Online Video uploading URGENT!

[tom once dead]

okay, I need to upload a live video, but its too big to fit on youtube (1.46g) are there anyother sites that will take it, its also in quicktime format. I have about 4 hours to do this!!

PLEASE HELP ME!

[bongomania]

1.46G is too big for anyone to reasonably download, forget it. You have to compress the file. Try iTunes or Cleaner, those are the video compressors I use, but there are others. Remember to shrink the screen size, the resolution, and the audio quality.

[EBodious]

yeah, it sounds like you need to compress. i recently did this to a vid file. from .avi to mpeg4. it got a lot smaller and considering the size of youtubes "screen" it looked pretty good. it sounds like you are on a mac. i am a mac guy, but, ironically, i made my video on a pc and compressed it with vegas video. windows movie maker does a decent job too, and you can set it for the format and get a sense of the size it will be. i have not used iMovie for that, but it should work.

possible big hint: when i went to compress my file, i found that there were screen freezes in it! p!ssed me off. i learned that having your computer's processor read the file while at the same time writing the new file was the cause. i had to connect an external hard drive and i wrote the new file to that. it saved me in the "11th hour."

good luck!!

[tom once dead]

so how would I compress it?

I made it on the macs at school but I'm now on a PC.
I also tryed putting the video in windows movie maker, but it wouldnt accept it

[bongomania]

You download a compression program, and follow the directions that come with that program.

[tom once dead]

downloading vegas video now

[EBodious]

a handy download software i have used and like is called TMPGEnc 4.0. you can get a free trial copy. there will be a learning curve, both for getting it downloaded and for using it. but, a few hours will do it. it is very powerful and will handle quicktime and make an mpeg4. it comes with a good help file.

or, can you get access to a mac? i was looking at iMovie's help files, and you can set expert export settings to make a mpeg4 or even a smaller quicktime file.

[EBodious]

didn't know you could easily download vegas video. my wife had to buy it for her work!

[tom once dead]

i just searched in google, there is a free trial version
I can go back to school and re export, but I would rather not, I have to be inthere while there are classes, plus Ive been bugging the teachers for 3 days about this video...

[EBodious]

good deal. vegas has a big learning curve too (at least for me). but if all you are doing is importing and then exporting it should be quick.

do you want me to stick around for questions? i am no expert, but i can try to keep an eye on this thread.

[tom once dead]

yeah that would be GREAT. approx 15 mins untill its fully downloaded

[dmrogers]

We use a program at work called Format Factory.

It will convert basically any type file. We convert a lot of video files into different file types. You can control the screen size, frames per second, etc....

It will compress the file as well. Pretty straightforward.

Check it out.

[EBodious]

it takes some time to get used to the screen set up. i use vegas 6, don't know what they are up to now. basically, you use import media from the file menu. vegas will probably dump the file into a window in the lower left called the trimmer. you should be able to drag it (video AND audio) up to the main window above the trimmer. play the video and set the master volume sliders (bottom screen in the middle) so the audio doesn't peak. if all looks good, drag the cursor over the entire video (and audio!) and go to render as (under file). there you can pick mpeg4 (or whatever) and it will render a new video for you.

hope that makes sense. i am working off memory. if you are comfortable with video software, it should make sense when you see it.

[cloren]

i'd suggest just chopping the video up into different segments- like one video upload/song. unless of coarse the file you're uploading IS just one song. in which case disregard everything i just said

[EBodious]

Originally Posted by dmrogers

We use a program at work called Format Factory.

It will convert basically any type file. We convert a lot of video files into different file types. You can control the screen size, frames per second, etc....

It will compress the file as well. Pretty straightforward.

Check it out.

that software looks nice. but as soon as i went to the site, it started downloading a file called "sa.aspx" without asking first. am i old fashioned? i like to be asked first.

i am not that easy, despite what some may say.

[elpezpr]

MPEG Streamclip from www.squared5.com is a great video converter/compressor. And it's free. It will compress it without a lot of degradation. And it's fast compared to Cleaner and such.

[tom once dead]

ok, when I first put the video on the timeline thing, and played it. The sound is fine, but the image is REALLY jumpy, how do I fix it?

also its version 8.0

[tom once dead]

bump, I dont know how to compress it, or change it to mpeg4

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by elpezpr

MPEG Streamclip from www.squared5.com is a great video converter/compressor. And it's free. It will compress it without a lot of degradation. And it's fast compared to Cleaner and such.

Oh yeah I forgot about that one--good program, I use it too. I think Cleaner does a better compression job overall, but Streamclip is faster and easier to use... they each have their place.

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by tom once dead

bump, I dont know how to compress it, or change it to mpeg4

I really don't mean this in a rude way, but did you read the directions?