how most of big tech operates as well
I wish everyone was on desktop and had some basic computer skills, but in 2026 most people are on their phones and have no idea what file formats even are, let alone codecs
You know when I started this project I wondered the same about several aspects of the website, for example I wanted everyone to sign up with a google account before they could see anything, but then I decided to make most pages public and allow anonymous posting
What I'm getting into is that I believe in this day and age it's necessary to make the experience as seamless as possible to the end user. I would rather use the server to reencode older formats than prevent the end user from uploading them, shifting the burden to the website. I believe this is how most of big tech operates as well
I wish everyone was on desktop and had some basic computer skills, but in 2026 most people are on their phones and have no idea what file formats even are, let alone codecs
>>285
Never thought about it like that. So if I upload this 1MB PNG, you'll auto compress it so it'll load faster for everyone else?
Never thought about it like that. So if I upload this 1MB PNG, you'll auto compress it so it'll load faster for everyone else?
>>286
Yeah that's the idea, it can get very complicated but at the current stage of the website we encode images to the webp format. For videos we aren't encoding them because that's more compute expensive and could lead to the website slowing down if there are a lot of uploads
Yeah that's the idea, it can get very complicated but at the current stage of the website we encode images to the webp format. For videos we aren't encoding them because that's more compute expensive and could lead to the website slowing down if there are a lot of uploads
>>288
Dam, I knew other anons having the basic tech skills to convert png/jpg to .webp before uploading here was too good to be true lol. Testing encode quality.
Dam, I knew other anons having the basic tech skills to convert png/jpg to .webp before uploading here was too good to be true lol. Testing encode quality.
>>288
Pretty overkill but much better than anons crying that you destroyed the quality of their uploads. Bandwidth saving is still pretty huge.
Pretty overkill but much better than anons crying that you destroyed the quality of their uploads. Bandwidth saving is still pretty huge.
>>289
>I knew other anons having the basic tech skills to convert png/jpg to .webp before uploading here was too good to be true lol
Yeah I think the ideal scenario is someone uploading on an older format, then a website converts it to a new format then that new format is spread to the internet
>I knew other anons having the basic tech skills to convert png/jpg to .webp before uploading here was too good to be true lol
Yeah I think the ideal scenario is someone uploading on an older format, then a website converts it to a new format then that new format is spread to the internet
>>291
Sounds good, you'd indirectly help other websites save bandwidth if OC content from here spreads elsewhere. Encoding multiple user H.264 video to AV1 (with good compression efficiency) in real time while not having the website go down is a pretty expensive undertaking right now, I wouldn't do it unless get your hands on a couple 192-core epyc servers or maybe 4...
Sounds good, you'd indirectly help other websites save bandwidth if OC content from here spreads elsewhere. Encoding multiple user H.264 video to AV1 (with good compression efficiency) in real time while not having the website go down is a pretty expensive undertaking right now, I wouldn't do it unless get your hands on a couple 192-core epyc servers or maybe 4...
>>293
Having compute like that would be insane for so many parts of the website, maybe one day lol
Having compute like that would be insane for so many parts of the website, maybe one day lol
Allow slurs like ngger/kke/f*ggot but only once per post and as long as it isn't full blown TND lynch mob racism. Like some kind of ying/yang balance where we can speak our minds but also not become a stormfront clone. Also auto convert "tbh" to desu and "fam" to senpai because I don't want this place to be ebonics friendly.
>>307
The thing is that in 2026 the overall political climate doesn't allow this level of free speech outside of the USA. This is why large corporations have an advantage over smaller ones and why it's so hard to compete with them, they have lawyers and legal backing to safely go beyond what smaller websites would be allowed to. Smaller website risk being deplatformed if they don't follow these rules.
It's the same thing with NSFW content, governments around the world pushing for age verification only benefit the large companies that can afford it
The thing is that in 2026 the overall political climate doesn't allow this level of free speech outside of the USA. This is why large corporations have an advantage over smaller ones and why it's so hard to compete with them, they have lawyers and legal backing to safely go beyond what smaller websites would be allowed to. Smaller website risk being deplatformed if they don't follow these rules.
It's the same thing with NSFW content, governments around the world pushing for age verification only benefit the large companies that can afford it
>>310
That sucks, I'll still bookmark this place as an alternative to 4chan thoughbeit. At least you allow webp/av1 here, most social media sites convert whatever you upload to a small shit ass quality JPG/H264 video.
Like the whole internet should be on JPEG-XL by now but they're really dragging their feet with the adoption of it. Maybe consider adopting that when chrome/firefox finally add mainstream support.
That sucks, I'll still bookmark this place as an alternative to 4chan thoughbeit. At least you allow webp/av1 here, most social media sites convert whatever you upload to a small shit ass quality JPG/H264 video.
Like the whole internet should be on JPEG-XL by now but they're really dragging their feet with the adoption of it. Maybe consider adopting that when chrome/firefox finally add mainstream support.
