I am nothing close to an authority on videos but have done a few and maybe can offer some insight and tricks I have learned - speaking at a very amateur level.
I know that many cameras will record a huge file, but after being simply loaded into Windows Movie Maker then Saved at Best Quality setting, they end up much smaller.
For example, my Canon A540 will use 2 Gb in 17 minutes when setting on the higher quality 640 x 480 but I prefer to shoot that way rather than the 320 x 240 I think is the alternate setting. However...
1-It Saves at Best Quality at 100+ Mb;
2-With a change on the pop-up as illustrated below, one can set a video to save at 9 or 10 Mb and it will probably save somewhat smaller than that. (Actual results will vary; sometimes it's "try this, then try that.")
A video downloaded from camera at 2 GB saved at 9.9 Mb would be very fuzzy I am sure, but - a 2 minute vid shot at 640 x 480 on my Canon would probably download at around 240 Mb, then could probably be saved at around 17 Mb on Best Quality - but would still be okay at 9.9 Mb. I have done heavier compressions on WMM and they weren't bad.
A 2 minute vid shot at 320 x 240 would probably download from my same camera at around around 60 Mb, and could then be compressed on WMM to under 10 Mb ok. I'd rather shoot in 640 x 480 then compress to under 10 Mb later in edit, tho - just explaining some options.
Beezwax, I don't know what problem you encountered. Screen shots of Error Messages help. Dukeh20, you might try compressing a video to under 10 Mb and see how it plays?
Now I did notice that the new limits for loaded are quoted at "2000k file size limit. ZIP file uploads allowed (10.00mb limit)" so you may have to put the video in a Zip file first. I tried loaded a 7.62 video...
1-Straight into a Test Album I have: no luck
2-In a Zip into that same Album: no luck
3-Straight into my Members photos: It said it loaded okay, but I don't see it and the Gallery Search may not be working
4-In a Zip into my Members photos: Same failure.
Instructions indicate that you can upload
"jpg,jpeg,png,gif
mpeg,mpg,avi,asf,wmv,mov"
So I am thinking we
do have a problem.
Well, even tho I did not manage to load one, I do hope that gives you some help - and maybe Howard can be here soon to help us with uploading...
