Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Venus Animation

Venus Animation[edit]

Original - Venus rotates about its axis in a clockwise motion, unlike most planets in the Solar System.

Ogg format - Video with higher resolution and smaller size

Reason: Venus animation that effectively demonstrates Venus' unique clockwise motion and terrain features.
Articles this image appears in: Venus, Magellan probe
Creator: Rendered by User:Stotan, original image courtesy of NASA.

Support as nominator --Tobyw87 (talk) 05:26, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Removed large animation (9 MB) from display. Why not use OGG? MER-C 06:32, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Would be pleased to use OGG if someone would do the honors of creating it. I have an avi of the image if that would be more beneficial.--Tobyw87 (talk) 06:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The destructions for doing so are here, though you may want the newer version. MER-C 07:20, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that link. However, I converted the video and it became an .ogv file and not an .ogg. Wikicommons only allows .ogg files to be uploaded... Any advice would be much appreciated on how to convert the ogv file. As per Janke the avi that I am trying to convert is much larger and has greater resolution. (and its 4MB)--Tobyw87 (talk) 20:25, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just rename it. MER-C 10:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) --Tobyw87 (talk) 18:57, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Loss of detail. I much prefer to study the large, detailed still picture from which this animation is compiled. --Janke | Talk 17:10, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The seam is evident in the animation. Kaldari (talk) 19:19, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I do agree with the technical comments, but I like opening up Wikipedia and seeing these animations on the main page, especially something with a unique hook as the DYKers call them, like the retrograde rotation about its axis. I think fun science always has high encyclopedic value for something as small as a FP. --Blechnic (talk) 20:28, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*Oppose This gigantic GIF file would be much happier in an apropriate video format. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 21:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Support great animation, a rare high res video on Wikipedia

Comment Thank you for the OGG. I installed VLC 0.8.6i and the plugin for MSIE 7 to view it. It appears to be in 8 bit colour? Probably not, but thats what the ActiveX player made it look like. I will download the OGG and play it with the full on player. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 21:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm... For me it played fine in just regular old VLC without any plugins. And it seems to play fine natively on wikipedia with java installed. --Tobyw87 (talk) 04:33, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It has to do with rescaling and VLC hating my video drivers, looked good at full resolution.

Oppose per Uncle Bungle. – LATICS talk 00:03, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No concensus. --Meld shal 15:55, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --jjron (talk) 03:48, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]