Just a further to the above, I've been toying with Screen Recorder(gotta say, it leaves a lot to be desired), with the idea of uploading, not to YouTube, but to these forum pages, a few "How-To" videos of my own. I've been considering a video on a subject I posted "many moons ago" where I gave a step-by-step guide to appearing and disappearing like a ghost. I'm figuring that an MPEG2 file might be a bit large for such an upload, and might also create difficulties for the downloader, so I require a video file type that gives a reasonable image quality but keeps the file size small enough for safe upload/download. As to Screen Recorder, I'm going to have to useit, in spite of its shortcomings, as part of my production "toolkit".

Any Ideas?

Neil.

I would limit the size of the forum uploads to somewhere less than about 12 Megabytes.

The forum servers are slow, downloading a large video file takes forever. Not to mention the time it takes to upload.

Mpeg-4 makes for smaller video files that Mpeg-2. The smallest file size is WMV for the same resolution and bitrate. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi, Carl!

Okay, I won't upload the other item(the first-play) just yet, as it is 18.5 migabytes. I'll wait until I can convert it to a respectable-quality WMV file. When I figue that out, then I'll use that as my guide to the grade of WMV that I need to upload these short "how-To" videos I wish to produce.

Cheers!

Neil.

Hello!

Experimentation with grades of WMV files, has led me almost to abandon the project outright. I tried the first setting(300kb/s) produced a woeful result that I won't inflict on anyone(file size 1.4mb but unusable). Second attempt resulted in a file too large to upload(80-odd megabythes - ouch!). A third attempt gave me good quality(2mb/s) and a file size of 9.12megabytes(as stored on my computer), so I'll upload that attempt and suggest to downloaders that you convert to MPEG2 before use. The background music is from a PD8 menu page, the graphics include the scan of the playing surface of a DVD rotating counter-clockwise at 1440 degrees(360 dexgees X 4) with the title rotating clockwise at the same rate. Backdrop is a purple colour board and, from Particle Room, #1.Star(with background removed so colour board can be seen). The item is available below for download. I note the size is slightly larger on the upload, that's just part of the process, I guess.

Cheers!

Neil

Neil,

Why not just link to YouTube? Regards,
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Richmond Dan's suggestion is what most of us do. We upload to Youtube or some other Video hosting site.

As to the WMV format that is good quality and small size, 1280 x 720/30p at 6 Mbps. Or you can go higher resolution 1920 x1080/30p 10Mbps.

Then a link to the video can be posted on the forum. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

"Richmond Dan's suggestion is what most of us do."

I lived in Texas for 20 years, Carl...you can just call me Dan. Regards,
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Quote: "Richmond Dan's suggestion is what most of us do."

I lived in Texas for 20 years, Carl...you can just call me Dan.

You live in Virginia now. So when did you move?

Actually I used to live in Nashville, TN.

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Hi, Dan & Carl!

The simple answer there is: I don't have a YouTube channel, and after all the talk on this forum(in other threads) of late, this way, I avoid all the grief of trying to prove copyright was cleared for the music contained therein. Plus, it's easier to download from here than it might be from YouTube. As to the music, I derived it from a Power Director 8 menu page file. I found the music by chance while delving into the PD8 component files, and I copy-pastedthem into a folder that I labeled "Audio Grabs". With all that talk about copyright and the grief that YouTube has apparently given so many of its contributors, I wanted no part of that, so I uploaded to this forum thread so I could make it available to anyone who liked it and wanted to use it themselves.

Cheers!

Neil.

On finishing writing this post, I noted my first-play has had 6 downloads! To the 6 who downloaded, enjoy! And thank you for taking the time to download.

Hi, All!

At time of writing, the number of downloads of my little first-play clip has been increased to 7. I have retained the original MPEG2 version on my computer hard-drive but do I also need to retain the WMV version? If it's uploaded to wherever it goes to, is it safe to remove the WMV version from my computer as I really only want to retain the original MPEG2 clip?

