StrypeyNov 26, 2018
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/
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

Producer/Director Jason Schmitt highlights the current climate of scholarship in this anticipated documentary production focusing on the business of research and scholarship. Traveling the world to document the current scholarship climate, Schmitt and his video crew find unexpected twists to the publish or perish mindset of academics, scholarship, and philanthropy.

Show threadStrypeyNov 27, 2018

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!

Paywall - The Business of Scholarship

PeerTube
Show threadStrypeyMar 3, 2019
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?
Show threadAdonay Felipe NogueiraMar 4, 2019
@strypey #MetaLink can help, it's a proposed/draft internet standard, and is member project of @conservancy.
Show threadStrypey
@adfeno ok, thanks for the tip. What makes #Metalink different from existing protocols like #BitTorrent or #IPFS?
https://www.metalinker.org/
@conservancy
Metalinker.org - Bridging the gap

Mar 5, 2019 at 5:25pmWeb
Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Mar 7, 2019
@strypey @adfeno @conservancy

MetaLink is not a wire protocol, it's a file format for specifying where you can find something. It can specify multiple HTTP sources and also BitTorrent, these days possibly other protocols, I haven't looked at it for a decade. It's supported by e.g. Aria and DownThemAll.
Show threadStrypeyMar 8, 2019
@clacke so for example, could I use a #MetaLink file to put a music album on the web, linking to an album cover in various file sizes formats on image servers, liner notes on document servers, lyrics subtitles on a subtitle host, and the songs themselves in a variety of formats/ quality levels?
@adfeno