DamJun 19, 2023
maddie (MOVED!)   
so, the reddit API protest has taken a different direction, now people are uploading gigabtyes of videos to reddit which are just noise. i cannot stress this enough, do NOT run the command ffmpeg -filter_complex "nullsrc=s=1920x1080,geq=random(1)*255:128:128[vout]" -map "[vout]" -t 46 -c:v libx264 out.mp4 in order to generate one of these large video files then upload them en masse in order to slow down their servers, that totally will not help with the protest
Jun 18, 2023 at 5:14pmWeb
Show threadmaddie (MOVED!)   Jun 18, 2023

again, the command is:

ffmpeg -filter_complex "nullsrc=s=1920x1080,geq=random(1)*255:128:128[vout]" -map "[vout]" -t 46 -c:v libx264 out.mp4

this generates a nearly 1GB large video file, if enough people make them, it will clog up reddit’s servers, so be very careful not to run this command and upload the resulting file to reddit, especially not to communities such as r/noise

Show threadGustavoJun 18, 2023
@mjdxp Does not it compresses the file to a point it's not that effective? It'll reencode anyway to allow for multiple resolutions. I remember a long time ago I was trying to find which image I could upload to imgur it would result in the largest file size, but it has a limit, anything larger than this limit it just compresses in a quite low quality. Would not be a surprise if Reddit did the same.
Show threadmoved to @[email protected]Jun 18, 2023
@[email protected] you forgot the ffmpeg in the second post ​​
Show threadmoved to @[email protected]Jun 18, 2023
@[email protected] also if you switch to libx265 they can't use hardware encoding so it takes more resources
Show threadnarF 😵✌️Jun 19, 2023

@mjdxp I understand that you don't want us to post such videos, but maybe some communities that accept videos would be interested in noise? (other than r/noise)
Suggestions?

I heard that /iOS accept anything that we think it related to iOS (which is a device that can produce noise) but unfortunately they don't accept videos.

Show threadSchnittstelleJun 20, 2023
@narF @mjdxp /niOSe
Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5Jun 30, 2023
@narF @mjdxp Also, do not happen to embed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereogram noise files with embedded messages and pictures even in such communities?
Autostereogram - Wikipedia

Show threadReina Jun 20, 2023
@mjdxp Lol, stealing Louis Rossman's joke? xD
Show threadmaddie (MOVED!)   Jun 20, 2023
@reina absolutely not :P
Show threadReina Jun 20, 2023
@mjdxp Stealing is the ultimate form of praise ;p
Show threadJoaquimJun 20, 2023
@mjdxp I have a website with about 75 GB of (my own) video content that is free to download and reuse. It's not random data, but if it helps your cause, please feel free to use it. 😝
Show threadC-27733Jun 20, 2023
@mjdxp wow my phone actually is able to run it, at 1.9 fps tho.
Show threadC-27733Jun 20, 2023
@mjdxp update: took 45.88s :P
Show threadC-27733Jun 20, 2023
@mjdxp huh r/noise doesn't exist...
Show threadFabian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Jun 20, 2023
@mjdxp unfortunately, r/noise is private :(
Show threadmaddie (MOVED!)   Jun 19, 2023
wow, this is the most boosts and favorites i've ever received on a post by far, very happy to see the message spread so much! thank you!
Show threadm((nJun 18, 2023
@[email protected] omg im on it
Show threadm((nJun 18, 2023
@[email protected] ITS SO BIG HELP
Show thread Vavency ​Jun 18, 2023
@mjdxp ​
Show threadel homo ᓚᘏᗢ 💗💋👑🫶Jun 18, 2023
@mjdxp ok i won’t 😐
Show threadHera [Yaseenist] HarperJun 18, 2023
@mjdxp Oh hey, this’ll actually work until they limit file sizes
Show thread4 "actually its only pyromania if i do it again" censord Jun 19, 2023
@alfredohno @mjdxp And then, it will work until they limit the number of posts per account
Show threadratJun 18, 2023
@mjdxp im doing my part to save reddit from these protests https://www.reddit.com/r/noise/comments/14cqfpz/brought_to_you_by_httpswormdeliciouscom/
Show threadkaty ✨Jun 18, 2023

Reddit: please open your subreddits or we'll open them for you
*fifteen minutes later*
Reddit: Oh god please close your subreddits for the love of God

