Schillsaver is a tool that allows you to encode one or more files into a single video. This video, consisting of black and white squares, represents the data of the input file(s). The video can then be uploaded to a hosting site, such as YouTube, for future re-download and decoding back into the original file(s).

This provides a novel approach to free file storage.

While Schillsaver was developed as a proof-of-concept, its usage is entirely up to you. However, we do not explicitly recommend using YouTube or any other platform for free file storage.

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• Requirements

Requirements

• FFMPEG
• Java 21
• Schillsaver

Notes

• For successful decoding, you must use the same block size and resolution settings that you used during encoding. For example, if you've encoded a video with block size 8 at 1920x1080, then it must be decoded with block size 8 and resolution 1920x1080. Any other block size or resolution will result in a corrupt decode.

• On Linux, you may need to launch the program using the java -jar Schillsaver.jar command.

• When downloading your stored videos, ensure that you download the video at the same resolution that you encoded the video at. For example, if you've encoded a 1080p video, then download it as 1080p. Downloading it at a lower resolution (e.g. 720p) will result in a corrupt decode.

• Windows' default zip utility will likely throw an error, when you open a decoded zip file. I recommend using 7zip to instead, as it does not have this issue.