Allow .wmv files in the forum

Conejin_Alt · January 31, 2020, 5:40pm

I don’t know if this is only for me, but Roblox’s recorder video format is .wmv, and that’s the only recorder that i have without counting Xbox Game Bar (Which is laggy for me), and the most optimized video recorder that i have is the Roblox one, the problem here, is that .wmv videos cannot be accepted here, and Roblox recorder is using that format, and it’s a big disvantage to me, since i require vdeos to explain better, for me, explain everything in words is very hard, but using videos is easier. Thanks for reading!

ForbiddenJ · January 31, 2020, 8:17pm

Try uploading a videos to YouTube as an unlisted video, and then pasting its watch link into a post. The forum will automatically embed the video at the link’s location.

pewpie12302die · January 31, 2020, 8:32pm

I think that this is limitation of discourse, the software DevForum runs on. Here’s their site: https://meta.discourse.org/
You can also try using OBS studio. It’s a lot better than built-in Roblox recorder, because:

Smaller file size
Better framerate
You can capture anything that happens on your screen
It can save files in .mp4, which is accepted here.

And it’s absolutely free! Here’s download link, if you need: Download | OBS

Conejin_Alt · January 31, 2020, 9:08pm

@ForbiddenJ - The problem is that im not allowed to use Youtube, and uploading videos in youtube takes more time, but i will try to do that in a day!

@pewpie12302die - I made a post in discourse recently, Discource allows any type of file, here is the link:

Right now i’m installing OBS studio.

ForbiddenJ · January 31, 2020, 10:46pm

In that case, consider using VLC Media Player, because it can convert videos. If I remember correctly, MP4 is a format this forum allows.

JoolCaat · February 1, 2020, 8:40am

This is what I use to convert files on the fly, it’s 100% online, fast, and free (unless the file is very large) https://www.online-convert.com/

pewpie12302die · February 1, 2020, 5:06pm

You should not mark this post as solved. A lot of other users of this forum can run into the same issue, so staff should either:

Configure the client so it will save videos in .mp4; or
Configure the forum so we can upload .wmv here.

DutchBloxxer · February 10, 2020, 8:13am

It isn’t a limitations of Discourse, confirmed by Discourse staff:

This is up to the administrators of the Roblox Developer Forum.
For now you can use a online converter.

buildthomas · February 29, 2020, 10:45pm

This is live btw, happy uploading (but please use different video formats such as mp4 when you have an opportunity, since wmv doesn’t embed properly in posts )