Admin nuggethunting Posted August 27, 2008 Admin Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Hello All, Recently I've been trying to attach some short nuggethunting video clips to a new website page I built. I can't seem to get a "happy-medium" on what I'm trying to do. I can run them from Youtube or another upload site, but trying to get away from a visitor having to see them through Youtube or such. I figured out how to load them on my site, but I'm having trouble with formats. Some of the videos that I have taken are only 1-2 minutes in lenght, but are up to 25MB in size. This video's take forever to download from the page for the public to view. Any suggestions on what format I should use. When I'm using Microsoft Widow Movie Maker, these are some of my choices. However, some of the smaller, quicker downloadable files are really choppy .... WMM File (very large, orignal size of video, but much longer download time)Local Playback 2.1 MbpsLocal Playback 1.5 MbpsLocal Playback 2.1 Mbps NTSCLocal Payback 1.5 Mbps NTSCVideo for LAN (1.0 Mbps)Video for Broadband 512 KbpsVideo for Broadband 340 KbpsVideo for Broadband 150 KpbsAny suggestions? Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubstake Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Rob, I'd say Flak is the expert on that. But I think he use's MAC. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2cool Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Hi Rob, I can't help you, but your youtube videos are pretty nice. You may ask Rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdavis13 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Hi Rob, I use VirtualDub (free) to compress my videos using the Divx codec (also free) and you end up with an .avi file that is greatly diminished in size and looks and plays really good. These will play with Windows Media player and most any other third party players. It takes a little time to get set up with all the necessary tools, but when you get it set up, it compresses and saves relatively quickly. If you're interested, email me and I'll give you a list of what you need, where to find it, and how to get it set up.Later,Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Yup, I agree with Carl, even though I'm on a mac.Your videos need to be compressed to play on the web, something that YouTube does automatically.Maybe read up alittle bit on compression methods for the kind of video you're shooting.You probably know your video camera footage winds up on tape in a form that is 'way too large for just putting on the net, so a compression program is a must.I know QuickTime has an "export for web" as an export choice, and it's a fair starting point.Perhaps you can find something like that for Windows MediaPlayer.I would take Carl up on his offer to guide you to the right software programs.Once you get that taken care of and mess with it alittle bit, the workflow is pretty easy.I will also bet that Joe Kaufman would be a good source of advice...Let us know...Flak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xterra Bob Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Or you can embed youtube videos into the forum posts using bbcode. Using youtube will greatly reduce the load on your server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vini Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 need a post delete button sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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