Computer assistance

[swankster]

Shout out to the resident computer Geek....
I cannot recall who this person is:confused:
PM me please, simple question, I think:rolleyes: regarding sending videos
Swankster aka Rich

[GsxR1000Ryda]

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[swankster]

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Swankster

[GreeNug]

There is an outside chance that I might be able to help ya too rich, what's up?

[swankster]

There is an outside chance that I might be able to help ya too rich, what's up?

This is what I asked Will:
Here's the scoop.
I shoot alot of video in my line of work and need to send copies to my main office expediently for logistical purposes.
I shoot video with a DVC format camcorder (our preference for various reasons).
We use the DVC tape as the original and I have no difficulty copying the video to my computer using Windows Movie Maker (I know not the best but it's free).
Our plan is to copy it temporarily onto my computer then e-mail it to my office so they can produce a DVD copy for our clients.
I later forward the original tape once they've made their copy.
Once I have confirmation they have received and copied the video, I can then delete from my system (to save memory).
Does that make sense?

The problem lies where they are having difficluty opening the video (as an attachment) I'm sending them, via e-mail.
I'm copying it in AVI format, as I've been told, before sending it.
Geek Squad guys at Best Buy think their e-mail provider (Yahoo) might be blocking or not allowing the vid due to its length or amount of file storage being used; thus not enough support for the file size.
What say you?
Thanks in advance...
Rich aka Swankster
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[GreeNug]

The geeks could def. be correct about there being a cap on the files size that your ISP will let you send. How many MB's is the file size? I belive most e-mail providers will allow your to attach up to 10mb files and I belive g-mail is allowing up to 20mb files. There are a couple of ways around this if this is your problem. You can try zipping the file up with a compressor program to get the file size to shrink or you can re-format the video @ a lower quality so it's a smaller file to begin with. You should also be able to split the video into separate parts with various programmes and then re-seam them back up on the other end. You can also host the video on an online site and allow the other end to download it off the net. Ummmm ..... here I found a blog that explains allot of what I'm talking about much more legibly and has links to the mostly free software you're going to need to get it done. -
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/09/send-email-attachments-transfer-large.html

Also I probably wouldn't delete the originals from your hard drive to save space, I would probably pick up a few TB's of external hard disk drives and back everything up. Just my .02's and I hope any of this helps a little.

[Roadliner]

Might try creating a Gmail account... I think they have either a no limit on attachment (up to your storage) or a 25mb limit or something...
What you can do (we have done this before) is use Gmail, email it to yourself, then login to gmail from the work computer and redownload the attachment.

[swankster]

Thanks for the responses fellows. As you can see I come up short on the computer lingo:confused:
I'll let you know what transpires.
Swankster

[Big Kahuna]

You can buy hosting, upload the video via ftp or http site, then you or the guys on the other end can delete the file from the server when done.

I do hosting and a lot of back-end web design, that could handle all of the above.