Hi devs,
Our doc guideline is available at https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/DocGuide but it fails to have a section for videos.
I’ve checked 2 release notes where a video was used and I see 2 formats are being used:
- mp4: https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/Data/XWiki/16.6.0/Entry001/
- webm: https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/Data/XWiki/16.3.0RC1/Entry009/
Sometimes there’s also animated GIF that is used, but it was discussed in Documentation best practices: GIF images and the doc was updated by Lucas.
So what format should we use?
I’d say webm seems the best because:
- It results in smaller files and is standard-compatible
- mp4 has higher quality but I don’t see the need for videos of XWiki UIs
What I’ve found on the web:
For streaming and uploading videos, WebM is the better option because it’s highly compatible with modern browsers and popular for HTML5. For higher-quality playback and compatibility with more devices, MP4 might be more appropriate.31
We could also decide to support both.
WDYT?
Thanks
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