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[Ernest B.]

Hi, total Newbie to video editing here.  I have an experimental motorcycle that a friend made a video of with a hi-resolution Sony camera.  I pulled out 2 minutes of footage that I want to post on youTube, but this short vid gets rejected because it's too big.  I saw a similar question in the archives, but didn't understand the answer, so need to start from scratch.  YouTube limits are 10 megs and 10 minutes.   I'm thinking that my 2 minutes  with 138 megs must be because of very high pixel count, i.e., high resolution for large screen size.   One friend said to go into my vid. editor Tools and select "make smaller", just as I would a .jpg still photo, but I have not been able to find any such command in Roxio Easy Media Creator.  I don't know the version, it doesn't say in my tiny instruction book.  Do I have this option to turn my 2 minute vid. file into a 10 meg or 5 meg or 2 meg rough sample to post on youTube?   The owner of the camera is not available, so I'll have to find out what file type this is, another way.

Sorry to be so backward here, gotta start somewhere.  Any help appreciated.

Ernest B.

[ggrussell]

From YouTube:
What video file formats can I upload?
YouTube accepts video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in the .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG file formats.

You're best bet is output to WMV. There are more choices in Videowave.  Load your file into Videowave and choose OUTPUT TO FILE (looks like a reel of film).  I think I chose Windows Media 9 320X240 VBR for a video that I uploaded awhile back.

Edited by ggrussell, 24 September 2007 - 09:06 PM.