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Uber pissed at youtube, help needed.

  1. Gunblakes
    Date: Fri, Apr 25 2008 10:40:22

    Hi, I've tried uploading vids to youtube.com, and on several occasions, when I uploaded the file, and went to play it from youtube, it got cut from 15 seconds to 1 second. I have experienced this error previously with another vid, and it is really annoying me. I uploaded a .m4v file to youtube, using a MacBook, then I experienced this problem. However, when I use windows movie maker to upload the same file in .wmv format, weirdly enough, it works. sleep.gif Some help please?

  2. Rorix
    Date: Fri, Apr 25 2008 10:47:06

    If it works when you convert to wmv, isn't that a solution.

  3. Gunblakes
    Date: Fri, Apr 25 2008 11:05:42

    QUOTE (Rorix @ Apr 25 2008, 06:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    If it works when you convert to wmv, isn't that a solution.


    Crappy solution, wmv files are luse. Can someone explain why does youtube cut off my videos which are in a certain format?

  4. someone09
    Date: Fri, Apr 25 2008 12:11:54

    go contact them about it?

  5. 11Thrasher11
    Date: Fri, Apr 25 2008 22:54:59

    QUOTE (Gunblakes @ Apr 25 2008, 07:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Crappy solution, wmv files are luse. Can someone explain why does youtube cut off my videos which are in a certain format?


    What do you meen by luse? WMV is great.

  6. Gunblakes
    Date: Sat, Apr 26 2008 03:05:33

    QUOTE (11Thrasher11 @ Apr 25 2008, 05:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    What do you meen by luse? WMV is great.


    The quality isnt that great compared to other formats, IMO.

  7. nateiskewl
    Date: Sat, Apr 26 2008 03:53:18

    It all depends on the codecs. wink.gif

  8. iNoob
    Date: Sat, Apr 26 2008 04:56:20

    lol. i have no mac =D

  9. CaliMartinio
    Date: Sun, Apr 27 2008 18:50:23

    Why don't you just convert all your videos into wmv format then?

  10. stickytak
    Date: Sun, Apr 27 2008 23:17:01

    because the quality is bad apparently.. but it really doesnt matter because its youtube and itll screw your quality over anyways...

  11. Gunblakes
    Date: Tue, Apr 29 2008 14:56:26

    Just curious, which formats are the most common ones?

  12. pwnwner
    Date: Fri, May 2 2008 02:22:11

    QUOTE (Gunblakes @ Apr 29 2008, 10:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Just curious, which formats are the most common ones?



    I'm certain that the .wmv format is the most common video format used to upload videos to youtube. Just like you said, they work. If you want the quality to be high then you have to extend the video to 11 minutes long, there are quite a few videos that are 11 minutes long that have HIGH quality. Like the claymore intro video (11:00) and the meet Dave trailer (10:59). Both have kept their quality.

  13. Gunblakes
    Date: Sat, May 17 2008 05:01:43

    Ok, Ive just realised how much the quality of wmv/avi vids suck as compared to mov amd mpeg-4. And luckily, youtube is not allergic to my .mov vids. :>

  14. Sfsr
    Date: Sat, May 17 2008 09:27:51

    Well, youtube has to convert everything so it might have problems with some formats. If you need to convert something yourself so you can upload it, try to get your hands on VisualHub (it's for OS X), which is a really awesome video-conversion program.

  15. Gunblakes
    Date: Sat, May 17 2008 10:34:27

    QUOTE (Sfsr @ May 17 2008, 05:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Well, youtube has to convert everything so it might have problems with some formats. If you need to convert something yourself so you can upload it, try to get your hands on VisualHub (it's for OS X), which is a really awesome video-conversion program.


    Nah, I just realised that I could export movies in iMovie to most popular formats using the "Export with Quicktime Player" function. But I tried dling Visual Hub, its good. :>

  16. Lonefang
    Date: Sat, May 17 2008 14:06:34

    youtube is weird... they randomly cut everything