I have been for the last 2 days trying to put a video in my thread, for siome reason when I download it to flikr or youtube they say file is too big...Ihave seen videos running for 5-6 minutes in some threads mine is only about 20 seconds long and both say too big to upload and I can't find any help on the sites although I am sure it is there........HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how big is the file?

If you're trying to embed a playable video in a thread here in this forum...

...you can't. You can only link to where it's hosted.

If you're having trouble uploading it to YouTube, then the situation requires a bit more info about the way your video is formatted, starting with the file type and it's size.

---PCJ

I don't know how to tell how big it is...I mean the length? it is oly about 20 seconds in length, I have seen videos that last longer is that what determines the size? I videoed a train going about half way around my layout with my Sony digital camera then uploaded it to my e mail and that is where I downloaded it from to flikr and to You tube.

A 20 second video could be quite large depending on the resolution you captured it at.

I think this is a case where you will need to RTFM (Read The Fracking Manual) that came with your camera and editing software. Most video editing software these days has has a web/youtube mode that will reduce the file to 640x or 320x size for posting on the web.

You will also want the check with flickr and youtube for the limitations. If I am not mistaken you need to have a Flickr Pro account to host video there

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How do you get Flash player on a Blackberry? I have tried and cannot find a link for it? Any help guys?

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Originally posted by CSX Al:
How do you get Flash player on a Blackberry? I have tried and cannot find a link for it? Any help guys?

CSX Al, Unless something has changed in the last month or so, you cannot get Flash to work on a blackberry. I agree it is frustrating.

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I don't know how to tell how big it is...I mean the length?

the size of the file in kilobytes or megabytes. i am having trouble understanding that you went from your camera to email. usually, you go from camera to some video editing software that is either resident on the machine (like iMovie on a mac) or that came with the camera (usually on a CD). i don't know how you would go from camera to email.

if it actually is in email it must be as an attachment. check the email message for the size of the attachment.

i have a Sony digital video camera.
if you installed the software from the disk that came with your camera, you should be able to transfer the video to a file on your computer
once this is done, log in to your you tube account and upload the video file to you tube
sometimes you get a you tube "error" message saying the file did not transfer or can not be transferred...then check or re start your computer and try again.
once you get it uploaded to you tube then just post the link from the video to here on the forum, [copy the URL]
like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrMOYd0wL3Y

Phil,

I just recently started doing the videos and posted one on youtube and on photobucket, and then the second one just on youtube because it was too long for photobucket.

This is a .wmv video, which I did with Movie Maker It is 91,719 KB and lasts 4:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ext_from=PL&index=13

This is an .mpg video, which I did with VideoStudio Pro X2. It is 441,120KB and lasts 7:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpraPQXDAbg


good luck!

Alex

Sometimes, digital cameras produce video that is hilariously oversized (file wise). My Canon PowerShot SX-100IS produces nice camcorder-quality video, but looking at the file in Explorer reveals some eye-openers:

For a video that was exactly one minute: 99.5 Megabytes

Even though it's barely under YouTube's former 100 megabyte limit, that's waaaaaay too much data for a one-minute video. It would have to be run through a converter to make it suitable for YouTube (for example). Otherwise, you're just wasting a truckload of time uploading it, waiting for the video service to convert it, and most of the quality will be thrown away anyway.

I made a 4:31 video of my ES44AC locos on my test track. As an experiment, I converted it directly to the exact flavor of Flash Video that YouTube serves out to its viewers. The file size is only 17 megabytes for a video 4 1/2 times longer than the example above. And it was available immediately after uploading since YouTube didn't have to convert it.

I used a (freeware) program called Super© to make the conversion. While my experiment was severely scaled down to the point where it's a little pixelated compared to my older videos, you can still make a 20-second video a great deal smaller than how it comes right out of the camera.

---PCJ

Hey Railride,
I downloaded this to my computer but to use it says I need to register...with a cost of $39.

Go to download.com or jumbo.com and do a search for a video converter or editor and usually there are several freeware things that will do the trick.

You sure you got the right program? Super© is freeware. The proper address is:

http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html

And the proper link is "Download Super© setup file" near the bottom of the page. It is true that E-Rightsoft makes you trudge through about 2-3 pages of "look at what our program can do" testimonials before giving you the obscure-looking download link. You might have downloaded "AVS Video Converter" from one of the many ads littering their site. It's easier to hit one of their links than the proper one.

The program screen looks something like this (I'm using an older version--the newest one is dated 6/10/09):

The settings shown in this screenshot create a highly compressed Flash video identical to the ones YouTube served up before 2/2009 (Sorensen Spark/H.263 for the video geeks out there). It should be available for viewing immediately after uploading since YouTube won't need to convert it. The results from these settings came out a little pixelated on my ES44 video, so you may want to try increasing the video bitrate above the 336 I have it set at.

To use the program, just drag-and drop the video file in the box below, click 'Encode', and for this format, pick "FLV" when it asks you which flavor of Flash video you want. The converted file will be found in Super©'s program folder, under C:\Program Files\eRightSoft\SUPER\OutPut (you can change where converted videos end up using the settings menu that comes up when you right-click on the program window)

---PCJ