>>266
Umigalaxy owner, heads up — there’s a shizo active on /g/ who repeatedly circumvents bans and reacts aggressively to any conversations about AV1.
Since AV1 is allowed here, it's gonna be on his radar. I've been pondering making more /g/ AV1 threads linking to your site to get some users here.
But making threads on /g/ about your AV1 paradise here risks the shizo taking residence here. What should I do?
https://desuarchive.org/g/search/text/daiz/deleted/deleted/page/1/
Umigalaxy owner, heads up — there’s a shizo active on /g/ who repeatedly circumvents bans and reacts aggressively to any conversations about AV1.
Since AV1 is allowed here, it's gonna be on his radar. I've been pondering making more /g/ AV1 threads linking to your site to get some users here.
But making threads on /g/ about your AV1 paradise here risks the shizo taking residence here. What should I do?
https://desuarchive.org/g/search/text/daiz/deleted/deleted/page/1/
By the by I noticed this place from the /wdg/ thread from like a week ago, I like the modern UI design.
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/108722365/#108739660
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/108722365/#108739660
>>510
Magnificent, I'm a novice at windows .cmd creation but I have more AV1 encoding thread ideas like show how much filesize was saved at equal SSIM when I improve.
Magnificent, I'm a novice at windows .cmd creation but I have more AV1 encoding thread ideas like show how much filesize was saved at equal SSIM when I improve.
>>510
Void, I have recently published my new SSIM/AV1 thread but I've just noticed a small problem. In my script there are spaces to separate my loops/variables but when I posted the thread here the spaces got converted into regular spaces but this was added:
I'd appreciate it if you could fix this before I publish the thread on /g/ 4chan.
Void, I have recently published my new SSIM/AV1 thread but I've just noticed a small problem. In my script there are spaces to separate my loops/variables but when I posted the thread here the spaces got converted into regular spaces but this was added:
I'd appreciate it if you could fix this before I publish the thread on /g/ 4chan.
>>589
Strange it did not let me post the code here, I"ll separate it with hyphens, maybe that will work.
&-n-b-s-p-;-
So instead of a regular empty line space I get those characters listed on the line and that breaks the windows script...
Strange it did not let me post the code here, I"ll separate it with hyphens, maybe that will work.
&-n-b-s-p-;-
So instead of a regular empty line space I get those characters listed on the line and that breaks the windows script...
>>589
Hey man, lemme investigate that, thanks for flagging!
Hey man, lemme investigate that, thanks for flagging!
>>598
Lmao good luck
Lmao good luck
>>594
That wasn't me, I think VMAF is a better video metric than SSIM. Dunno how to write scripts yet and that's probably the only way to make optimized animated webp images. Oh well, still a lot of static webp images I can make.
That wasn't me, I think VMAF is a better video metric than SSIM. Dunno how to write scripts yet and that's probably the only way to make optimized animated webp images. Oh well, still a lot of static webp images I can make.
>>609
I'm actually learning a lot from you guys
I'm actually learning a lot from you guys
I'm wondering if it's possible to stop a video playing when another one is started in a thread, just a small bug i encountered while browsing, might be a limitation depending on platform idk
Also no shade but how much of umi was made with ai? It looks good, it reads well, all perfect thank you for this @void
Also no shade but how much of umi was made with ai? It looks good, it reads well, all perfect thank you for this @void
>>687
>I'm wondering if it's possible to stop a video playing when another one is started in a thread, just a small bug i encountered while browsing, might be a limitation depending on platform idk
On imageboard that's usually the behavior, but I think I can add a toggle to the settings to make it one at a time for the users who prefer it that way
>Also no shade but how much of umi was made with ai? It looks good, it reads well, all perfect thank you for this
to be honest a lot of it was done with AI, it'd have been impossible for me to do something this large alone. I'm not 100% happy with it and I wish to give it a more human touch though
>I'm wondering if it's possible to stop a video playing when another one is started in a thread, just a small bug i encountered while browsing, might be a limitation depending on platform idk
On imageboard that's usually the behavior, but I think I can add a toggle to the settings to make it one at a time for the users who prefer it that way
>Also no shade but how much of umi was made with ai? It looks good, it reads well, all perfect thank you for this
to be honest a lot of it was done with AI, it'd have been impossible for me to do something this large alone. I'm not 100% happy with it and I wish to give it a more human touch though
>>689
>On imageboard that's usually the behavior, but I think I can add a toggle to the settings to make it one at a time for the users who prefer it that way
Glad you take that feedback, it's not a big point just something I noticed and thought might not be intended
>to be honest a lot of it was done with AI, it'd have been impossible for me to do something this large alone. I'm not 100% happy with it and I wish to give it a more human touch though
Completely valid, I'm guessing you're working on this alone? Got the source anywhere or is that off limits? Some ppl here might be able to help you out a bit
>On imageboard that's usually the behavior, but I think I can add a toggle to the settings to make it one at a time for the users who prefer it that way
Glad you take that feedback, it's not a big point just something I noticed and thought might not be intended
>to be honest a lot of it was done with AI, it'd have been impossible for me to do something this large alone. I'm not 100% happy with it and I wish to give it a more human touch though
Completely valid, I'm guessing you're working on this alone? Got the source anywhere or is that off limits? Some ppl here might be able to help you out a bit
>>691
>Completely valid, I'm guessing you're working on this alone? Got the source anywhere or is that off limits? Some ppl here might be able to help you out a bit
It's closed source, at least for now, to be honest in this day and age coding is the easy part, actually getting people to try the website is 1000x harder. Marketing is the biggest problem because the internet traffic is concentrated on just a handful of apps like twitter, instagram, facebook etc
I'd be really glad if people could help with that, just sharing the link to the website would help immensely
>Completely valid, I'm guessing you're working on this alone? Got the source anywhere or is that off limits? Some ppl here might be able to help you out a bit
It's closed source, at least for now, to be honest in this day and age coding is the easy part, actually getting people to try the website is 1000x harder. Marketing is the biggest problem because the internet traffic is concentrated on just a handful of apps like twitter, instagram, facebook etc
I'd be really glad if people could help with that, just sharing the link to the website would help immensely
>>687
Added a new toggle under settings:
>Single Video Playback
>Opening a video in a thread closes any other one that's already playing.
