[arcticsid]

I find lots of good videos on You Tube and tons of other places and want to pass them along to share with my family and friends.

Some of these are like 30MB.

I use Any Video Coverter and it seems to be a good program. Works great for some applications.

Yesterday, I downloaded a video from You Tube, it came as an MPEG-4, it was 30 MB, I converted it to WMV, it was still 30 MB.

Most emils, I THINK, wont let you download or upload more than 50MB. I have a nephew in Germany, and his provider only allows 5MB downloads, so for him the reduction necessary is significant. But for the rest of the would be recipients like yahoo, hotmail, etc, their limit may be larger.

So, how is it people upload these size files to You Tube or other sites?

I am not talking about forwarding the link.

I mean I have the "file", I want to send it, as an independent "file".

I am not extremely familiar with different formats, but just want to send along a funny or cool video and make someone smile once in a while.

What is the best format I can use just to get the smallest size necessary use to send it on?

Quality is important, just dont want it to be so fuzzy, that the image is unrecognizable.

While we are on the subject, how or where can I learn about the different video formats, and the differences between them, and their respective uses?

Thanks as always in advance.

TROY(sid)

[Flashorn]

Hey Troy !


Well, you could Rar the file : English (64 bit)
I believe this is a 40 day trial.

Or you could Torrent the file and give the recipient the link to theTorrent file

Or you could upload to DropBox and give the recipient the account password

https://www.dropbox.com/features

Or you could upload to a Cyberlocker like depositFiles : http://depositfiles.com/

The last two, you'll have to open an account but, it's free.

Gmail will allow attachments of 25 Mbs. I think they are only ones to offer so much.

Lots of possibilities.



FLASHORN.

This post has been edited by Flashorn: 09 August 2012 - 02:19 AM

[arcticsid]

Flashorn, on 09 August 2012 - 02:17 AM, said:

Hey Troy !


Well, you could Rar the file : English (64 bit)
I believe this is a 40 day trial.

Or you could Torrent the file and give the recipient the link to theTorrent file

Or you could upload to DropBox and give the recipient the account password

https://www.dropbox.com/features

Or you could upload to a Cyberlocker like depositFiles : http://depositfiles.com/

The last two, you'll have to open an account but, it's free.

Gmail will allow attachments of 25 Mbs. I think they are only ones to offer so much.

Lots of possibilities.



FLASHORN.

I always thought RAR/TORRENT were file sharing sites like Limewire, Foxwire etc, were people posted things that were illegal. Don't get me wrong, I have, I never will, and if I find out, I would never pass along any one any info on any illegal ways to get things on any of these sites.

I swear I have never been to either of these sites.

If I can shrink an image from 1MB to 215KB, how come I cant shrink a video down?

This post has been edited by arcticsid: 09 August 2012 - 02:37 AM

[Flashorn]

Hy Troy !

First of all, Torrenting is Not illegal. You can download all the Torrents you want as long as they are not copyrighted material.
YouTube videos that are not copyrighted can be Rared and put up at any torrent site. I just wish people would stop saying
that Torrents are illegal. It's a better , faster and free way to share files. Put all of your pictures in a Rar file and upload to a
Torrent site. Give the recipient a link to that Torrent and they can download. Nothing wrong with that. You can also password
your files so that no one else has access to them. Security first. I find that isoHunt is one of the best.

I personally like DropBox. I upload music and my youngest has the password to the site and downloads directly from there.
You will have 2 Gigabytes of FREE space to play with. That's allot of 30mb YouTubes. Simple , fast and secure.

Shrinking a video depends on what format you choose to view in. WMV and VOB files are among the biggest files that you can
produce. Of course, you also want quality. You can downsize a video by trans-coding it (converting) to a smaller size container
such as MKV or MP4. AVI or xVid will have about the same size but, the quality might suffer especially if it's in HD

If you have a good video converter, you can try different formats and see which ones will yield best results.

I use Daniusoft DRM Converter (not free) and it does a wonderful job of trans-coding what I need too.

Rars are used by companies and individuals that want to transfer large files from one place to another. Rar files will also be smaller in size but,
not that much. The safety aspect of this format is what is appealing. Like I said, you can password the files so that only
you and the recipient can open them.

So, lots of possibilities Troy.



FLASHORN.

[arcticsid]

Flashorn, on 09 August 2012 - 03:02 AM, said:

Hy Troy !