Cheers!

Neil.

Quote: Hi, All!

At time of writing, the number of downloads of my little first-play clip has been increased to 7. I have retained the original MPEG2 version on my computer hard-drive but do I also need to retain the WMV version? If it's uploaded to wherever it goes to, is it safe to remove the WMV version from my computer as I really only want to retain the original MPEG2 clip?

Cheers!

Neil.

As long as you have the original video, you can recreate any format you wish.

You only need the original, although backups are recommended. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi, Carl!

I only created the WMV version for upload purposes as it had a smaller file size in order to facilitate easier upload. My question, perhaps I need to rephrase it, is: Now that I've uploaded the WMV version, do I need to retain it here on my computer so that anyone who downloads it won't get hit with a "file does not exist" warning? Or is it safe to delete the WMV version?

Cheers!

Neil.

Quote: Hi, Carl!

I only created the WMV version for upload purposes as it had a smaller file size in order to facilitate easier upload. My question, perhaps I need to rephrase it, is: Now that I've uploaded the WMV version, do I need to retain it here on my computer so that anyone who downloads it won't get hit with a "file does not exist" warning? Or is it safe to delete the WMV version?

Cheers!

Neil.

You can. If you saved a PDS after you created the WMV, Project open may ask, you can safely click Ignore. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

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Hi, Barry & Carl!

Thanks for the info. The WMV is a conversion from the MPEG2(dragged the MPEG2 original onto the timeline then "produced" as a WMV file). And as I said, the only reason or the conversion was so I could upload it without too much grief and it would be available for download to anyone who wants it. Now that I know it's safe to dump the WMV version, I'll hang on to the original MPEG2 version and send the WMV to the recycle bin. As you know, I don't save PDS files(I know you've been critical in the past about my method), I keep the raw video content in a folder, be it MPEG2 or MP4, or even AVCHD, edit it in one session, then produce my "final" version as an MPEG2 file rendered in DVD SP grade so that I can put it on disc along with other material I've produced. I've no need of the PDS files, I only ever require to have the original raw video content, straight off my camera's SD cards.

Cheers!

Neil.

Quote: I've created a little animated clip that can be used as a first-play

Neil,

Please excuse if this is "off topic" to your spinning disc upload and query.

But as an alternative treatment to your spinning disc/record album upload, have you also considered a revolving disc/ record album? It can (to a degree) be accomplished in the Title Room via a 3DLike font manipulation. I'm sure you've discovered this method does have limited options. Image prep is necessary, and it can be labor intensive depending on the desired outcome. A quickie mockup example can be viewed here …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQENY0WZe8

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Quote: I've created a little animated clip that can be used as a first-play

Neil,

Please excuse if this is "off topic" to your spinning disc upload and query.

But as an alternative treatment to your spinning disc/record album upload, have you also considered a revolving disc/ record album? It can (to a degree) be accomplished in the Title Room via a 3DLike font manipulation. I'm sure you've discovered this method does have limited options. Image prep is necessary, and it can be labor intensive depending on the desired outcome. A quickie mockup example can be viewed here …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQENY0WZe8

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Hi, Cranston! How's it goin'?

I thank you for the suggestion, but in relation to this first-play, I've kept the animation simple, the disc revolving anti-clockwise and the title revolving clockwise, the PD14 sliding in from left, flipping and sliding out to the left. The disc is a DVD, I scanned the "business" side of a defunct disc(failed burn), which, when scanned provided a sort-of "psychedelic" colour effect. I had considered an LP record or a 45rpm single but the representation of such a disc would suggest a music video, which is not represented in the content of the videos that I've shot of late. Somewhere down the "track"(pun intended.... ouch!) I may try to create a music video DVD(if I can pull together enough content), where a spinning LP or single would be an appropriate image. Basically, what I'm saying is: it depends on the nature of a DVD's contents, what sort of first-play clip should be used, in my case, it's home movies.

Cheers!

Neil.