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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2018 05:13:14 EST Strypey

   Paywall: the Business of Scholarship is a documentary about #OpenPublishing vs. the publishing corporations who make massive profits as intermediaries, while the scholars who do the research, write the papers, and do the peer reviewing, do it all unpaid, as a public good.
   https://paywallthemovie.com/

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2018 05:14:52 EST Strypey

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      #DougRushkoff recently interviewed the film-maker of Paywall, Jason Schmitt, for the #TeamHuman podcast:
      https://teamhuman.fm/episodes/ep-109-jason-schmitt/

   2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2018 00:53:57 EST Strypey

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      The full #Paywall documentary is #CC licensed (#BY 4.0) and has just been uploaded to #VidCommons:
      https://vidcommons.org/videos/watch/75ba36d5-1e81-4db4-95b0-8dd4790eb282

      Can't wait to watch my first full documentary using an instance of #PeerTube!

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2019 03:14:18 EST Strypey

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         I can now see some images while playing a video using #PeerTube on my ancient 32-bit laptop, but it appears as a series of stills, not a proper video stream. I wonder if there is some way to provide a range of file size / quality levels, so people with older PCs or slower net connections can still watch properly? I've resorted to downloading using #BitTorrent, but can I help others watch on the web by seeding that torrent, or only seed to other downloaders?

         1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2019 13:41:06 EST Strypey

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            OK, I just tested again, and it seems that for some videos there is a settings icon where I can dial down the video quality. When I did that, and paused the video for a few seconds to let it buffer before I started watching, playback worked smoothly. Awesome work #PeerTube folks!