Can videos be posted on the site?

[Radio Fixer]

I am nearing completion of a Philips mechanical marvel motor tuned radio.  I had thought about posting a video on Utube but that looks more complicated at this time than I want to get in to.

The camera I have makes simple videos and I wondered, subject to a size limit, if I could post such on the here?

thanks Gary

[peter scott]

YouTube is really easy.

Peter

[Murphyv310]

Hi
My YouTube channel is full of simple videos from projects to repairs and other stuff.
I record a video on my Huawei P30 and once recorded its uploaded to YouTube just three or four simple things to do and it uploads seamlessly. Really easy on a smartphone but long winded if using a digital camera as you have to upload the video to a PC then go through the upload to YouTube.

[Diabolical Artificer]

Another Utoooober here, it as easy as falling off a log. I record video's on my simple camera, upload to my PC, edit using Shotcut, render them, then upload overnight to Utoooob. Then it's a matter of writing a bit of blurb, clicking a few boxes and bish bash bosh, jobs a good un. I think you can upload direct from a phone too.

Andy.

[Radio Fixer]

Thanks guys.

Looked at a couple of "How to's" and they made it look long winded .... will give it a go.

Gary

[Diabolical Artificer]

Here's how I do it Gary. I film the video's with a Sony Cybershot camera first obviously. Filming a video is a bit of an art, it's not easy if your not an extrovert, it takes a while to get comfy on camera. It helps if you think about what it is you want to say beforehand, EG "here is a XYG 3000, it has a fault. The XYG 3000 is a 1960's mid range valve transmogrifier made by Limpet & Sprocket Brothers of Croydon. The fault is no reciprocation of the right hand channel" It's up to you how much detail you want to go into, but folk like going through schematics explaining how things work. You also have to think about framing a shot, showing detail etc, not easy to do all this off the cuff. On good days I don't waffle, am concise and film short video's that I then edit together. On most days I waffle, film hours of video that can't be used or will take years to edit then go back and do it properly in 10 minutes.

Next editing. I use Shotcut as mentioned to edit my video's,I find it easy to use and it's stable, but first you need to plug your camera into your PC via a USB cable, then find where your camera has hidden the video files, upload to your PC. Editing is pretty straight forward, all I do is cut out waffle, bad camera wobble/shots etc and put in titles to either clarify a point I was talking about or correct errors like when I call a cap a transistor.

Then it's a matter of clicking export, Shotcut has a Utoob setting and I then wait while the PC churns through the rendering, this takes all the PC's CPU processing power and a good chunk of RAM and can take an hour or so for a 15 minute video. You should now have an mp4 file titled XYG 3000 fault.

Go online, open Utoob, click the camera icon - top right corner, a dialogue box will pop up called "create", click it, click "upload video", a big box appears, click "select files", click "open" XYG 3000 fault. Youtube will then automatically upload your video, it can take hours, I do mine overnight as my broadband speed is dire. once uploaded and processed I then write a title EG "XYG 3000 fault" a bit of blurb EG "fixing an XYG 3000 - non reciprocating flange spreader replacement", click next a few times till you get to the "publish" page. Click public, then finish, that's it more or less. Would have attached screen shots, but the file size is too big.

If your using a phone or you only have a short clip & there's no need to edit it's a lot quicker. I'd advise uploading a small video as a practice. You can edit using Utoob's software, but it takes ages and is rubbish. Hope that helps, any questions ask.

Andy.

[Radio Fixer]

Thanks for the How To Andy, much appreciated.

The camera I normally use is set for 30 fps VGA, I take it this is OK? It can do 10 fps and options QVGA as well. I have another later model that can do MP4 VGA but my W10 has never run this, possibly needs special software.

I take it that trial attempts can easily be removed on Utube?

I dont intend to use voice on the video although the radio will be playing and whirring as it moves from station to station but would add some titles or text

thanks again Gary