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How to record and upload movies on video broadcasting and video streaming websites

If you are not familiar with video working or have not a certain expertise in this field let’s see together what and how you can do to record movie clips and videos from any source.

Sources of external video movies: These move are those which you play on your video camera, VCR recorder, satellite receiver, or TV channels. Our objective is here to learn how to get those movie clips digitised and upload on your computer ready to upload later on video broadcasting websites and share them with your friends and family.

First of all you need to have a video signal digitiser which takes the signal of your video device where the movies are running. For this most of the programs have a capture option to capture the signal from the USB or the 1394 firewire input of your computer. If you are using a digital video camera all of them provide a DV exit which you send to the USB input of your PC. You can also use the VCR output and connect it to the 1394 firewire input of your PC. This is a necessary condition if you are going to use your digital camera as a transfer media when you need to digitise analog camera’s signal using the conversion capabilities of a digital camera (PC — Digital camera — Analog camera; digitise the analog signal via the digital camera and send it to the computer). After capture of the movie clip you can work it out with the video software and save it on your hard disk in various video formats (AVI, MPG, WMV depends on the video manipulation program you are using).

Now, if you are going to copy movie clips from the TV or VCR recorder or a satellite receiver this is another story. In this case you need an intermediate device to digitise the signal and send it to the computer. There are various such devices to purchase in the market such as DAZZLE 170 from Pinnacle. In any case the USB input to your PC is used.

To capture the signal you need a software program such as Pinacle 8, or Video 9 from ULEAD or any other from 100s in the market. But you can use also AVS Capture Wizard which in his basic functionality is freeware and you can download it here.

Getting the movie clip into your hard disk

I am, actually, using DAZZLE 170 (is not an expensive digitiser) and the AVS capture wizard (downloading AVS you get more free modules such as AVS Video Converter and AVS Video ReMaker) and i am very happy of the quality of the videos I obtained. Selecting Dazzlee 170 as video and audio source (you may also select your microphone if you need to speak in a text during capturing or the sound blaster playing a music lead but i do not advice to do so. Better to use later a more sophisticated method as we will see) you will have the playing movie on the preview monitor of the AVS capture wizard. You can then start/stop recording what you see coming from the source (VCR recorde, TV channel or satellite). The video file at the end will be automatically stored in a predefined by you folder on your hard disk in MPG format. You may also convert if you wish to another format as explained at the next paragraph.

Now we are ready to work out these captured movies. If you have used as capturing program the software you are using for video manipulation then you are ready. Your movie is automatically placed in the movies library and you can start working with it.

If not you have to start your favorite program you are using for video manipulation and import the movies you captured previously with the ditiser (in my case AVS capture wizard).

Once you have all your clips together, have made the relative video montage, have put background music then you can save as movie in a format such as MPG or AVI or WMV(Microsoft movie maker) at your hard disk.

Convert your movies

In a lot of cases you may need to convert your video files to other formats depending on the use (burn on CD/DVD, make a smaller file to upload, play it on your website which uses a player script for a certain format, etc..). There are 100s of video converters but some of them are free to download such as : RIVA FLV Encoder or Media coder 0.5.1. Riva Flv Encoder will convert your file to FLV Macromedia file format which becomes then small in size and easy to upload at any broadcasting service. You can play it also on your computer using the SLV player or FLV Player or Total Video Player (you can free download from internet) which plays lot of video file formats. Media Coder will convert your video to any, by you defined, format such as AVI, MPG, etc.. If you have a very big file (example over 300 MB) Media Coder can convert it to a file of about 30 MB in FLV or AVI formats and still very good quality.

That’s it.

Conclusion, you can record any movie clip from TV or video camera or satellite program and upload it on your website (to let watch by your visitors) or you can upload to a broadcasting service as in www.gooclip.net after having converting it to smaller sizes because from one hand, broadcasting services can upload maximum up to 100 MB movies and on the other hand it will occupy less space on your computer.

How to play the captured and worked out movies on your website

Depending on the format you have obtained as final video product, you have to use the appropriate player script in oder to play a video file format on your website. For AVI, MPG, WMV, FLV, SWF, ASX etc.. there are the different scripts to do the job. To learn how read my article at http://www.gooclip.net/gooclip/html/tools.html

I hope this article has helped some of you to start a very entertaining hobby. If you want to test the results post your movie on my website http://www.gooclip.net or http://www.youtubemovies.net a users share movies broadcasting service.

I’m really excited about this online video tip because it can save you hundreds of dollars, really! And it’s ultra easy to use.

Instead of shelling out ~$300 for the screencasting application software Camtasia, or the SnagIt screen capture tool, use it’s close relative, Jing.

What can Jing do, you ask? Lots. And for free! And it’s ultra easy too. The minimal feature set makes it easy to get learn.

There isn’t much not to like about this tool. I love Jing because it makes it super simple for anyone to do the following:

1. Create a screen snapshot and then add a caption or annotations.

2. Record your screen and add your own audio

3. Upload the resulting image or video to a free Screencast.com account and then share the URL, or you can upload to the location of your choice

As with all good things, there are a couple of cons – you will need the Pro version to upload directly to YouTube, otherwise you will have to convert the .swf format created by Jing into a format accepted by YouTube.

The Pro version also records HD quality video, and does not have Jing logos and links at the beginning and end of new videos.  At $14.95/year Jing Pro is still a great deal.

Both Jing and JingPro include a free Screencast.com account with 2GB of storage for your shared videos.

The maximum recording time with Jing is 5 minutes, so if you need longer videos you will need Camtasia or other video capture software.

Camtasia Studio is a professional-level screen recording and editing application with all the bells and whistles you would expect in a professional-level tool. Snagit is a full-featured screen capture and editing software. They both have a wider range of editing features than Jing, but Bottom line – Jing is fastastic if you’re looking for a free, super easy way to create images or video from your desktop.

I hope you enjoyed this online video tip. Give Jing a try and be sharing videos in no time!

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The internet has opened the door to countless number of individuals that strive for financial success. There seem to be an infinite number of money making opportunities out there that try to lure you in to the dream of quick, limitless riches. Which ones really work? Which ones don’t? Are they all scams? I don’t really know. What I do know is that certain Internet ads/videos are more appealing to me than others and those are the ones that I will click on and investigate. If an Internet ad does catch my eye and I decide it may be worth a look there are certain qualities it must possess for me to research that particular ad.

If the ad links to a video the video must be clear with decent lighting. If it’s not I’m likely not to watch it for more than 10 seconds. The sound has to be decent. If I can’t understand what the person is saying then why bother? I move on and so should you. It has to get to the point. Most people have a short attention span and want the information quickly. When I’m surfing the web I click and I go and then I click and I go again, and again, and again. I would imagine that most people are like that unless something really grabs their attention. I won’t watch a promotional video that lasts longer than 2 minutes. Sixty seconds is preferable. Just tell me what I need to know and link me to your website or whatever. I don’t like watching these vids where it’s obvious the person hasn’t thought about or rehearsed what they want to say. Put some effort into it! Why would I want to investigate a business opportunity that you can’t even take the time to prepare for? Lastly, give the viewer something of substance. Whether you are promoting a product, a service, a website or just trying to establish trust it is important that your video has substance. This will help keep your viewer’s attention and minimize how quickly they shut you off!

You have endless choices for business opportunities when surfing the web. You can afford to be choosy and you should be. The good opportunities will stand out from the others. The manner is which online videos are presented can speak volumes about the person making them and perhaps how that person approaches the business they are promoting. Granted, the majority of us are not using high priced video equipment or editing software but there are some simple, basic components that need your attention that will help produce a satisfactory video or online marketing.

For those filmmakers who are now making first broadcast programme, this article briefly describes what happens in the online edit. Throughout this article, I will only refer to work done on a programme’s picture. Audio issues are usually addressed as part of an audio dub.

Assuming the offline editor has done a great job, the programme must still be packaged according to the broadcaster’s requirements and meet its technical standards. The online is best described as the final checking, tidying or polishing of a programme before a programme is mastered to its final format.

The amount of work involved can vary immensely. It may be no more than putting bars and tone and a clock at the front of a programme and then mastering to a tape for broadcast. Or it may involve recapturing an entire programme at High Definition and then building sophisticated effects or titles that could not have been made on Final Cut Pro or an Avid Xpress Pro system.

Broadcasters supply programme-makers with “technical requirements” documents. The online editor must understand these and make sure that the programme complies with them.

The following is a list of tasks commonly carried out in the online.

Line-up

Put bars and tone and a countdown clock on the front of the tape. The broadcaster will have specified the type of bars, the level and frequency of tone and their durations: In Britain, the programme itself will typically start on a timecode of 10:00:00:00. If the programme has part breaks, bumpers will have to be created. Each subsequent part will typically start on a round timecode minute including the bumper. There will be black video in between the parts and a countdown clock for each separate part.

Titles and subtitles

The editor should check that text elements conform to the broadcaster’s house style and that all graphic elements are within title safe. In the UK, national television usually requires programmes to be 14:9 title safe. This is a more stringent title safe requirement than is indicated by the typical title safe grid in Avid and Final Cut Pro.

Conforming aspect ratios

In many programmes, especially archive-based documentaries, footage will have come from a variety of sources. The online editor must check all footage and should pan and scan any shots with aspect ratios different to the delivery specification.

Legalisation of picture and sound

Broadcast master tapes require that the programme’s video and audio levels do not drop below a certain minimum, or rise above a certain maximum. The picture can be run through a legaliser and the audio through a compressor in order to achieve this result. However, it is essential that the audio is first mixed to these levels to achieve the best clarity. It is preferable that shots are individually graded to avoid clipping or crushing of white and black details by the legaliser.

Touching up

The online editor must often correct for mistakes in shooting. For instance some shots may contain objects that shouldn’t be there. The editor may be able to remove them by scaling the image up slightly, or by “cloning” out a part of the image. Shots that are not level can be rotated, shaky shots can be stabilised. Slightly blurred shots may be sharpened.

Field problems, speed effects, freeze frames

Field-based footage can sometimes display artefacts if field order has been reversed or if the offline editor has made speed changes to the footage. When this is the case the footage generally looks jittery rather than smooth. The online editor must be able to correct these problems, by applying a field shift effect, by deinterlacing, or by changing the method by which speed changes are calculated.

Building effects

The online editor must be able to check and rebuild any visual effects that were made in a rough or provisional way. For instance, chromakey effects from the offline may be rebuilt using a superior keying plug-in. Masks may have to be drawn to cut transparent areas out of an image. The online machine may have sophisticated visual effects plug-ins that can be applied for added visual impact.

Colour grading

Often the grade is done separately to the rest of the online by a dedicated colourist on specialised grading equipment. However, online systems such as Avid Symphony and DS Nitris, amongst others, have good grading capabilities and the online editor will often do the grade. Final Cut’s three way color corrector and Xpress Pro’s Color Correction mode are all capable of performing basic grading perfectly adequately. It is however important to have a good quality, correctly aligned monitor to judge the picture. Both FCP and Avid now have internal video scopes that can help the editor make colour decisions quickly.

Credits

Credits are often the last thing that is finalised. Broadcasters have very precise specifications as to how they want credits to look and how long they should run.

Master to tape

The programme must be played out to the final delivery format; in the UK this is usually a digibeta tape. Specialised online systems are able to play out with precise deck control and if a mistake is spotted whilst recording to tape, then the shot can be seamlessly inserted without having to play out the whole programme again. Basic DV systems can only play out to miniDV or DVCam, tape formats not usually accepted for broadcast.

Record Report

One of the most important documents that must be placed with the master tape is the record report. This document contains the technical information about the programme, along with the timecodes at which the programme and all its parts begin and end. Information to be included will be: Timecodes, aspect ratio, programme and part lengths, tape format, frame rate. Any non-solvable, or unusual features of the programme should be noted here. For instance, if some of the footage was shot with a faulty camera and cannot be corrected, it may still be allowed in the programme for its content. The notes will alert the broadcaster that the online editor saw the problem and that it was not an error introduced in the post production process.

Conclusion

When considering where and how to do the online, it may or may not be necessary to move the project off the offline editing work station. Low budget DV work is often finished on Avid Xpress Pro or Final Cut Pro, particularly if there are no particular problems with the footage and no special effects requirements. The online will probably be quicker on more specialised equipment but will more than likely be more expensive. However, it is important to employ an experienced online editor who knows and understands all the standards that are required.

For more demanding finishing, bespoke systems such as Avid DS Nitris or Autodesk Smoke might be considered. They are able to handle many layers of effects in real time and offer high quality compositing tools. Particularly for HD work or for graphics heavy programmes, a great deal of time can be saved in these systems and an experienced operator will bring added quality to the production.

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(3) Step by step with Easy Language- All the videos are created step by step with the easy language to make the videos much easier to understand by the learner. The videos start with the basic knowledge and end with the update or latest knowledge videos on the particular subject.

(4) Numbers of videos –The online tutorial must have the numbers of videos on one subject by the different masters of that subject. That will give a lot of choose to the learner on a certain subject.

I try to cover all the factors which are helpful to find out the best online video tutorial. I hope my article gives you much knowledge about perfect online video tutorial.

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