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Help understanding video and image size restrictions (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Why is it that I can post the attached mp4 but not the source as a gif?

To make the mp4 I encoded the gif in handbrake, which actually made increased the file size but reduced the dimensions.

Source gif:  728*408, 785.5 KiB
Encoded mp4: 640*360, 836.7 KiB
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I can increase that if you like.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    5.71MB is plenty generous. I'd give up 5MB of that if we could have anonymous browsing again. I can't recommend Mbin to people if they have to log in to see anything. Would converting all uploads to WebP lighten the load?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I reenabled anonymous access and predictably the site started getting hammered immediately. I blocked a bunch of broad IP ranges that were the biggest sources but I’m sure I’ve probably blocked some legit people.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Holy crap, that sucks! Why can't those scrapers just scrape each other? I'm sorry, I didn't want to pressure you to open up to that kind of abuse. I want to think of ways to help this situation, but you're probably 10 steps ahead of me. Thank you for trying so hard.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh, is that why most mbin sites have gone registration-only?

    kagis

    https://joinmbin.org/releases/

    Create documentation for setting up anubis to protect mbin by @BentiGorlich in https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/pull/1706

    I expect that this is going to be something of a whack-a-mole game

    I saw a post the other day about how some scrapers had started completing Anubis challenges (though it was apparently via doing the work, and I imagine that the cost could just be increased as appropriate).

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