Uploading to YouTube
If your Standard Definition film is less than 9 minutes long you do not need
any preparation. If it is High Definition or longer than 9 minutes you have
prepared it by reducing the picture size and compressing it (see the links
at the foot of this page for details of what this entails). Now to get your
movie onto the web.
Create an account
Create a free account with YouTube
(www.youtube.com) When
you have filled in the online forms head for the video section. You will
find a page with an "upload" button on it.
Either drag and drop your movie file onto the panel or click the "Upload
video" button and browse your hard drive to find the file.
Note there is also an option to record direct from your webcam which may
be useful for those making video blogs. Elsewhere there are links to upload
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YouTube starts to upload the video at once. The thermometer display shows
how much has already gone up while the pictures indicate how much has been
processed by YouTube ready for offering on the web.
Note that the name of the file appears as the default video title.
Usually you will want to change this. |
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While the fiilm uploads choose a proper title and write a
description. YouTube users will see the title and description if your
movie is made public.
Add "tags" - words people might type to find your movie.You might include
your club name if relevant.
Category - choose from the list which appears when you click the arrow.
Privacy - usually leave this on the first setting.
Licence: Standard means you retain ownership of your video
but allow YouTube to make it available for viewing. Creative Commons
means you retain ownership but allow anyone permission to use your work or
remix it as long as they give you credit.
Finally click "Save Changes". |
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When your video has uploaded and been processed by YouTube you see a
message like this.
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| I usually go back to the top right of the screen to my account details
and click on "videos" ... |
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The list of films I have uploaded appears with several options beside them.
Click Edit. This does not allow you to edit the movie! It does let
you can set more of the conditions you want to apply to this video.
How you set those is up to you. I usually say NO to everything except
embedding and syndication.
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The Privacy option "private" means only people you specify by email
address or YouTube Username can see it. Some video makers use that to allow
others on their crew to see a rough cut before the film is finished. A common
use is to let a composer - one in another State or another country - see
the final assembly in order to prepare music for it. But once the film is
finished it makes sense to choose "public".
Like so many internet things uploading sounds complicated, but when you have
done it once, it becomes easy.
Note to webmasters
YouTube's embedding code
| <object width="425"
height="344">
<param name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DsrZzaOljWU&hl=en&fs=1">
</param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
</param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
</param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DsrZzaOljWU&hl=en&fs=1"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true" width="425"
height="344">
</embed>
</object> |
width and height - we show these in bold red type here for clarity
- they indicate the size the movie will appear on your website. You can change
these figures provided you keep the right ratio and change both to the same
size. The height is 25 pixels more than you might expect, but this is
to allow for the playback controls on the display.
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