Charolotte Caxton Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi :)So I experimented with making my first video and now I am completely baffled as how to upload it to youtube so that I can post it here.I tried reading the youtube forums and now I am more confused.My video is AVI format. When I try to upload it to youtube it sits at 0% uploaded forever. I have tried a video that is under 2GB and also one that was over 2GB with the advanced uploader. Same results.Advice?Thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Advice? Seems I am never short of that. I would try uploading to another site. Google "youtube alternatives" and see if that gets you anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Isn't the only way to post a video here is by using youtube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Thank you Coronet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Evidently not. Here is a video from metacafe, no. 1 on the list of the top ten alternatives to youtube. It's about shoes made from hair. Thought you might like it since ladies usually like shoes and hair. Shoes Made From Hair - The funniest home videos are here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 How did you do that? When I try to upload a video, I only see youtube as an option. YouTube Video URL Please enter a YouTube URL. The URL format is 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123', where 'abc123' is the ID of a YouTube video that you can embed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Upload your video first to metacafe, not to SL. Metacafe will provide you the code to embed your video on a website. Copy that code, come here, and hit the reply button. Then click the HTML tab and paste the code you copied from metacafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 ohhhhhhhhh. cool. Thanks! How come everyone else posts with youtube videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Name recognition I guess. It's the power of branding. Does it solve your problem though? Are you able to upload you video to metacafe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Don't know yet, I will try later. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinkerer Melville Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 You viideo in AVI is too big. Your can compress it. Here simple instructions on how to make a video from SL and post it to YouTube; Vidder Maker Workshop http://thinkerer.org/Background/BakSiteMap.htm Thinkerer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Darkstone Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I've had that 0% bug happen (once) before. I just used a different browser and it uploaded fine... I don't believe it has anything to do with file size or type, but how tempermental YouTube's flaky uploader is that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I was going to post that I upload avi files to youtube and they do take a long time, but not forever. And as Janelle says, it does depend how flaky youtube is being that day. Stick with it Charolotte is what I say. You'll succeed in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Thanks, Marigold How long is a long time, and also, did I read somewhere that because of the compression of the AVI file that quality of playback in youtube suffers? Hi, Janelle, I tried chrome and IE9, both sat at 0 any recommended browser? Mr. Melville, thanks for the lessons! I got stuck at gate 2 but I am downloading Movie Maker now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 In all honesty I don't know how long exactly. My vids are usually pretty short, about a minute and a half, and they can take from 10 minutes upwards to upload. I usually leave the PC to it and go off doing other things while a video uploads. And I use IE9 browser usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Darkstone Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 The one time it happened to me I was using Chrome. I switched to Firefox and sent it up moments later without issue. The next question is; how large is the avi file? (if it's a *huge* file, depending on your connection it might be a long time before you'll see 1%...) Try speedtest.net to get an idea of your download/upload speeds and let us know the result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 I actually tried speedtest the other day, here were my results: 80ms 15.1 download .37 upload 81 7.5 .37 77 8.86 .37 I did it three times for an average. Don't know why the first reading was so high, but the upload speed are constant. Are these readings average? Oh and I did them from me to San Fran. as to how large is the file, I tried under 2 GB and over 2 under 3 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Darkstone Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I fully expect one of the more technical forumites to come along and correct me, but I'm estimating your upload connection might send an average 50 meg file to YouTube in about 8-12 minutes. Or so. :smileywink: Now, if you're not sure about the size, how long (in minutes) is the avi file in question? If it's an uncompressed avi format, it could be very, very large and take a long, long, long time to upload in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Oh hi. I am not unsure about the size. I tried different sizes, some under 2 GB in size, some larger than 2GB. Precisely, they were 2.73 GB, 596 MB, and 2.68 GB. So at a rate of 10 minutes per 50 megs, I'm looking at approx...a long time. I think I'll try the compressing to smaller size suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Ok, so I got it posted. Solution: downloaded Windows Movie Maker for free. It has an option that allows you to tell it where you are going to share the video, I told it youtube. It converts it, then uploads it for you. It was way simple and I am so excited. You can watch here : my first video Thank you all so much for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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