Uploading videos to You Tube

[BigBadBeau]

I just became a member of You Tube and am having problems. They say their limit is 100MB and 10 minutes for videos uploaded. I used to host a TV show and have my shows on VHS. I have Power Cinema software that takes a video capture from a VCR and it works fine, except it creates .MPG files that are huge, like 710MB for 10 minutes. I tried to upload a one minute clip that is 49MB to You Tube and after waiting almost 4 hours for it to upload, I gave up. It's supposed to take 1-5 minutes per MB for cable broadband, but I just have dialup. I can't get broadband because I live in an apartment and can't have new holes put in walls I don't own (my computer has to be in my bedroom, there's no room in my living room with the regular cable and TV). I have the feeling my video files are bigger than they need to be or should be for some reason. Is there a way to bring them down in MB so I can do more with them? Can I convert them somehow? Under File or Edit, there is no "export" option. Thanks.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Try a trial version of PowerDirector and see if it's Upload to YouTube
facility meets with your approval.

http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_4_ENU.html
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Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/Windows


"BigBadBeau" > wrote in message
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> I just became a member of You Tube and am having problems. They say
> their limit is 100MB and 10 minutes for videos uploaded. I used to host
> a TV show and have my shows on VHS. I have Power Cinema software that
> takes a video capture from a VCR and it works fine, except it creates
> MPG files that are huge, like 710MB for 10 minutes. I tried to upload
> a one minute clip that is 49MB to You Tube and after waiting almost 4
> hours for it to upload, I gave up. It's supposed to take 1-5 minutes
> per MB for cable broadband, but I just have dialup. I can't get
> broadband because I live in an apartment and can't have new holes put
> in walls I don't own (my computer has to be in my bedroom, there's no
> room in my living room with the regular cable and TV). I have the
> feeling my video files are bigger than they need to be or should be for
> some reason. Is there a way to bring them down in MB so I can do more
> with them? Can I convert them somehow? Under File or Edit, there is no
> "export" option. Thanks.
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> BigBadBeau