Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ch.8-Digital Video-Nick Smith


So you’re online watching a video you’re most likely on YouTube and I bet you’re wondering how these types of videos work, and how you can do them right? These videos are typically what is called streaming video. This is where the computer is sent a small segment and starts to play it, and then the computer is sent another small part is sent to the computer and so on and so on until the video is over. This would explain such actions such as the dreaded buffering which I am sure we all dislike with a passion! But the actual file itself is stored on web server that is unbothered until you click on the link and that is when it sets the motion of streaming video. Like what was stated earlier this is what happens when you view a video on YouTube. For the amateur people who would like to actually do the uploading, the non-viewers, for YouTube here are some information you may not be aware of, or you can take it as helpful hints. After you shoot your video you would want to save it in a standard format which I would recommend AVI, WMV, MOV, or Flash video these are the probably the most easiest to use. However, after it is uploaded it will automatically transfer over to flash format, or more recently with the upgrade of HD widescreen and mobile use with HTML5 and WebM. What else is cool to me is some of the videos are automatically captioned isn’t that awesome! Now your video is uploaded and you want to share it with the rest of the world. Well you can start by sharing it on social media such as Facebook or Twitter by either hitting the share option or copy the actual link.

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