Uploading Video to Internet

[nolan]

I have recently finished my newest film and it is almost 15 minutes in length.I am trying to find a place to upload and have been trying for almost a week now and still nothing has worked.It is too long for youtube,the file size is too large for Vimeo.I tried splitting it in half,but the only way I know how to do this is to render the project in two halves,which did not work because I do not have enough memory left on my computer and to get more I would need to delete all the files that are used in the movie (sound fx,stock footage,etc) which would make the project not work.Besides I really want to keep it in one piece it is much better as a whole.The video is in AVI format and the only other place I could find to upload it to was Veoh.I downloaded the Veoh tv application and am currently uploading through there.The progess started very slow but apparently it continues uploading,I believe whenever the computer is on and I'm connected to the internet.So last time I checked on it (yesterday) to my surprise it was at 50% after a day.So I checked on it before I went to bed and it was right where it left off at (64.5% when I had left earlier.Also there was no longer an estimated time or rate of uploading,and it has stayed the same until now and hasn't changed.I've tried pausing the upload,unplugging and replugging in my moden,restartying my copmuter,nothing gets the upload going again.The file size is 3.09 GB and I have Comcast.Should it be taking this long?Is there any other way/place to upload it?Is Veoh good?Can I solve this problem?It has taken 2 days to get to 60% and I would really like not to have to restart it.Any help is appreciated,

Nolan

[sonnyfromda02]

Why not render in something smaller? I think letting the quality suffer a bit would be worth it to keep it in one video.

[KMProductions]

Wow. I have never used Veoh before so I wouldn't know anything about that. Really there isn't anywhere where you can upload it. You'd need a your own server. I've been thinking about investing in a sever computer for a while because I have videos that are way to big to put up.

[HunnyBunchFilms]

The file may be too large because you probably exported the full quality version. Open up the project again and when you export it change the settings so it won't be such a high quality file.

[nolan]

The file may be too large because you probably exported the full quality version. Open up the project again and when you export it change the settings so it won't be such a high quality file.

if i have vegas and what exactly would I need to do to make it a smaller file?

[Videopia]

Even rendered in H.264, a 15 minute file is still going to be over 500MB (Vimeo's limit) for decently high data rates. It sounds like you need another HDD no matter what, if you are down to the last gigabyte of storage space on your computer.

[sonnyfromda02]

Render to MPEG.

[WesScog]

Render it out to DVD sized, so like 480 or something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1LuS2n9_c8

There are lots of videos on what are good settings to export to if you're uploading it onto the internet.

But for 15 minutes, rendered out to MP4 or WMV, I can't see ANY REASON why it should be more than 500MB's, i've downloaded full length films that were smaller than that.

[nolan]

is there any way to see how big the file will be once rendered before you export it?Cause it usually takes overnight or all day to finish.

or would it be easier to convert the file from avi to something else?Would it come out smaller or do I have to "re render" it?

[NaziActionFigure]

How big is the file you have already?

[WesScog]

It shouldn't take more than a few hours to render something to web or DVD sized.

It's taking so long because you're rendering to full sized obviously, and you need to render smaller.

[nolan]

It shouldn't take more than a few hours to render something to web or DVD sized.

It's taking so long because you're rendering to full sized obviously, and you need to render smaller.

ok I will try it.Thanks Wes

[nolan]

So which format will be smallest and render fastest?MP4 or WMV?Or other?

Is the reason why it is so huge is because I saved it as AVI?For quality I selected "good".It was the second highest.Now I am trying MP4 and using "preview" right below good and above "draft".

[WesScog]

I have never had problems with WMV, lots of people swear by MP4, but I guess it's up to the person.

But when I save it to WMV, I set it to "DVD size" and "BEST" in the render quality, and for a 10 minute clip, it took an hour or so.

Also, I tend to turn up the contrast and brightness SLIGHTLY, just an itty bitty bit.

If I am doing some color correction on it, it takes longer, but with just basic settings, where it's just resizing it, it shouldn't take all day.

[Vigilante2890]

I'm preferential to AVI, when I want high-quality regardless of file-size. They tend to play back properly for me more. But when you're looking to condense, I say go for Quicktime and you can usually get it pretty small.
But either way, it sounds like your easiest fix at the moment would be to pick up an external drive, or a good-sized jump-drive. Just get something relatively cheap to hold the file while you get the rest of your comp back in order.

[sonnyfromda02]

MP4 has worked for me in the past. I've uploaded a 16 minute clip on myspace and it was only about 150 MBs.

[nolan]

Yeah I uploaded it and I used MP4.It was plenty small enough,the quality suffered a bit,but oh well.here it is-

http://vimeo.com/1273005