help on youtube video's

[ARU]

I have uploaded a video in the past but didnt like the overall video quality (which was a wma), I read their note's and then converted it to a divx and reuploaded.
but there is no change in appearance.
some other videos on the site look quite clear.
has anybody got any tips i can use?

[FlyNavy]

Aru,
I don't know what you want to achieve. If you want to keep the quality of the video you are uploading you can try FileFront. Go to www.filefront.com at:
dashboard.filefront.com/SpazSinbad/
you can see how some video files are unchanged but also offered as streaming. I did not ask for that it was done automatically but nevertheless the original video is still there. You can use the site to advertise more widely or just give the URL for download as you wish.
Phil.

[ARU]

definitely looks interesting, i shall give it a go.

all I really wanted was my video(s) to look a little sharper, youtube has a tendency to down size them lol

[FlyNavy]

Aru,
Utube makes movies into the .FLV format (usually) and shrinks them if they think so automatically. You have no control over what happens to your video at Utube.
Phil.

[ARU]

thanks for the help currently uploading now

[Marcus]

Hi Aru

I use Adobe Premier (cheap off the shelf commercial editing software) to edit my videos. I have a small Sony HandyCam and a standard, old, desktop pc. When I have finished my project I save it firstly as an AVI file. This is for my own use to replay on my DVD/TV. Good quality but takes up huge amount of space. I then save the same clip/file as a Windows Media file. After I burn the AVI clip/s to a DVD I delete the all the video from my hard drive. My old coffee-grinder would never be able to store the huge amounts of data. Whereas the AVI of my last Harvard posting (today) was more then 1Gig my Windows Media copy that went to Youtube and to our list here was a tad more then 9 Mb. With the Youtube concept you will not get a sharper picture then the one we presently get. (Not for the foreseeable future at least) If we could all upload AVI files we would be able to see better quality but it would take days to upload larger video clips. Having said all of the above Youtube and similar sites do allow us to share videos that would have stayed in the closet in the past. I am married with two daughters. Nobody at home has a real interest in aircraft, tanks, ships etc… Here on the list I know are likeminded people that appreciate the time and effort one puts into making a short video clip on a topic we all find interesting.

That gives you some idea of what I do, hope it can help you? Would be interesting to hear what the other guys do?

All the best

Marcus

[FlyNavy]

Marcus,
YouTube serves a purpose. However if one wants to keep quality of video (I would recommend .WMV format for Windows users as final output - there are various quality settings) that can be viewed by majority of computer users, then a file download site (some specific to aviation) are available. The FREE sites are useful for private downloading to those in possession of the file URL. FileFront allows others to find the video if they go looking for it. There are many variations on this theme. It all depends on what you require.
Phil.

[ARU]

I dont have a problem with hard drive space at this time, having 2X250GB hardrives and one 120GB .
I quite like the file front website I have uploaded two short clips so far, and will start working on some compilations soon.


files.filefront.com/7245758

cheers

[FlyNavy]

Aru,
I'll have a look at the clip. Have downloaded the .WMV. Nice big prop whirling around in that one. :-)

Just posting this e-mail newsletter info that explains dissatisfaction with Utube and the .FLV format:

"Microsoft Shines its Silverlight on Adobe
by Paul Thurrott, [e-mail]

Microsoft yesterday announced a prerelease version of a new cross-
platform Web browser plug-in called Silverlight that will provide Web
designers with a way to add high-quality video and animations to their
sites. The technology competes directly with Adobe Flash and, to a
lesser extent, with Apple QuickTime. But this isn't the first time
Microsoft and Adobe have found themselves at odds with each other. The
release of Silverlight suggests that, at last, the gloves are off.

Adobe's Flash has been available for about a decade and, despite some
technical issues, it's become a de facto standard of sorts for
delivering animated content online. (In much the same way, Adobe PDF
has become an online standard for delivering documents.) In recent
years, Flash has been enhanced to deliver small, low-quality videos.
The success of this format can be seen on sites such as YouTube, which
has become so popular it was recently purchased by online goliath
Google.

Silverlight seeks to eliminate various Flash deficiencies by offering
much higher quality video and better in-player controls. Microsoft
says that Silverlight supports up to 720p video--1280 x 720
resolution--at much higher quality than is possible with Flash. And
unlike Flash, Silverlight won't require any expensive back-end servers
for companies wanting to roll out the technology. And surprisingly,
for a Microsoft product, Silverlight supports all major Web browsers,
including Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla Firefox, and even
Apple Safari, which runs only on the Mac."
Phil.