Re:HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
by antisthenes on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:13PM
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> 2. Prosecution sends the file via gmail to the defense but it gets compressed in the process.
Does Gmail automatically compress the video? I would presume it complains about size file first, and an inability to send it via email, and refuses to send.
Re:HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
by h3h3 on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:23PM
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It did not in my testing with a 22mb file, it directly showed up "processing" or "compressing".
The iOS mail app did the same for my test video 22mb > 458K, no questions asked. (unlike images where app lets you select resize options)
Re:HandBrake – An open source video transcoder
by kcjames1138 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:28AM
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In your testing, did gmail also rename the file? Because Binger's copy, the one that was sent to the lab on a flash drive had a completely different name.
1. Prosecution receives the file via airdrop, direct data transfer.
2. Prosecution sends the file via gmail to the defense but it gets compressed in the process.
There are 2 ways to send a vid/pic from ios with gmail
1. from gmail app with attachment function, this pops up a window with "processing" (compresses the video, which is poorly worded imo)
2. from ios photos app > share > gmail, this shows a progress bar at the bottom with "compressing"
both ways are easy to overlook, first one is poorly worded and its a very fast process, my test vid with 25mb took <1s and video in question is only 4s/11mb
the real question is, why is there no proper evidence system in place to submit and review(for all 3 parties), using gmail and dropbox sounds very questionable to me.