raam rahim asked:


How can i filing a dmca copyright to protect my videos and my channel from Hoaxes members ?How can i filing a dmca copyright to protect my videos and my channel from Hoaxes members ? coz i have some enemies want to suspend my channel so how can i protect myself from hoaxes from members and make youtube know that’s i have permssion to post this videos before they remove it and to protect my channel and my account copyright be in a good status , is there any option to do it now , before anyone report my videos by wrong any one tell me the solution plz and the steps to follow it

In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.

YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.

Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?

While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

Finally: I *HATE* the new channels. They’re a functional and asthetic regression in almost every way. A few users prefer them, but because of the complaints almost no-one thinks the change should be forced like it is. You should help the angry users because their anger won’t go away. It’ll be hidden for a while, but it will come flooding back at a later date the next time there’s a problem.

I’ve seen many of you discussing that you’re having trouble downloading your uploaded videos (to MP4). The majority of you mention that the “Download to MP4″ button sometimes doesn’t appear next to your videos, and so you’re unable to download your video

Petertran asked:


With the induction of posting video files in the internet ,everyone believe it to be one of the best methods to communicate.

The user friendly features make it extremely simple to upload a video clip and make circulate online ease meaning the online video sharing has been a very common activity with any users.

People feel great about the benevolence offered by video shares.

But,this advanced internet based facility allows people at teen age to upload video files and shares to the world when they want to pick a quarrel with anyone.

However , they was take action follows a ready plan ( that you could be watched some video clips including below ) that we may not judge them by their actions but we may called :

” The wrong effects on using video shares of teenagers”Exclusive video clip

VIDEO CLIP 01 : a teen-band assaults ***** a girl ,stuns Net users.

Watch video and Read full post

VIDEO CLIP 02 : Video shares was a way to revenge of teens asian ?- part 1

VIDEO CLIP 03 : Teen assaillants and shamed actions ,cell-phone recorded.(updated in next post)

VIDEO 04 : *** in public area of Teen Chinese.





Short view of video clip 01 :

Teens assault on video stuns Net users.

After found the girl from an internet pit-station the group took the victim to an apartment of a boyfriend as one of the main suspects, beating her nearly continuously. The clip begins with a group of girl turn around the victim, one of them hitting her on the back of the head. The suspects pulled her hair, slapped her in the face and forced her , tell the victim to slap the face by herself, make a march in step with completely *****.

The victim was fall to the floor after many violent beat of suspect girls or one of them.The assault continued, with the assailants joking with each other boys to make the victims ordeal. As the clip ended,two and more of them then grabbed victim leg and they forced victim to make easy for other boys rapped successlly.

But one of the most important on this case that one of a witness working at the internet was told that the Khai Binh police dept has been investigated but do not have any result for the case at that time.( july 2007) .

At last ,on july 2008 The Police opened an investigation of seven girls in their teens on charges of assaulting another girl of about the same age and 4 other teen- boys.All of them are less than 17 years old to reach adulthood ,police will track down some suspects were run away to prosecuted.

Police has been arrested all of suspects but don’t announce about who’s the most closely concernet as the instigator, keep close watch their ***** movement in the assaults video clip .Police said they would also question the person who posted the clip on the Internet.

The girl seen in the assault as a victim is a 17-year-old classmate of the suspects.

The victim denied any claim to make a public or appearance,was hide her’s head after the clip began circulating on the Internet ,

Short view of video clip 02 :

The video clip, about four minutes long, was posted at the Web site WorldTV.com asia categories and was widely copied and posted elsewhere on Vietnam-China- video sites. The clip was showed at the North-tian a province of Vn’s nearest the China and Vn border between 2 countries.

The clip begins with a girl talking very loud to the victims face and hitting her continiously , pulled her hair, slapped her in the face and all other assaillants started…

the victim to be in luck when a big-hearted man was stopped quite this shame assault.

Reading full posts and video clips from links has been added above.

raam rahim asked:


Someone Posted a Video of Me Without Consent how do i Get the Video Taken Off? ,Pothigai TV telecost GIRAMIYA MANAM programme on 08-09-2009 @ 12.30 pm. why didn’t record & post it in the YouTube?Pothigai TV telecost the one Villupaattu Programme in the name of “GIRAMIYA MANAM” on 25-08-2009 @ 4.30pm and the same was retelecost on yesterday (08-09-2009) @ 12.30pm. One of my best friend has done that programme. Both the time, i was in the office only. So that i could not watch that programme. I am very thankful to you, if you post it in YouTube. How do i watch that programme in YouTube. Thanks a lot.

