TinyDesk.video sample media

Current display assets (2026-10-27):

- nico-portrait.jpg: Nico, a fictional character created for this site's sample.
- nico-720p-11s.mp4 and nico-720p-11s.jpg: the existing 720p Nico lead-singer sample, 11.125 seconds. The poster is a frame from this video.
- nico-reference-11s.mp4 and nico-reference-11s.jpg: the matching 11.125-second reference performance excerpt and its frame. Source meme credited to The Burner; the performance references Charlie Wilson's Outstanding at NPR Tiny Desk Concerts.
The Nico assets are separate from the legacy photo license below. No endorsement by NPR, the performers, or the source creator is claimed.

Photo input guide (2026-10-28):
- /guides/tiny-desk-photo-input-checklist.png: six illustrative input-condition panels derived from the site's fictional Nico portrait. Panel letters identify the explanations in the bilingual photo guide. These are not six tested video renders or success-rate evidence.

Legacy assets retained for attribution and release history (not the current homepage sample):

Reference photograph: Bobak Ha'Eri, 2024-01-06.
Subject: Kalen DeBoer at a press conference, not the concert depicted in the adaptation.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-0106-Kalen_DeBoer.jpg
Original: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/2024-0106-Kalen_DeBoer.jpg

The source file's Licensing section and structured data identify CC BY 3.0:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The source's Permission field also names CC BY-SA 3.0:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Changes: the reference portrait was adapted into a new desk-concert still and a fictional performance video. The sample adaptations in original.jpg, ai1.jpg, ai1.mp4, madeWith.jpg and madeWith.mp4 are provided under CC BY-SA 3.0, retaining source attribution. The reference photograph in sample-photo.jpg remains under its source license notices above. This media-specific license is separate from the repository's software license.

No endorsement by the photographer, subject, NPR, Tiny Desk Concerts, any artist or sports team is claimed.

Recorded on 2026-10-27.