It takes about a minute before the show plays. Otherwise, it's only a black screen. All my previous show are playing OK. What's up? I have stopped using Flickr now entirely, but I feel for you all - I'm still viewing my friends pictures but their videos will not play and I have Chrome and Flash player completely up to date.
Really had it with this site and their inability to get things right and continually feeling the need to change stuff Posted 93 months ago. Try re-saving your video to another format before uploading. However, it takes a bit of waiting to sit through the black screen, I did not do a countdown : EDIT: presumably something ranging between 20 and 30 seconds. I viewed your birthday vid where your son and daughter are guessing your age, from beginning to end.
Tried your first vid, the video featuring your slideshow to music about elections, to do with Ron Paul.
I'm using H in my conversions. What do they want? I wish they would set a standard, or use their own compression like youtube or vimeo. I might try them next though they're not good for pictures. But you have to wait a very long time. Most people might just give up. Flickr is not good for video is seems. Well, I wish I knew the answer.
I have had relatively few issues with my occasional video uploads, but you are not alone in your issues here. It seems that many are having very similar situations to those that you have described. I usually upload. Thanks for checking things.
The videos that you viewed do not have the current problem. After the change over, my new video takes over a minute to load and play. And unfortunately, most will not sit and wait. I'm in the UK if that makes any difference. Same problem here. Haven't been able to upload a I've tried the drag and drop uploader, the "add" button on the drag and drop uploader, and the old uploader. Videos "time out' on the drag and drop uploader and the error message I get on the "old uploader" is: up.
The last successful video uploaded was about 2 weeks ago, and the video was, maybe 30 seconds long. Prior to that video, most of the other videos uploaded experienced "black-out" where only the audio played and this was reported.
This has been a very frustrating experience for me for the last several months. At least I'm not alone!!! But the truth is that not everybody has video upload problems. I just uploaded one yesterday. After conversion, they never fail to upload to Flickr. But I do not know why I have to convert though MP4 used to work fine and I don't care as long as it works. So upload failures are not consistent across the board. Sometimes videos get hung in processing, but I upload again and it works.
It's quite bizarre that so many people have problems and obviously some don't since the video groups I belong to get new videos every day. With complete failure, video groups would not get new videos. I've looked into the issue and it is currently being worked on by our engineers. We cannot provide you with an expected time frame for when this will be resolved. However, I would like to assure you that the information you provided has been passed along to our engineers, and will be a great help to them in determining a resolution.
Just so there is not confusion, just because you get an email from our system that the ticket is "closed" that does not mean the engineers have given up or quit working on this issue, because now that problem has been into a higher tier.
It only means that the problem as a trouble ticket is done becuase it has been upgraded to grab the attention of the engineers instead of us techs. This may not be the most satisfying answer to the concerns you have, and if so, I apologize for that.
If we can help you with other concerns or issues, please don't hesitate to reply to this email and we will gladly assist you further. Thank you again for helping us to make Flickr a better place. Thank you again for contacting Yahoo Flickr. Regards, Archer Yahoo! Customer Care" Posted 97 months ago. Update to my video upload woes: After unsuccessfully trying to upload a Then, using the same Windows 7, IE interface, and using the Drag and Drop upload interface on Flickr, the video loaded and plays with sound.
I've read that the May upgrade allowed up to 1GB of video size and, apparently, up to 3 minutes in length, but my longer videos are not uploading. Same here: www. Maybe, but my videos upload fine and they are very near 3min in length, and certainly longer than 90sec.
The May upgrade does allow for 3 min videos. It's very strange why some people have some problems with that. As I said, I have to convert the MP4 videos though and never had to do this before. Also, my contacts' videos are almost 3 min in length and they don't have problems uploading and playing. So how can this be a bug for some people. Mine wont upload either, always get to nearly the end then I get the "timed out error " sort of message, I managed to upload one or two the other week but not now Posted 97 months ago.
It's really frustrating. I thought I'd try uploading via 4G today from my cellphone - again failed. I wonder if it's account related? Might try and get my daughter to upload the same video and see what happens.
Never has any issue with Flickr until yahoo 'improved' the site. Also, looking back through all the forums it seems this issue has been happening to some users ever since the yahoo 'upgrade' and each time the "engineers are working on it" statement is trotted out by flickr.
I'm pretty sure there are no engineers working on it, or if they are they are bloody awful at their job. Til now: No solution.
Fuck Flickr! I have been attempting to use batch upload to send video's also. Some video's make it and others don't. I have a protocol analyzer on my laptop and captured this on my last try. I have been consistently unable to upload videos for a few days now. With the stand-alone "Flickr Uploadr", a video seems to upload, but the system "processes" for a long time and then I get a message saying the video couldn't be processed.
If I use the "Old Uploadr", it never finishes. If I use the standard uploader, it seems to upload okay, but then I get a "This file failed to upload This happens both in Internet Explorer and Firefox. Before no problems. I think everytime i try i shall raise a new ticket. Maybe then someone will get off thy donkey?