Your English is so atrocious that I am not even sure if I am understanding you correctly, but from what I can gather, you want a television program to be recorded and broadcast onto YouTube. That, my friend, is completely illegal, unless done by the official company that owns the rights to the show. I can pretty much guarantee that if you see it on YouTube, it will be uploaded illegally. However, this is not the place to ask for illegal favors.This forum is unmoderated and based on the nature of user helping user. Since only you are knowing the content of your video then I only can advice you to read the Terms of Service (www.youtube.com/t/terms) including the links mentioned in the first paragraph. Maybe you can find your violation there (e.g. Copyright Infringement?).

If you want to know if your account got suspended because of a terms of service violations, community guidelines violations or privacy policy’s violations then you can use the contact form:For those of you who don’t know how to do this, follow these steps:

1. Take a look at the embed code (see below). In bold you’ll see “YourChannelName”. This is where you’ll insert your YouTube username.2. Delete “YourChannelName” and replace it with your actual YouTube username.The first rule of handling a potential Internet revolt (whether justified or not) is to respond FAST. Whenever criticism builds, respond loudly and clearly to your users that you’re listening, interested, and willing to explore changes, and revolts will be quelled immediately.

In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.

YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.

Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?

While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

Finally: I *HATE* the new channels. They’re a functional and asthetic regression in almost every way. A few users prefer them, but because of the complaints almost no-one thinks the change should be forced like it is. You should help the angry users because their anger won’t go away. It’ll be hidden for a while, but it will come flooding back at a later date the next time there’s a problem.

I’ve seen many of you discussing that you’re having trouble downloading your uploaded videos (to MP4). The majority of you mention that the “Download to MP4″ button sometimes doesn’t appear next to your videos, and so you’re unable to download your video.

raam rahim asked:


How Do I Report a User For Posting a Hateful Comment About Me in Another Video? ,I have Windows Media Player is it possible to watch You Tube videos on my Media Player ?One of my friends did a spoof video of me that I liked. It was all in fun. However, this one guy I’m fed up with posted this about me in a spoof: “great job i **** john marine he is a *** and nigger” -from “TheJOHNHATER”If I suspect that someone is making fun of me in another video from another YouTube channel, how do I report this?

It’s always best to ignore and delete harassing comments, flag and otherwise ignore harassing videos, and block the offensive user. Many haters do it for the response and it’s best not to give them the satisfaction. Using friend lock for comments also helps. You can do this via the edit channel function (on the old channels) or by clicking the little edit link at the upper right of your comments box for the new format, and you can also set individual videos to friend lock in your individual video settings. If they can’t comment and don’t get a response, they’ll generally move on.

If they’re following you to other people’s pages and videos, you may reduce their ability to follow you by adjusting the activities you share here:For those of you who don’t know how to do this, follow these steps:1. Take a look at the embed code (see below). In bold you’ll see “YourChannelName”. This is where you’ll insert your YouTube username.2. Delete “YourChannelName” and replace it with your actual YouTube username.

The first rule of handling a potential Internet revolt (whether justified or not) is to respond FAST. Whenever criticism builds, respond loudly and clearly to your users that you’re listening, interested, and willing to explore changes, and revolts will be quelled immediately.

In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.

YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

Finally: I *HATE* the new channels. They’re a functional and asthetic regression in almost every way. A few users prefer them, but because of the complaints almost no-one thinks the change should be forced like it is. You should help the angry users because their anger won’t go away. It’ll be hidden for a while, but it will come flooding back at a later date the next time there’s a problem.

I’ve seen many of you discussing that you’re having trouble downloading your uploaded videos (to MP4). The majority of you mention that the “Download to MP4″ button sometimes doesn’t appear next to your videos, and so you’re unable to download your video.

Zachary Elwood asked:


Our company has been doing a lot of work lately with speakers, trainers, and experts in various fields; individuals who want us to produce videos that showcase their expertise and abilities. One of the concerns I hear a lot from our clients, especially the ones new to being in front of a camera, is about how attractive or appealing they will appear. Its a common and very understandable worry; no one wants to produce a promotional video that shows them in a negative light, whether its their personal appearance or misspeaking in some way. These are common concerns, and I always tell people in these situations something like this: Its our job to make you look good. You can trust us to present you in the most positive way possible.