First of all, Torrenting is Not illegal. You can download all the Torrents you want as long as they are not copyrighted material.
YouTube videos that are not copyrighted can be Rared and put up at any torrent site. I just wish people would stop saying
that Torrents are illegal. It's a better , faster and free way to share files. Put all of your pictures in a Rar file and upload to a
Torrent site. Give the recipient a link to that Torrent and they can download. Nothing wrong with that. You can also password
your files so that no one else has access to them. Security first. I find that isoHunt is one of the best.

I personally like DropBox. I upload music and my youngest has the password to the site and downloads directly from there.
You will have 2 Gigabytes of FREE space to play with. That's allot of 30mb YouTubes. Simple , fast and secure.

Shrinking a video depends on what format you choose to view in. WMV and VOB files are among the biggest files that you can
produce. Of course, you also want quality. You can downsize a video by trans-coding it (converting) to a smaller size container
such as MKV or MP4. AVI or xVid will have about the same size but, the quality might suffer especially if it's in HD

If you have a good video converter, you can try different formats and see which ones will yield best results.

I use Daniusoft DRM Converter (not free) and it does a wonderful job of trans-coding what I need too.

Rars are used by companies and individuals that want to transfer large files from one place to another. Rar files will also be smaller in size but,
not that much. The safety aspect of this format is what is appealing. Like I said, you can password the files so that only
you and the recipient can open them.

So, lots of possibilities Troy.



FLASHORN.

all right I will look into drop box and educate yself more on what torrent and rar means, cause truthfully, I honestly dont know.

Thanks as always for all your help you have given me, and the help you give to all of everyone else. You have no idea hat it means to allof us. YOU, and every other "consultant" on this forum. It doesnt go unrecognized.


Sid

Peace Out

[coastie65]

Simple. Once you have what you want, compress the files and send them. Just make sure the Receipient has the app to Uncompress them.

[arcticsid]

coastie65, on 09 August 2012 - 07:24 AM, said:

Simple. Once you have what you want, compress the files and send them. Just make sure the Receipient has the app to Uncompress them.

What program are you thinking of Coastie, I may have one to do it, and if my nephew doesnt I want to recomend one to him, does it have to be the exact same program for both of us?

I am guessing we are talking about "ZIP" programs

So do you have a particular programm(s) that might be good for this, were talking about funny video type of stuff, just family stuff,just to attach to an email anything more serious Ill just burn to a disk
and look into a "serious" compression program.

This post has been edited by arcticsid: 09 August 2012 - 11:54 AM

[LiveBrianD]

Fyi, compressed videos and images generally don't compress - you won't loose any of the file size doing that.

[smax013]

Flashorn, on 09 August 2012 - 02:17 AM, said:

Or you could upload to DropBox and give the recipient the account password

https://www.dropbox.com/features

There is no need to give another person your DropBox account password.

If you want to share just one file, you can create a "link" to it that ANYONE can use (whether they be Dropbox users or not). See this "help" document: https://www.dropbox.com/help/16/en

You can also "share" folders with other DropBox users. By going this route, as soon as you "drop" a file in a shared folder, it will just "magically appear" in the other person's DropBox account and if they have the DropBox sync application installed on their computer, it will automatically download and appear on their computer (if you have it set to do that).

[smax013]

arcticsid, on 09 August 2012 - 01:58 AM, said:

I find lots of good videos on You Tube and tons of other places and want to pass them along to share with my family and friends.

Some of these are like 30MB.

I use Any Video Coverter and it seems to be a good program. Works great for some applications.

Yesterday, I downloaded a video from You Tube, it came as an MPEG-4, it was 30 MB, I converted it to WMV, it was still 30 MB.

Most emils, I THINK, wont let you download or upload more than 50MB. I have a nephew in Germany, and his provider only allows 5MB downloads, so for him the reduction necessary is significant. But for the rest of the would be recipients like yahoo, hotmail, etc, their limit may be larger.

So, how is it people upload these size files to You Tube or other sites?

I am not talking about forwarding the link.

I mean I have the "file", I want to send it, as an independent "file".

I am not extremely familiar with different formats, but just want to send along a funny or cool video and make someone smile once in a while.

What is the best format I can use just to get the smallest size necessary use to send it on?

Quality is important, just dont want it to be so fuzzy, that the image is unrecognizable.

While we are on the subject, how or where can I learn about the different video formats, and the differences between them, and their respective uses?

Thanks as always in advance.

TROY(sid)

The easiest way is to use a service like DropBox (or Google Drive or Microsoft SkyDrive...or any number of other such services)...as others have suggested. Most such services have some sort of "sharing" function. All three mentioned have some level of free service (generally you will have more limited storage space...but can pay for more).

If you have not signed up for a DropBox account, then feel free to use this referral link as it will give you (and me ) 500 MB of additional storage space.