Today, a guest question from our friend Paul Greeley:
I have a technical question. What are the best options to send video over the internet from one location to another? A guy with a digital video camera and laptop….what programs/software needs to be on the laptop? If the video files are large—say 20 minutes or more, would that footage need to be compressed/squeezed with a program like Sorensen? Are there 3rd party sites where you can upload and another location can download? The video will only be used on a web site, not necessarily for broadcast.
Feel free to respond here or contact me directly.
Thanks.
Paul Greeley
KWTV, Oklahoma City
Paul.greeley@news9.net
405-841-9125
405-249-2360 cell
3 comments:
It depends on what the end result of the video is (broadcast, web, dvd) and what method you're using to transfer (email, ftp).
Most email is limited to 10-20MB file sizes, so you're talking web quality videos only and probably a max length of 10 minutes. FTP servers are the way to go. They're slow but can handle any file sizes. We use FTP to transfer broadcast quality videos from station to station (a :30 spot runs about 110MB).
Sorenson is decent for emailing videos. You can export into many different formats. However, most editing programs (Avid, Final Cut, Premiere, Vegas) all give you the option of exporting windows media files which are perfect for emailing.
upload now, download later, no ftp required.
There are a ton of sites that provide this service.
Here are 2:
http://www.yousendit.com/ (2gb limit)
http://sendspace.com/ (300 mb limit)
These sites are apparently all the rage in avoiding torrent and p2p downloads as well :b
I second both of the above comments. If you have a place to upload files to, go with ftp, as it gives you a bit more control over your file.
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