A 560 MB Works Video

[mallyrd]

Not sure if this is the right place but might just as well start here.

As the topic suggests I have a 560MB MP4 video (shot with a drone) and I want to share this with some friends and family. Where can I go to download something like this and then provide a link for others to view the video.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

Edited February 12, 2015 by mallyrd

[IMHO]

Upload to Youtube, mark the video as private and share only with the people you want to?

At least that way, no matter what their connectivity or system/device, it'll play...

[RichCor]

While you can post it to YouTube, why not get a DropBox account, put it into a Public folder, get the public link for the document and share that with your friends?

[IMHO]

While you can post it to YouTube, why not get a DropBox account, put it into a Public folder, get the public link for the document and share that with your friends?

If going that route, Google Drive/Docs storage can also do the job - and in the case of videos, it uses the YT infra and players, so same great x-device/x-connectivity support.

Edited February 12, 2015 by IMHO

[KhunBENQ]

Plenty of options as described.

Just asking:

560 MB is quite big and it wil take a while to UPload.

How long (in time) is the video?

(560 MB makes for half an hour of good quality video)

Youtube will offer the video in different resolutions/filesizes after upload.

[Xircal]

Just in case you weren't aware of it, privately owned drones are forbidden in Thailand if they're equipped with cameras so watch out if the BiB are around: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/02/thailand_drone_regulations_why_you_should_care.html

To upload to Youtube, you need to open an account after which you can create a channel and upload videos to that: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/161805?hl=en-GB

Uploading a 560MB file will take about three hours on average so the best way of doing it is to create a number of smaller files of say 50-100MB each and then merge them on the Youtube site using the video editor: https://www.youtube.com/editor

To merge them, use a transition of which there are several to choose from (see screenshot). Here's a video of a flight I took on Malaysia Airlines about a year ago. The opening shot shows the 777-200ER for a minute or two and then jumps smoothly to the actual takeoff which the 'Crossblur' transition accomplishes perfectly: http://youtu.be/dRd5LYRxCU8?list=UUayhvQlEZoDkX-gJlQKQJkA

The editor is quite simple to use and only requires you to drag each clip into the timeline adding transitions between each. Finish with another transition to fade to the desktop.

[astral]

Dropbox then you can be selective about who you share it with

As said the upload will take some time