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Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:06 pm
by mudxdresser
Something must have changed, I can no longer upload videos in .mpg format. Can someone tell be what formats are currently supported? Thanks!
Re: Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:23 pm
by dlodoski
mudxdresser wrote:Something must have changed, I can no longer upload videos in .mpg format. Can someone tell be what formats are currently supported? Thanks!
Attachment permissions vary from forum to forum. In forums, where video attachments are allowed, all the popular extensions are supported.
It's possible that you were able to upload to one forum, but not another (more recently).
I just can't recall efficiently which public forums support video attachments, but I'm sure that 'Home Movies' does.
Re: Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:41 pm
by Fred588
Are you sure the issue is the file format? There is also a limit to the file SIZE. I am unsure if any message associated with a failure can distinguish the two issues.
Re: Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:35 pm
by dlodoski
Fred588 wrote:Are you sure the issue is the file format? There is also a limit to the file SIZE. I am unsure if any message associated with a failure can distinguish the two issues.
The feedback on files too large can be pretty vague, admittedly.
But the software is very clear on when a particular extension is not allowed.
Re: Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:25 pm
by mudxdresser
Tried again just now. The error message is "mpg file extension not allowed". Tried to post in Nuggets as it is an edited Tarzan clip and not really appropriate for Home Movies.
Re: Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:29 am
by dlodoski
mudxdresser wrote:Tried again just now. The error message is "mpg file extension not allowed". Tried to post in Nuggets as it is an edited Tarzan clip and not really appropriate for Home Movies.
Yea, I intentionally did not allow video attachments in the Nuggets forum. Hence the "Share Your Media Finds! Includes scans and incidental on-topic images, as well as links to on-topic items at photo and video sharing sites." lingo in the description.
The idea was to keep the site disk space from being chewed up by mainstream media clips (yea I know, we chew it up a but with producer clips, but what can I say?). Maybe you could upload to a video sharing site such as Youtube and then link to it.
Re: Change in video formats that can be uploaded?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:07 pm
by mudxdresser
Thanks for the update! Makes sense, why waste bandwidth. Will post it on a video sharing website and link to it.