How to post video?

alex21 · Posted: Dec 10, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject: How to post video?

I am sorry to have to ask this... I am sure it is posted elsewhwere, and I even asked in one of those threads, but no one has replied. My question is when uploading it does it time out on anyone else?
It seems the problem I am having is after I hit the submit button, it appears to be uploading then after a wait the bottom of the page will say done as if it was sucessful, yet the video isn't showing in my gallery. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong or if others have had this problem. Thanks and sorry in advance for starting this thread.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

is the vid >20mb? make sure it's compressed to lower than 20mb.

DC · Soul Rider Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 456

Your video should be about 3-4mb/minute. If not please refer to this:
http://www.dpcfilms.com/howto/VideoCompressionWME9.asp

Elevation · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 10:44 am Post subject:

use DC's video compressor if your video is big it works so well! even if its not that big, using it will make it so much easier to put online. i have gotten 60 meg videos down to about 12 megs using that.

alex21 · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 11:15 am Post subject:

thanks guys I really appreciate it, I was under the impression there was no limit for some reason. I'll try again under 20.

alex21 · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:

you're tutorial was super helpful, but I ran into a dilema, the problem is that I am still running windows ME, and I can't install the compressor program 'cause it only works with windows XP and 2000. Know of any other good programs?

Elevation · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 12:48 pm Post subject:

alex21, how big is the original video?

DC · Soul Rider Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 456

There's an older version 7.1 that you might try using which you can download here: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/16656

The Interface is a little different on v7, so I found this tutorial which is straight from MS. Scroll down to page 7 and look for the section titled "Converting an existing video file"

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/c/49ca5c33-3e87-40ce-813b-e6f288349657/WinMediatutorial.doc

Your bit rate settings will still stay the same. (around 250 - 400+ kbps)

alex21 · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject:

I ran the 7.1 edition and that dropped my file size to like 12, but still when I try to upload, it just doesn't work, any ideas? Again, it runs for about 2 minutes and then just returns to a blank upload video page without having added it to my gallery.

Elevation · Posted: Dec 12, 2004 7:07 pm Post subject:

alex21, try http://www.wakepics.com and see if it works there.

alex21 · Posted: Dec 12, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject:

yep, I was sucessful over at wakepics...maybe I'll just throw a link up in my gallery. Can't figure out why its not working here.

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Dec 13, 2004 1:30 am Post subject:

Alex, does it ever ask you to choose a thumbnail image for the video? Do you ever see that page?

alex21 · Posted: Dec 13, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject:

nope never gotten to that page- it just times out; then the bottom of the page says done, and it returns me to the original upload page.

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Dec 13, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject:

Weird, for some reason it isn't finishing.