Uploading videos to the forum?

baz

Hi, is there a topic on how to post a video to the forum. Preferred format, image diminsions, max size, etc?
Did a search but couldn't find anything.
Cheers
Baz

cotty

For Screenr videos, you only have to copy the last part of the videolink and paste it like this:

[screenr]rviH[/screenr]

Gaieus

Hi Baz,

There is this BBvideo tag you can use. When you are on YouTube or Vimeo, simply copy the URL of the video and insert it between the tags like below:

[BBvideo 640,480]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMN_cfCSFWw[/BBvideo]

Make sure that you insert it as http, not https otherwise it does not work.
A YouTube example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMN_cfCSFWw

A Vimeo example (again, deleting the "s" from https):

http://vimeo.com/81616727

There is no special uploading rule if you want to upload here and not on a video sharing site butz since we have attachment size limits, it may be too small for a video.

baz

Hi guys, wasn't thinking of YouTube Epic Fails or similar. Want to share a 'CamStudio' vid.
IE: a video screen capture of a SU process.
baz

Gaieus

I see - but nothing prevents you from uploading it to YT first, does it? On YT, you can upload a video to be "unlisted" - i.e. it won't appear under your videos nor will it be searchable. I have a few videos - screen-captured with CamStudio actually - uploaded to YT myself.

Again: videos can be extremely large files. Sites like YT or Vimeo have a very good and fast CDN all over the world so videos from their sites stream much faster than downloading anything uploaded here.

baz

Hey Gai, I'm being a bit thick here, but are you saying that if one wants to share a vid on the forum, one first loads it to YouTube, then one embed's it in one's post?

Sorry about all the 'one's. I had an attack of grammar:)

Gaieus

@baz said:

Hey Gai, I'm being a bit thick here, but are you saying that if one wants to share a vid on the forum, one first loads it to YouTube, then one embed's it in one's post?
...

Well, yes, basically.

Or do what Box suggests - or there is also Jing which also has some instant sharing options.

Box

If ewe just want to do quick vid captures, have a look at Screenr, it's a web based capture program that is free and can be easily posted here. Ewe record what ewe want and it gives ewe a link to place in a post.
http://www.screenr.com

Also as it's not installed on your computer ewe simply log int it from any computer and use it.

Sorry about the ewe's, I had an attack of kiwi.

baz

Thanks chaps, Jing or Screenr sound just the ticket.

@box said:

Sorry about the ewe's, I had an attack of kiwi.