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Offline Scott S

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Posting videos online
« on: May 28, 2011, 05:37:27 AM »
 I'd like to be able to start posting some vids of my builds and finished projects.

 I have a digital camera (Olympus T-100) that is capable of taking video, but the vids are HUGE. A video just a couple seconds long is large enough to overwhelm my email, for example.

 What program can I use to re-size the videos so I can post on Youtube, etc.
 Or, would I be better off to get a dedicated video camera? If so, any cheap recommendations?
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Re: Posting videos online
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 05:55:37 AM »
Scott,

How huge is "huge".
I routinely put 150MB videos up on youtube--no problem.


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Re: Posting videos online
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2011, 06:03:47 AM »
 Well, to be honest, I haven't tried posting on YouTube, yet. I've always had problems with email and video file size, so I was wanting to figure out how to reduce them before taking the next step.

 But, for example, I have a 5 second long video, bit rate: 64 kbps, dimensions: 320x240, size: 1.51MB.
 I guess that's plenty small enough for YouTube if you're doing 150MB vids.

 Would a dedicated video recorder be better for taking vids or are the file sizes and length available going to be similar to what I have with my digital still camera?
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Re: Posting videos online
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2011, 06:09:07 AM »
 And that brings up another question....

 I just watched said video and it's small. In my Windows Media Viewer, the actual video size is only about 2" x 3". If I did post the vid on Youtube, will it still be small?

 Can you tell I'm an idiot when it comes to this stuff? It's all new to me.
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Re: Posting videos online
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2011, 06:23:04 AM »
And that brings up another question....

 I just watched said video and it's small. In my Windows Media Viewer, the actual video size is only about 2" x 3". If I did post the vid on Youtube, will it still be small?

 Can you tell I'm an idiot when it comes to this stuff? It's all new to me.

I think it would be pretty small  on youtube
will your camera take video at a larger size?
I record at 720P with a Drift 170 camera that i got off Amazon
check this one out

http://youtu.be/x_2XI5wCfFc

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Re: Posting videos online
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2011, 06:49:26 AM »

will your camera take video at a larger size?
I record at 720P with a Drift 170 camera that i got off Amazon


 I dunno....I guess I need to get out m manual and read about the settings.
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Re: Posting videos online
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2011, 11:04:55 AM »
Youtube will play up to 720p HD videos that can be played in full-screen mode and still look very sharp. 

Here's one I took of my son helping me adjust the front brake on the K1:

100_0543.MOV

I don't think you ever need to adjust file sizes or anything to upload to Youtube as it's all done automatically if needed, but then I could be wrong.  Any videos I want to share I just put on my Youtube account and send the link via email.