Webcam woes
First, the good news -- I've finished Chapter 4 of Bewitched & Betrayed (I altered the ending so that it fit better with the storyline), got a great start on Chapter 5, AND had a rush of ideas and scenes for the next book. While not particularly helpful now, it will be in the spring. After I turn in Bewitched & Betrayed on May 1, I'll immediately start writing a synopsis each for Books 5 and 6. If my editor likes them, and my publisher wants to buy them, I'll have myself another two-book contract. Woot! And you can help ensure that my publisher will want to buy Books 5 and 6, by spreading the word about my books. And if you haven't bought them yet, go to the Sample Chapters page here on my site. Give 'em a read, and if you like the first couple of chapters, go out or go online and get yourself some copies. The more books sold, the more books my publisher will want me to write.
Okay, I'm stepping off of my sales soapbox. I need your help -- at least those of you who are savvy about webcams. Derek got the audio working on my webcam this weekend, and yesterday I recorded a really fun reading from MLTF and some chatting. I was so proud of it. I was going to post it this morning, but I ran into a snag on the upload. Both Blogger and YouTube will only take files of 1GB or less, and no longer than 10 minutes. Well . . . I can fix the time issue; I'll just shut up sooner. But the big problem -- and I mean 5.68GB worth of big -- is the size of the .avi file I ended up with. Dang, that's huge. And I had a slight problem with the video synching up with the audio (I kinda felt like I was in a Godzilla movie). I have a PC, a Dell Inspiron to be exact, and I need to know how to reset my recording parameters so my videos aren't so freaking huge; and it'd be nice if the words came out at the same time my mouth moved. Any advice? Either email me or respond to the blog. Techie advice will be mucho appreciated.
Lisa
Okay, I'm stepping off of my sales soapbox. I need your help -- at least those of you who are savvy about webcams. Derek got the audio working on my webcam this weekend, and yesterday I recorded a really fun reading from MLTF and some chatting. I was so proud of it. I was going to post it this morning, but I ran into a snag on the upload. Both Blogger and YouTube will only take files of 1GB or less, and no longer than 10 minutes. Well . . . I can fix the time issue; I'll just shut up sooner. But the big problem -- and I mean 5.68GB worth of big -- is the size of the .avi file I ended up with. Dang, that's huge. And I had a slight problem with the video synching up with the audio (I kinda felt like I was in a Godzilla movie). I have a PC, a Dell Inspiron to be exact, and I need to know how to reset my recording parameters so my videos aren't so freaking huge; and it'd be nice if the words came out at the same time my mouth moved. Any advice? Either email me or respond to the blog. Techie advice will be mucho appreciated.
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
7:55 AM
3 Comments:
I have a Dell computer, and it comes with a program called Windows Movie Maker. If you open your .avi in there, don't edit it at all, but re-save it as a different format (I think .wmv--the program will tell you how big each save option is and you can save it accordingly) you should be able to upload it to youtube after that. I'm not tech-savvy, so it might not work :-\ but I had the same problem and that's what I did, and it worked for me.
Thanks, Otto! I'll give it a shot.
Yep, otto said was I was going to say. Using Movie Maker should fix the issue.
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