how to upload a movie

[k9870]

Got it, be up soon.,

[k9870]

um, got this:

Failed (please export your movie in .WMV format)

[MT2008]

You can also post it to a file-sharing site like Rapidshare or Megaupload, but that would mean we'd all have to download it to our HDs and watch it, instead of just streaming it.

Personally, I can never get YouTube to upload my stuff. I once tried to post a skit for an Arabic class on YouTube, and it kept giving me errors, and even when it successfully uploaded, there were screwy things about the video quality. I had the same problem when I tried to upload a piece of a movie for my thesis presentation. I'm not sure what I keep doing wrong.

[Vangelis]

Originally Posted by k9870

um, got this:

Failed (please export your movie in .WMV format)

Hm. When did you get that?

[k9870]

fom youtube, it explained that it was saved as a windows movie maker file, and needs to be a different file. problem is, movie makers not letting me save as anything else.

[Vangelis]

Originally Posted by k9870

fom youtube, it explained that it was saved as a windows movie maker file, and needs to be a different file. problem is, movie makers not letting me save as anything else.

Ah. You're trying to export the wrong file; the files you create by saving in Movie Maker are 'project' files that just save what you've done to a particular movie. You want the movie files you create by using 'Publish.'

[k9870]

i did publish and it still saves as that file, and it wont let me choose what to publish as

[MT2008]

Maybe you can try a format conversion tool. I'm sure those must exist for video files (I have one that lets me save my AVIs as MP4s so I can put them on my iPod).

[Vangelis]

Originally Posted by k9870

i did publish and it still saves as that file, and it wont let me choose what to publish as

Your publish screen looks like that, right? What does it say where mine says 'Windows Media Video WMV' there?

[k9870]

same thing