Uploading videos to You Tube

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.

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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"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