The Internet Archive does not allow users to lock an uploader version. You get whatever is deployed on their servers. However, you can replicate 1.6.4’s behavior using the command-line ia client (which uses the same underlying API but without the HTML5 uploader’s quirks).
: Users can simply drag files into the browser's "gray box" to begin the process.
After uploading using version 164, always run the "Derive" task manually. Because v164 does not force immediate derivates, you must go to https://archive.org/details/[your_item]?tab=edit and click "Derive Files." This triggers the MP3, PDF, or JPEG thumbnails.
Have you encountered the famous Item 164 error? What is your personal “best” setting for the HTML5 uploader? Share your experience in the Internet Archive forums under the thread “HTML5 Uploader 164 Support Group.”
The drag-and-drop zone actually works perfectly now (164 finally fixed the ghost drop issue on Firefox). Also, the automatic metadata extraction from uploaded files is smarter – it caught my embedded titles and descriptions without me having to retype everything.
Introduced as a beta feature to replace older Flash-based systems, the HTML5 uploader was designed for modern browsers like Chrome and Firefox . Its primary purpose is to: Internet Archive Blogs Handle Large Files
Even with the best HTML5 uploader, mistakes happen.
