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__sticky__
04-19-2006, 11:41 PM
Im just converted an movie I made into a .mp4 file using HANDBREAK. Now im trying to upload it to my webpage so I can show other, but i was wondering if maybe the file is too big? The file size is 56mb. Everytime I try to upload it, it goes about half way and then just times out...
Any suggestions on why it keeps timing out? Or if its too big? Or any suggestions on how I can convert it into a small file?
felgall
04-19-2006, 11:51 PM
I assume you mean mpeg4 as there is no such thing as mp4. Movie formats are mpeg1, mpeg2, and mpeg4 of which mpeg4 gives the smallest files. (mp3 is the sound part of the mpeg1 specification).
Your file is about 1000 times too big for the web.
rhsunderground
04-20-2006, 12:14 AM
I assume you mean mpeg4 as there is no such thing as mp4. Movie formats are mpeg1, mpeg2, and mpeg4 of which mpeg4 gives the smallest files. (mp3 is the sound part of the mpeg1 specification).
Your file is about 1000 times too big for the web.
actually, there are .mp4 movies. i believe they only work in the new quicktime, but they definitely exist.
__sticky__
04-20-2006, 02:27 AM
I assume you mean mpeg4 as there is no such thing as mp4. Movie formats are mpeg1, mpeg2, and mpeg4 of which mpeg4 gives the smallest files. (mp3 is the sound part of the mpeg1 specification).
Your file is about 1000 times too big for the web.
im pretty sure its a .mp4
anyways, how do i shrink it down, or convert it to a quicktime file thats playable on all computers?
felgall
04-20-2006, 02:34 AM
Use software that understands both formats.
.mp4 may just be the 3 character version of .mpeg4 for use with windows 3.1 and earlier
pcthug
04-20-2006, 04:03 AM
The official filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files is .mp4, thus the container format is often referred to simply as MP4. Been around for quite a while too (1998)
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/mpeg4/
__sticky__
04-20-2006, 07:17 AM
sooooo how do I make it smaller?
slaughters
04-20-2006, 08:28 AM
sooooo how do I make it smaller?Re-encode it.
Specify a smaller height and Width or use a smaller bandwidth/transfer rate setting.
You can try just ZIPing it, but mp4''s are pretty compressed all ready and ZIPing won't save you very much.
P.S.
56MB is not that big. I typically upload 200 - 300 mb files without problems using Dreamweaver's FTP upload capabilities. Can't reallly help with your upload issues without knowing how you are actually uploading though.
slaughters
04-20-2006, 08:37 AM
.mp4 may just be the 3 character version of .mpeg4 for use with windows 3.1 and earlierMP4 is becoming the standard format for videos compressed with the relatively new AVC codec also called the H.264 codec, formerly called the HAVOC codec.
It's relatively new because it's only recently that new decompression routines have been made available let you decompress quickly enough to view a video file on a standard PC with out skipping or stuttering. The new decompressors or so efficient that I can watch MP4's on my little underpowered PDA and I beleive it is also the codec used in the Sony PSP videos. I know of people who are working on a cell phone version right now.
Apple started using this codec when Quicktime 7 came out, Nero has been using it for a while.
__sticky__
04-23-2006, 09:07 PM
okay, my problem was I didnt have enough space.You guys were right, even though I was told I had more...oh well. Now i have enough space and I uploaded it, but its not streaming for me..
http://www.drunk-penguin.com/images/crazycardboard.mp4
does anybody know the problem?
pcthug
04-23-2006, 11:01 PM
<html>
<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="300px" height="200px" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
<param name="src" value="http://www.drunk-penguin.com/images/crazycardboard.mp4">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
<param name="controller" value="true">
<param name="loop" value="true">
<embed src="http://www.drunk-penguin.com/images/crazycardboard.mp4" width="300px" height="200px" autoplay="true" controller="true" loop="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">
</embed>
</object>
__sticky__
04-24-2006, 03:34 AM
<html>
<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="300px" height="200px" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
<param name="src" value="http://www.drunk-penguin.com/images/crazycardboard.mp4">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
<param name="controller" value="true">
<param name="loop" value="true">
<embed src="http://www.drunk-penguin.com/images/crazycardboard.mp4" width="300px" height="200px" autoplay="true" controller="true" loop="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">
</embed>
</object>
awesome. thank you for all the help. Am I still doing something wrong though? http://www.drunk-penguin.com/cardboard.html ?