Help! Can't Upload Video to YouTube

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Hi Warriors!

I'm just venturing into doing video for the first time. (I'm a writer and prefer to hide behind my computer, so this is WAAAY out of my comfort zone!)

Shooting and uploading video is supposed to be so point-and-click easy, but I've been having a LOT of trouble for whatever reason. If you know the answers to these questions, I'd really appreciate the help!

I have FLIP camera and was unable to upload the video to YouTube through the FlipShare software. Then someone showed me how to do it. (Apparently, it won't upload if you input your YouTube ID and your password, even though that's what it asks for. Grrrr! You have to input your GMail e-mail address and password.) I tested it and was able to upload it. Yay!

However, I also have a Kodak Zi8 camera which I bought because it has an input jack for a microphone and I wanted to use my lavalier mic for better sound.

I've been told that the best video formats for uploading to YouTube are .MP4 and .MOV. I converted my video to both formats (through Sony Vegas Home Studio HD 9.0) and tried uploading to YouTube. The .MP4 video uploaded, but then YouTube told me it couldn't process the file -- so no video.

The .MOV file was MUCH larger (do you know why that is?) and I couldn't upload it via the advanced uploading tool because it told me I needed to update, install and enable Java script, which I DID do. I also made sure the "Enabled" box was checked. So I have no idea what the problem is or how to fix it. Do you have any ideas???

At least I can shoot videos on the fly now and upload them with my FLIP camera. But I'd like to be able to use my Kodak Zi8 (since I can use a microphone with it), but since I can't use the FlipShare software with it, I'd need to use Sony Vegas to do minor editing and then convert and upload it. But I can't seem to upload videos I've edited or converted through Sony Vegas! Do you have any idea what the trouble might be?

Thanks for your help!

Michelle
#upload #video #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author Mbullard
    So you can edit your videos in Vegas but the exported file from Vegas is having problems with Youtube, right? PM me, if you want to send me the file I'll take a look at it for you.
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