Uploading Videos

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  disembedded · Member · Mar 24, 2008 at 1:43 am

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  This is an update, and a very, very happy one. A number of days ago, it became absolutely impossible for me to upload videos to my blog. I tried everything, I do mean everything, and nothing worked. Supreme frustration… At first, support replied with some suggestions that I had already tried, but to no avail. Then, one support staff member took an interest that involved a number of quick back-and-forth responses. And then…finally, wonderfully the problem was resolved. Of course, I don’t know who really did what, but THANKS!! And I must say that as of now, WordPress videos are a vast improvement, they’re beautiful!! People who want to know what I mean can take a look at this:

  African Lions Attack Baby Buffalo: A Royal Battle to the End

  Thanks, thanks again to WordPress staff members!!

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 24, 2008 at 1:54 am

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  Excellent. Good to see you back on your stride.

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  morganreese · Member · Mar 24, 2008 at 3:01 am

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  where can I find the info on exactly how you posted that video?

  thanks,

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  morganreese · Member · Mar 24, 2008 at 3:06 am

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  never mind found it…must pay for space upgrade.

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  disembedded · Member · Mar 24, 2008 at 3:28 am

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  Hi,

  First, I downloaded the YouTube video to my desktop using Seatubes. You can also download a YouTube video using free online converters, such as: Converttube, Vixy, Zamzar or Movadi. If you use Seatubes (which I like, because it seems to result in downloaded videos of noticeably higher quality), you then need to convert the video from an flv format to either a mov or mp4 format. An easy way to convert flv to a mov format is to open the flv video in Quicktime and then save it as a Quicktime movie.You can then upload it from your desktop to your blog as a WordPress video by using upload in your editor (assuming that you’ve purchased the space to upload videos).

  Hope this might be of some help.

  And to raincoaster,

  Thanks!!

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  morganreese · Member · Mar 24, 2008 at 2:08 pm

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  let’s say you did the above with a mp4 (h264) which results in good looking videos….does the wp player regenerate it back in to flash within the player?

  If it stays as a mp4 the many windows users without quicktime installed might not see it???