how does youtube wor - Page 1
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author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 08:24:22 am
content: Hi allI'm trying to upload some stuff to youtube. I put it up yesterday afternoon but it still does not show. Can anyone explain how the process works ?To be honest I uploaded MP3 files, but they were accepted, but can they be rejected later ?

author: jproject
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 09:01:04 am
content: If the mp3 is copyrighted stuff and someone or youtube workers believe its infringing the copyright then it can be taken down but it will send a message to your youtube account stating it was taken down (same with flagged materials). So, if you didn't receive any messages from them then it's probably a problem with the server and I suggest you just upload the file again. My videos usually gets accepted and displayed to public in less than 2-3 minutes after it finishes uploading to the server.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 09:25:06 am
content: ok well I own the material as it is recordings made for the blind. I'll have another go. Does youtube accept MP3 directly ?

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 11:01:23 am
content: Technically I think you're violating the copyright of the paper but the normally allow this kind of thing so it won't be a problem.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 11:09:23 am
content: well we are violating the copyright of the paper by even putting it on tape/mp3 then. There are other online services for talking newspapers so I think the papers involved (usually the local ET) don't mind. I've spotted some content from other talking newspapers on youtube but I'm not sure if it's original stuff or from a paper as I've not had time to lookYouTube won't take MP3 files directly so I'm hashing them into videos with windows movie maker

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 11:09:42 am
content: It may be that If the format is MP3 they do additional checs compared to video.Certainly for video it's available a min or two after upload.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 11:12:59 am
content: well I found my files in the end and they were unprocessed saying that they could not process the format. I think because youtube has tools to help you make videos they will take the MP3 files but only for use in compositions

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 12:02:14 pm
content: so now I'm trying to figure out how to make a play list, I have a poxy drop down list of a few videos mostly those watched by me but not uploaded - becoming ever unimpressed, looks like google is going microsoft style

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 12:19:42 pm
content: You could make the mp3 files into lo-res videos with a static image with the mp3 soundtrack. The image could be the logo for the service your doing this for?Regards

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 12:30:40 pm
content: yep that is what I'm doing using windows movie maker, but I'm finding youtube to be a worse maze than ebay and that is saying something !

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 01:25:31 pm
content: Youtube hates you.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 01:27:54 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on June 18, 2011, 01:25:31 pmit is very un-intuitive I have to say but I'm learning my way around - I think.

author: ndictu
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 02:30:46 pm
content: If you need just the audio I would suggest this:http://soundcloud.com/There is no point to encode an empty video with audio track and then host it on youtube.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 02:34:56 pm
content: that might be an option, although I'm hoping to attract attention from people on youtube as well as embedding it. I'll have a look at soundcloud but I'm worried about any service with limited bandwidth si it must be unlimited.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 03:01:27 pm
content: You could add subtitles in large text which would benefit the partially sighted and foreign language students alike.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2011, 03:08:52 pm
content: well that is far more work than I have time for but it does give space for the organizations logo, names of readers and possibly a portrait photo