John W. Davies : You'll only push yourself further back in the queue with each ticket. Not a good idea. Davies : You can draw attention to your case, but wiser to follow up on the existing help case, by replying to the same case number. Thanks guys. I'll do as advised. Someone had been waiting days in a recent forum post without response, and they only eventually got a response when they posted here, so I suggest rather than opening new tickets, open new help fourm posts until they take notice.
They say they read them all, so they can't avoid it then. I've been having the same problems when uploading videos, there were some videos that just wouldn't upload via the new or the old web uploader one file timed out, etc. Tried different 3rd party upload tools - no luck with them either they'd just die or fail to upload, without any sensible message. This was all happening using my DSL connection at home, where upload speed isn't the best, so I decided to try the same upload at work - and what do you know - those same files worked like a charm using the new web uploader , on a faster connection which only takes a minute or less to upload I'm guessing anything under 15 minutes would be fine.
So, I'm thinking that there's this minute max upload time threshold on the server side which is causing these problems, is there anyone else out there that can confirm this behaviour?
This basically would mean that the maximum size of the video you can upload depends on your upstream connection speed I've experimented with very short vids. Yes, conversion to WMV is the key. I have said this a thousand times here. I don't know why but it seems to be a new requirement as MP4's don't work with Flickr as they used to.
I use Real Player converter. It takes a second to do that. That being said, connection speed is a huge factor too. I don't have the best DSL connection and sometimes I have problems; but on the whole if my videos have been converted to WMV, there is no problem, unless my connection is acting up.
I stated this several time on many threads. It's not a Flickr problem. Well it is in the sense that Flickr doesnt take MP4 videos now from what I have seen.
I used to have no problems with MP4s. But the fix is pretty easy. Just use a different compression format. So there has to be something else Edit :- Ignore this for now. My apologies. Cannot see how to delete comment Posted 97 months ago. Slightly more often on Flickr. Often one site will take a video that the other site won't. Sometimes both will fail on the same video, but then take the video without issue on the second try. In all cases, the videos are all.
The only differences are file size and duration, though all are within the minute range. Davies : Cannot see how to delete comment Only staff can delete comments in the Help Forum.
Now they will only load to show the thumbnail preview image, and play audio, but the moving image is replaced by a black screen. Seems to me to be a flickr problem! They know all about it but nothing appears to be happening to fix it. Posted 96 months ago. It's stuffed for me too. I keep trying - managed after multiple failures to get a test vid uploaded yesterday - but the problem continues with absolutely no fix in sight.
At least flickr staff should be upfront about whether they are actually going to bother with fixing it, and if not, then say why not! I'm starting too look at alternative sites not that I expect Flickr to care Just rather not have to re-upload 30thousand images and videos again Posted 96 months ago.
Having same problem, 10s video will not upload, I'm a pro user, not good enough. I expect Flickr staff to monitor this thread and provide some answers. I don't. I convert them with the Real Player conversion tool and it works beautifully.
I have no problem uploading videos when I process this way. But it is true that MP4 movies don't work with Flickr anymore; and I have to say they didn't work with Vimeo either which told me that the problem came from Movie Maker, not Flickr or Vimeo. After 15 minutes watching the pink bar progressing towards the mid way, Puf! A small window appears saying: one file time out, 2 seconds latter disappears and the photostream page gets loaded.
Same thing Same problem. After years of problem free video uploading I now cannot upload any, all timeout after upload or with a couple of percent left. Hope they sort it soon. I experienced the same problem starting 2 weeks ago. Then all of a sudden I got the time out problem. I even tried with Ethernet connection, same problem. I have even tried the "Old Uploadr", no success. I turned in a trouble ticket and never heard back from them. It has been 2 weeks since I turned the trouble ticket in.
This is definitely a problem on their end. Is the only way to contact them is a trouble ticket via Email? If you are unwilling to ask for the copyrighted image, maybe meet the photographer half way. Go ahead and download her photo, but at least write a nice comment. The tonal range is striking and the bokeh is as smooth as butter.
To be honest, I think talented photographers would get really tired of constant requests from people wanting to save their images. On the other hand, photo dweebs with little skill or vision would appreciate these very infrequent emails. On top of that most websites are ephemeral especially specific URLs so if I want to see the image in two years maybe someone is working on a long term project on ceremonial decorations for example , I better have saved it to my own hard drive.
I assure you musicians are real people with real home, real stomachs and real lives. I purchase lots of imagery and music. And it often starts with free…. Your attitudes belong to the dark ages of big music and big publishing.
I notice there is no portfolio linked to your name Geoff. What a pity. I would love to see what it is that you are so worried the internet users might be saving for their private use. Alec, Thank you for responding to my comment. I am disappointed, but not surprised, that you resorted to attacking me rather than my point. The iTunes model of intellectual property commerce demonstrates that many, if not most people are willing to pay an amount for content that they value and want to consume.
