[Bill Dewald]

[David Roth Weiss] “When was the last time you actually used Youtube?”

Yikes! Definitely since that change. Boy is my face red.

Ok, in the name of science, I’m encoding a 5 minute test pattern at:

H.264 30 fps 640×480, 1400 kbps.

I’ll post it, and time

A. – How long it takes to upload

and

B. – How long it takes to become ‘viewable’ within youtube

I hope my six subscribers are ready for some Andy Warhol style fun.

Cheers – Bill

[Bill Dewald]

I haven’t played with it yet – but I should –

I’ve seen some friends’ videos on there, and they look pretty good.

The thing that gives me pause about any non-YouTube solution is the viral / sharing potential. This is off the top of my head, but I think that people are more likely to watch a video on YouTube than on a social networking site like Facebook or Myspace. Non-members of the sites may be hesitant to follow the link.

Also, YouTube is where people go to find video – so the chance of viewers finding you through a search or on a chart is probably higher there. Plus, there’s the embedding, etc. Maybe Facebook does this, too.

YouTube’s quality is pretty easy to beat (even with the arbitrary “High Quality” option). So, its definitely worth looking at other options if quality is important.

[Bill Dewald]

[Tom Brooks] “Found one on Kenstone but nothing on Cow. I coulda swore there was one.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/you_tube_redux_gary.html “

That’s probably the best that we’ve got – YouTube seems to change their technical bits quite often, and their instructions on posting leave a lot to be desired…

YouTube is definitely designed for the masses, not the high-end, quality seeking types like we all are…

I’ve always posted with settings based on broadband medium (in quicktime conversion):

320×240 (square), project native fps, 440 kb/s

I’ve found that Youtube can chew on files for a long time if you crank the quality (i.e. filesize) too high. I’ve seen it take over 24 hours on a file approaching the 100mb limit.

If you’re trying to time the appearance of your video in conjunction with a email blast / viral campaign, keep this in mind

– Bill

[Bill Dewald]

I’m sold – been meaning to pick up the DVD, and this thread reminded me…

just placed my order… I hope its great!

Viva the Cow!

[Bill Dewald]

archive.org

[Bill Dewald]

drop.io is free (up to 100mb per “drop”), and automatically transcodes QTs into flash.

[Bill Dewald]

Assuming this is DV – try applying the 4:1:1 Chroma Smoother – it fixed an extreme case for me.

[Bill Dewald]

Hi Walter, I need some advice on how to clean my gun. Will you assume that I’m about to commit a murder?

Lots of art, from the Dadists in the 1920s through Greg Gillis today have been made through appropriation of copyrighted material.

– Bill

PS – I really appreciate all of the advice that you give on the cow – it just kind of tweaks me when people criticize a question rather than answering it.

PPS – i realize that I’m guilty of the same… i just couldn’t get all the way through the massive block of text to read the whole OP…

[Bill Dewald]

Check under System Settings – see if “Limit Capture/Export File Segment Size” is enabled.

Cause it shouldn’t be.

What type of footage are you capturing?

[Bill Dewald]

What’s the big deal? As I read the comment from youtube, all that they are getting is the metrics on your video which are available publicly.

And, you are using their footage, which they have authorized. I don’t see the problem.