Added a new toggle under settings:
>Single Video Playback
>Opening a video in a thread closes any other one that's already playing.
@void I think the quick reply box on DESKTOP should be twice as wide, a 64 char limit feels cramped, 128 feels better imho
That's about half my 27 inch 1080p monitor width on notepad using consolas, size 10, regular. On mobile it seems fine though.
That's about half my 27 inch 1080p monitor width on notepad using consolas, size 10, regular. On mobile it seems fine though.
>>1025
Makes sense, we can make it bigger
Makes sense, we can make it bigger
@void I just noticed this but I think you should sticky important threads like this in /general/ and the website feedback one in /tech/
Alternatively maybe a /meta/ board???? But yeah important stuff is getting buried under all the threads posted so far.
Also what are your plans regarding sending aging threads to the grave? I understand letting user uploads balloon forever isn't practical.
X day lifespan? 300 reply lifespan? Also this is a long term thing but have you thought about making an umigalaxy archive?
Alternatively maybe a /meta/ board???? But yeah important stuff is getting buried under all the threads posted so far.
Also what are your plans regarding sending aging threads to the grave? I understand letting user uploads balloon forever isn't practical.
X day lifespan? 300 reply lifespan? Also this is a long term thing but have you thought about making an umigalaxy archive?
>>1145
Great idea, here is the https://umigalaxy.com/explore/meta board
>Also what are your plans regarding sending aging threads to the grave? I understand letting user uploads balloon forever isn't practical.
>X day lifespan? 300 reply lifespan? Also this is a long term thing but have you thought about making an umigalaxy archive?
Right now we follow the same 10 page system that 4chan uses, after a thread leaves the 10th thread, it gets deleted
About an archive, I never really thought about it. I've heard they cost quite a lot of money to run, but maybe a thread exporter functionality would be nice
Great idea, here is the https://umigalaxy.com/explore/meta board
>Also what are your plans regarding sending aging threads to the grave? I understand letting user uploads balloon forever isn't practical.
>X day lifespan? 300 reply lifespan? Also this is a long term thing but have you thought about making an umigalaxy archive?
Right now we follow the same 10 page system that 4chan uses, after a thread leaves the 10th thread, it gets deleted
About an archive, I never really thought about it. I've heard they cost quite a lot of money to run, but maybe a thread exporter functionality would be nice
>>1148
Seems reasonable. And yeah all the 4chan archives seem to be struggling tbh, desu started nuking stuff before 2020 and most /wsg/ content.
Storage prices might not allow you to store anything more than the text/thumbnails. I'll try to keep backing up my older images/videos on catbox.
Fuck, what a double edged sword AI turned out to be. It's fun/useful but it's going to send everyone back a decade in storage capacity.
Seems reasonable. And yeah all the 4chan archives seem to be struggling tbh, desu started nuking stuff before 2020 and most /wsg/ content.
Storage prices might not allow you to store anything more than the text/thumbnails. I'll try to keep backing up my older images/videos on catbox.
Fuck, what a double edged sword AI turned out to be. It's fun/useful but it's going to send everyone back a decade in storage capacity.
>>1150
It sucks tbh, I love data hoarding, if I could I'd never delete anything
It sucks tbh, I love data hoarding, if I could I'd never delete anything
@void kun, I wrote a pretty long ass reply to a post and got hit by a captcha invalid, my entire post got nuked into orbit.
Pls fix.
Pls fix.
>>1175
Damn that sucks, I will look into it. Thanks for letting me know
Damn that sucks, I will look into it. Thanks for letting me know
>>1175
Updated the website. Hopefully that won't happen again
Updated the website. Hopefully that won't happen again
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