@mjdxp

Show threadDauw_JonasJun 18, 2023
@[email protected] I'm sorry, but I got a better 1 ```ps1
ffmpeg -filter_complex "nullsrc=s=1920x1080,geq=random(1)*255:128:128[vout]" -map "[vout]" -t 46 -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 100M out.mp4```
Show threadSantiago Jun 19, 2023
@mjdxp
Show threadPiers CawleyJun 19, 2023
@mjdxp @webhat Is there a way to pipe that into curl or similar so as to not leave mahoosive temporary files lying about on your drives?
Show threadPiers CawleyJun 19, 2023
@mjdxp @webhat not that I would advocate anyone actually doing that, of course.
Show threadXenonNSMBJun 19, 2023
@pdcawley @mjdxp @webhat if you have enough ram you can just mount -t tmpfs
Show threadjoel bJun 19, 2023
@mjdxp surely that could be piped into netcat and uploaded on the fly
Show threadDeusJun 19, 2023
While this is good and all, Y’all are giving them free publicity by talking about it. As someone said, “..any publicity is good publicity”.
Show thread🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿CMDR GreyAreaUKJun 19, 2023
@Deus @mjdxp True, but I bet whoever said that wasn't having to pay to host 485 TB of static 😀👍
Show threadmaddie (MOVED!)   Jun 19, 2023
@Deus aw shucks! you're right :(
Show threadJesseJun 19, 2023
@mjdxp Pasting this command into command prompt doesn't do anything. Says it's not recognized as a command/batch file etc.
Show threadGarlic PicklesJun 19, 2023

@JesseF8693 @mjdxp To my knowledge, this will only work on Linux, and only after installing the ffmpeg package. It *might* work on Mac since a lot of terminal commands are shared.

Personally, I'd rather not make a new account and boost their figures (and I'd rather just leave Reddit out of my life entirely now), but godspeed to those of you who do this. It's pretty funny how horribly their attempts at containing this have been.

Show threadJesseJun 19, 2023
@garlickles @mjdxp The thing is, they say hit them in the pocketbook. Deleting your account doesn't benefit or hinder them financially. But mass uploads of junk hurts.
Show threadRudimentary Pancake AssemblerJun 19, 2023
@mjdxp
My pi400 would melt doing that.
I will totally not run that overnight producing 20 1gb files to upload.
It would be UNETHICAL to do so!
Show threadBen HolmJun 19, 2023
@tebrown won’t this make the API price necessary by driving up operational cost?
Show threadTravisJun 19, 2023
@benholm maybe. But I’m done with Reddit. They dfu’d.
Show threadEyrieJun 19, 2023
@[email protected] i'd do this but i already deleted my account
Show threadnil Jun 19, 2023
@mjdxp i don't think they liked me doing that hehe
Show threadakzaismeJun 20, 2023
@mjdxp
Yup. ```ffmpeg -filter_complex "nullsrc=s=1920x1080,geq=random(1)*255:128:128[vout]" -map "[vout]" -t 46 -c:v libx264 out.mp4``` Right? Got it.
Show threadHemish/हेमिश/ਹੇਮਿਸ਼/ہیمِشJun 20, 2023
@mjdxp you forgot some subreddits turning nswf so as reddit can't show ads on these (and putting NSFW label on the posts which are not NSFW at all), or r/interestingasfuck literally turning into a porn subreddit.
Show threadtyilJun 20, 2023
@[email protected] You are aware you could actually hurt them by not using their platform anymore, right?
Show threadFishBulbishJun 20, 2023
@mjdxp is your profile picture a trans rain world slugcat? If so it's awesome.
Show threadDave/Loebas Jun 21, 2023

@mjdxp i wonder. Would this work for facebook and twitter as well.😈

Asking for a friend

Show threadbkbkbkJun 23, 2023
@mjdxp nobody can stop me from doing it
Show threadmsgbiJun 30, 2023
@mjdxp @charles_ex
Show threadLuna Jun 30, 2023
@mjdxp I think the Fedora build of ffmpeg disables libx264 :(
Show threadChristian SieversJun 30, 2023
@mjdxp am I the only one who thinks of the CO2 emissions caused by generating, transmitting and storing random data? Such a wasteful form of protest.