MP4 videos

[Lilhigbee]

Why are MP4 files not allowed?? I took a video with my Windows phone of my annealing process and wanted to share it. I see info online for downloading this program to convert that file to some other format, or else download it over there and optimize it here and then link it somewhere else. i don't want to be a computer geek, I just want to show a video. Help!

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[Joe Link]

Are you referring to uploading them to the media gallery, or uploading them to posts? They should be allowed in the media gallery (let me know if not). We can't upload videos of any format to posts themselves, they have to be uploaded somewhere else first (such as the media gallery) and then embedded.

 

[Lilhigbee]

Got it! Put it in the Media Gallery and then embedded it, I think. Anyway, it worked.

 

[308]

I tried to upload, but it says the filesize is too large. And while I'm at it, it seems pics can't upload from my iPhone anymore.

1st world problems

 

[Joe Link]

I tried to upload, but it says the filesize is too large. And while I'm at it, it seems pics can't upload from my iPhone anymore.

1st world problems

Do you know how big the file was? I'll have to look at the limits. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of storage capacity, but I'll definitely look into increasing it if video uploads become popular.

I'll look into the iPhone photo upload issue now.

 

[308]

Do you know how big the file was? I'll have to look at the limits. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of storage capacity, but I'll definitely look into increasing it if video uploads become popular.

I'll look into the iPhone photo upload issue now.

I think your limit is 20mb, so mine must have been greater than that.

 

[Joe Link]

What happens when you try to upload a photo? I haven't had an issue from my iPhone 6S or iPhone 5, but @Joe13 has.

 

[308]

Ha! Now it works when the boss is looking

 

[Joe13]

What happens when you try to upload a photo? I haven't had an issue from my iPhone 6S or iPhone 5, but @Joe13 has.

I just can only load one at a time from my phone.

As far as video goes - I'd have people use one of the many free places that you can upload videos for free and link to them.

As much as I would like to also upload vids straight to the post - it will turn into a massive storage issue IMO and cost the site more money to run.

Just my 2¢

 

[308]

I got this when trying to load a 5mb+ pic

 

[Kruel J]

5mb+ pic is huge, I get that error when I try to email pics that large from my work email (Outlook). You can always resize them.

 

[308]

5mb+ pic is huge, I get that error when I try to email pics that large from my work email (Outlook). You can always resize them.

It's a panoramic pic from the eyEPhone

 

[Joe Link]

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Ha! Now it works when the boss is looking

That's really odd. What was it doing?

I just can only load one at a time from my phone.

As far as video goes - I'd have people use one of the many free places that you can upload videos for free and link to them.

As much as I would like to also upload vids straight to the post - it will turn into a massive storage issue IMO and cost the site more money to run.

Just my 2¢

Yeah, phones and tablets are limited to one at a time. This will change eventually, but we could be looking at a year or more.

I agree about the videos, storage space is certainly a concern. I also understand that some people don't want to use those other services for various reasons, and if the people want it I'm going to try to make it happen

You can upload videos to the Media Gallery and then embed them into a post, but you cannot upload a video directly to a post, which is the way it will stay. This helps us and members find, view, and manage videos better, and avoids a situation where there are a bunch of videos uploaded to threads nobody views anymore.

We're also looking into the possibility of an add-on which uploads videos directly to our YouTube channel through the NWFA site.

 

[Joe Link]

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I got this when trying to load a 5mb+ pic

Try it now, I've temporarily bumped up the size limit. I want to see if the image optimizer is able to resize it down to an acceptable size.

 

[308]

The first panorama was 9.8mb...my mistake

 

[Joe Link]

The first panorama was 9.8mb...my mistake


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And how big was this one before you uploaded it?