New links for unreasonably long videos (even if they have timestamps)

[nathanfranke]

I've had some issues when trying to automatically download all videos.

For example, on mn-minneapolis-28 there is a link to a two hour long YouTube video. While there is a timestamp on the link, most downloaders will ignore that and download the entire video. It would be simpler to trim the video and make a new link.

[Murkantilism]

@nathanfranke what is the goal of this issue? Who is going to trim the videos and re-upload? Can't you use a downloader that supports timestamps?

[nathanfranke]

youtube-dl does not support timestamps. Even if it did, there is no way of knowing when the clip should end.

[Murkantilism]

Right and what is your proposed workaround? In other words, what is the actual point of opening this issue?

Are you asking volunteers to review all videos past a certain length and clip + re-upload (if yes, tag accordingly and add details)? Are you asking the engineering team to extend youtube-dl to support timestamps (if so tag for Engineering team)? Are you unsure of what the solution should be and just trying to start a dialogue?

[nathanfranke]

@Murkantilism Please read the original issue.

It would be simpler to trim the video and make a new link.

[Murkantilism]

I read it, it's extremely unclear.

What does "make a new link" even mean? Re-upload it to Youtube.com? Re-upload it to Pornhub.com? Upload it directly to the GitHub repo? Upload it to Google drive?

"Simpler to trim the video" trim it how? Are you asking the engineering team to write software to automatically trim 30 mins of footage before and after each timestamp? Are you asking volunteers to go through and manually do that? Are you asking volunteers to go through and manually trim only enough of the video that is the bare minimum needed?

But hey, if you think the issue is clear enough, it must be, right? That's why it's been wallowing here since Jun 15th with zero activity, because of how clear the issue is. Good luck sir, I'm done trying to help you clarify your own objective here.

[nathanfranke]

Related to #32