In my previous post, I suggest that the payment for my content is simply requesting it from me. You contend that the price of this request is too great and too bothersome. And for you and people like you, I stipulate that asking for something of value may in fact be much too high of an expectation. You sir, and people like you, are from the dark ages of the internet. The idea that everything is and should be free is unsustainable. Content creators have begun putting up pay walls because you and people like you refuse to voluntarily pay the marginal cost of content that costs real money to generate.
You are the same person that uses ad blocking software, but then complain when content providers demand upfront payment due to lost ad revenue. You are the dinosaur who fails to see the impending ice age.
PS: I will happily send you links to my recent digital work, in full resolution. Simply send a friendly email. Put up a pay wall: go ahead. More power to you if you can make it work. Just because you bought a camera and can operate a web browser does not entitle you to be paid for your work. I guess, if you were born as a thief, you will grow up to be a thief.
What is the reason for you to copy someone else photos and use the exact copy, cut and crop for your commercial purposes or malicious intents.?
People put materials on the web for free public viewing, for smart people who want to learn, get inspired, and come up with their own ideas. Shame on you Alec and your followers.
I am not an advocate of most pay walls. They are however necessitated by the attitude that content should be treated as worthless free unless people are forced to pay for it. I am an advocate for paying for content because you should, not just because you have no choice. That content has its place on the web; but as you admit, even you have no desire to download it for your personal use.
As a photographer, I just want express my confusion and distaste for the idea that someone would enjoy my work enough to use it in their personal life, but not spend fifteen seconds to acknowledge it. In the same spirit, thanks for posting on this blog. Actually it does seem like trolling. Misuse or commercial use is already covered by law.
I suggest you both protectionist and Geoff chill out and try to drop your anal tendencies to control what everyone else does. Go and post NSFW links. I found your solution works great used it a little bit differently tried your way first ok but slow. Instead try opening web page with the pics you want then go to develop tab now disable styles and then simply drag and drop onto desktop or desktop folder simple and easy.
Civilization would be a lot better off if the goverments stopped these handouts for signal waveforms. The only electrical waveform that deserves to be paid for ever is the sound coming out of your electrical wall outlet because once you use it it takes fuel and removes it from existence.
Piracy makes a copy, stealing removes the original. These intellectual terrorists need to get on social security disability or get off ther anus and get a job. Ironically, the worst offenders are Walt Disney who have attempted to kidnap our childhood fairy tales like Cinderella or real life stories like Pocahontas.
You can contact a Flickr user via Flickr if you are a registered user yourself. Republishing a photo for a radio cover mix without permission does indeed infringe on copyright.
I advocate downloading Flickr pictures for private storage without permission but not for republication. I suggest you register at Flickr and contact the photographer directly. I have flick account i have numbers of pics of this sites. Not all people in or photographers are too greed to share their so called work of art. Try to communicate to them and ask a good one copy. I was better to ask permission rather than take their stuff without their knowledge.
I am preaty sure they were appreciate a good talk. There is no heart stone in this world but lots of hard headed person. Sorry, there are just not enough hours in the day to enter into negotiations to download an image I just personally want to keep around to look at now and again. Of course if I did use such an image in a project, I would be sure to contact the photographer. Keep your EXIF data up to date photographers, so we can find you later.
Dear Alec: I would like to download images of paintings by famous artists e. Mucha, Van Gough etc. My worry is how to get the best quality reproduction. Would you have time to put me on the right track please. Thank you. You can use photographs of any of these paintings with no fees as a photograph is just a reproduction and the copyright expired lies with the original artist.
Just use Google images. Click Search Tools and then choose Large. Some will be bad blowups but most will be highres. You can always open the image using View Image and then just right click. Thank you Alec! Good article! I was thinking of creating like a small webapp that returns the URL to highest resolution available of a flickr picture. So basically you paste the URL of the flickr page of the photo, and my app will return links to the actual jpg file.
I could then extend this so that users could also paste links to albums and favorite lists and receive links to all the pictures in these collections. Do you know of any legal issues about this?
Am I allowed to link not even embed or anything, just a clear html link directly to a flickr image? There is legislation against software which is specifically designed to thwart copyright. Read up on legal battles around DeCSS. Selling software is a different situation than just suggesting free workarounds using existing technology. I suppose by your logic it would be OK to break into a gallery, steal a painting off the wall, and display it in your home.
After all, you would just be taking the painting for your personal enjoyment, not for commercial use or resale. Maybe you would even return the painting to the gallery when you become bored by it — so gracious of you. Use them. I understand Walt Disney and now you Bob would like to privatise fairy tales and our common mythology. Over centuries your tendency towards hoarding will remain only as an unattractive footnote in the history of art. To take one example, music has not come to an end due to easy online sharing.
Bands come and go, live concerts remain popular. The world spins on and, this time, in the right direction. MoFos like you never go out of style — what kind of BS goes on in your mind.
Your just a leeches of the lowest class.
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