Preparing a movie for upload to youTube.
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From: dorayme on 15 Jan 2010 16:50 I have a DVD (all legal, amateur video though it has been be prepared by a process I have no clue about) that plays fine on a TV and also on my Mac. It simply opens in DVD player on Tiger. Someone has asked me to load it to youTube because they have been unable to. I can see it looks tricky! Any suggestions as to how this is to be done, it is already somehow prepared as a streaming process. Looks like this on my file directory: <http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/justPics/dvd.png> Do I just try to load up the big component? Or do I prepare this whole thing a certain way? Appreciate any instructions that are specific and easy to follow. -- dorayme
From: Beli on 16 Jan 2010 04:19 In article <doraymeRidThis-691D31.08502016012010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > I have a DVD (all legal, amateur video though it has been be prepared by > a process I have no clue about) that plays fine on a TV and also on my > Mac. It simply opens in DVD player on Tiger. Someone has asked me to > load it to youTube because they have been unable to. I can see it looks > tricky! > > Any suggestions as to how this is to be done, it is already somehow > prepared as a streaming process. Looks like this on my file directory: > > <http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/justPics/dvd.png> > > Do I just try to load up the big component? Or do I prepare this whole > thing a certain way? Appreciate any instructions that are specific and > easy to follow. Here's the YouTube handbook: http://www.youtube.com/t/yt_handbook_home You will have to upload the movie (extension .mov or something similar) itself, not a folder. If you have a movie that will sit on your desktop (or anywhere else) as a movie that plays in your finder it should be ready for upload to YouTube.
From: dorayme on 16 Jan 2010 14:45 In article <160120101019586136%baiheli.pip(a)xs4all.nl>, Beli <baiheli.pip(a)xs4all.nl> wrote: > In article <doraymeRidThis-691D31.08502016012010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > I have a DVD (all legal, amateur video though it has been be prepared by > > a process I have no clue about) that plays fine on a TV and also on my > > Mac. It simply opens in DVD player on Tiger. Someone has asked me to > > load it to youTube because they have been unable to. I can see it looks > > tricky! > > > > Any suggestions as to how this is to be done, it is already somehow > > prepared as a streaming process. Looks like this on my file directory: > > > > <http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/justPics/dvd.png> > > > > Do I just try to load up the big component? Or do I prepare this whole > > thing a certain way? Appreciate any instructions that are specific and > > easy to follow. > > You will have to upload the movie (extension .mov or something similar) > itself, not a folder. I know, that is why I posted the question. It is more about suggestions to convert it and what I should need at the minimum to get or buy to do this. I have QT Pro, Streamclip (but not any paid extras from Apple like MPEG-2 Playback Component). I can't actually play (not that I know how) the movie from the files as copied to my desktop but I can play it in DVD player from the CD, it just triggers the app... -- dorayme
From: Warren Oates on 16 Jan 2010 17:19 In article <doraymeRidThis-894D0E.06453017012010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > I know, that is why I posted the question. It is more about suggestions > to convert it and what I should need at the minimum to get or buy to do > this. I have QT Pro, Streamclip (but not any paid extras from Apple like > MPEG-2 Playback Component). I can't actually play (not that I know how) > the movie from the files as copied to my desktop but I can play it in > DVD player from the CD, it just triggers the app... Uploading is just uploading. Do you really need YouTube? Why not embed the video on your own site? At any rate, you need to convert your (muxed) VOB to something YouTube users can display at home; fLv is the most used. You can do it with Streamclip, but I think you need to give the Apple bandits their MPEG 2 tax (or just steal the thing). You can also get ffmpeg to do it, which means that FLV can probably be coaxed into it -- I haven't tried that. Note that flv uses mp3 for audio, at specific framerates, and you may have to mess around with the (video) bitrate to get the quality you need. This will work: ffmpeg -i VTS_01_1.VOB -ar 44100 test.flv and for me converts a 600 meg VOB to a 50 meg flv. Lousy bitrate though, but your VOB is smaller. ffmpeg -i VTS_03_1.VOB -vb 1024k -ar 44100 test.flv does the same thing, doubles the bitrate. You can see where this is going. YMMV. Ffmpeg is an extremely powerful tool, worth learning the command line just for that. There's some GUI tool front-ends for it you can look for. Look at the "Advanced Open File" dialogue in flv; click the "Streaming/Saving" box and see what transpires. Most here've got me killfiled -- no loss to me really. Specially that Mezei clown pepper. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Warren Oates on 16 Jan 2010 17:29
In article <00ce0ae5$0$23362$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Look at the "Advanced Open File" dialogue in flv; click the > "Streaming/Saving" box and see what transpires. Sorry, that should read "dialogue in VLC." -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer |