Sunday, October 29, 2006

videos

I have a great video of Owen, but don't know how to upload them. I tried the same way I up laod photos, but it didn't work.

Anyone know how to upload a video?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

no...but mandy's husband might!

Unknown said...

Mandys Husband Says:

ok - get a pen and paper... or alternativley print this page out.

1) you need to ensure that the format of the video file is internet friendly - i would recommend WMV (windows media video) format, not because I like Microsoft, but it is mostly comaptible with internet explorer and media player. If like us, you digital camera saves the video in MOV format you will need to convert it with a utility such as this one - http://www.imtoo.com/mov-converter.html

2) once you have your WMV file it needs uploading to a webserver somewhere. I use my webspace that I have for my sites, but you may have some other free space somewhere. If not, let me know and I will write a small website to host these little videos if there is enough interest.

3) Copy the following text, then paste into your blog on the 'Edit HTML' tab: (between the lines)
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(sadly blogger does not allow publishing of HTML in their comments. therefore, mandy will email the html to you. Sorry - Matt) - edit
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find the line that says : 'param value="http://www.peacockonline.com/vcti_images/keira_walk.wmv" name="FileName" ' and change the path value="" to read the full URL to the video you have uploaded.

4)Save your blog, check it works.

5) have a cup of tea.