Of course, it is only natural to worry about your appearance and how your audience will perceive you. After all, you have the most at stake when the video being produced is going to represent your persona and your business to the public. But video production companies doing this kind of work have their reputations at stake as well. This is why trust in the production company youre working with is very important. You have to have a high level of trust that the company has the judgment to shoot you in the most flattering way (with good lighting, good make-up, good shot composition, good audio) and that they pick the most flattering takes and edit them together in such a way that you appear your best; competent, engaging, and likable.

Having trust in the people you are working with is important in another, not as obvious, way as well. It allows you to be relaxed in your performance. The more relaxed you are, the more confident and personable you will appear on the screen. I cant overestimate how much a difference this makes. Weve all seen cheaply produced local commercials that feature stifled, awkward sound bites from employees or leaders of the company (and Ill admit I was responsible for putting some of these on the air in my early days of local commercial production). Someone who is not relaxed in front of the camera is not going to come across well, and anyone whos been in front of a camera a few times figures this out quickly.

There are so many small subtle secrets to getting people relaxed and smiling in front of the camera that it could possibly be the subject of an entire book and I wont go into it here. But you should know that experienced interviewers/videographers have learned these tricks (some of them unconsciously) and that amateurs/beginners just dont have these skills. It is the reason you see so many awkward talking heads on cheaply made video productions.

When a good production company has you in the studio, their perception of you should be uppermost in their minds. They should shoot you from your best angle. They should light you in the most flattering way. They should ply you with refreshments and beverages and funny jokes to make sure you are comfortable. If your old speech impediment starts to come back, we wont use that take. If youve suddenly contracted elephantiasis and now have a huge fleshy protuberance coming out of your shoulder, they should find a way to shoot around that (unless it is a promotional video for a circus or similarly themed event.)

To sum up, it is important that you look your best in front of the camera, but part of looking your best is feeling your best. If you dont feel at ease during a video production, you should ask yourself why. Has the production team not done a good job of setting you at ease? Do you not trust their skills to make you look good? Have you maybe drunk too much coffee? Whatever it is, you should try to figure it out and attempt to address it. Having a good video production team is the first step in making you look your best in your media productions.

raam rahim asked:


How can I get someone to un-subscribe from me? ,Video Upload Problem ,how do I get back to my original view mode ??This one creep-o on youtube is subscribed to me. I blocked him & I thought that would work, but he was still able to subscribe to me. How do I make him stay un-subscribed to me?A blocked person cannot subscribe to your channel. However, if they were subscribed prior to the block, I am thinking that YouTube does not force them to unsubscribe, seeing as you are still having problems with them. Unfortunately, there’s no alternate method for forcing someone to unsubscribe. If blocking doesn’t work for you, then you’re out of luck

am having issues trying to upload a video which is mp4 format and is a series of images made into a video using ffmpeg. However the video got successfully uploaded here: Can someone please let me know as to what might be the issue ?are the videos I watch coming up big; and my related video sidebar is gone; and its very ugly; and not user friendly anymore.

For those of you who don’t know how to do this, follow these steps:1. Take a look at the embed code (see below). In bold you’ll see “YourChannelName”. This is where you’ll insert your YouTube username.2. Delete “YourChannelName” and replace it with your actual YouTube username.The first rule of handling a potential Internet revolt (whether justified or not) is to respond FAST. Whenever criticism builds, respond loudly and clearly to your users that you’re listening, interested, and willing to explore changes, and revolts will be quelled immediately.

In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.

Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?

While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

Finally: I *HATE* the new channels. They’re a functional and asthetic regression in almost every way. A few users prefer them, but because of the complaints almost no-one thinks the change should be forced like it is. You should help the angry users because their anger won’t go away. It’ll be hidden for a while, but it will come flooding back at a later date the next time there’s a problem.

I’ve seen many of you discussing that you’re having trouble downloading your uploaded videos (to MP4). The majority of you mention that the “Download to MP4″ button sometimes doesn’t appear next to your videos, and so you’re unable to download your video.

raam rahim asked:


WHY IS MY ACOUNT SUSPENDED, I want know that why a video can not play uploded by any site?

For those of you who don’t know how to do this, follow these steps:1. Take a look at the embed code (see below). In bold you’ll see “YourChannelName”. This is where you’ll insert your YouTube username.2. Delete “YourChannelName” and replace it with your actual YouTube username.

The first rule of handling a potential Internet revolt (whether justified or not) is to respond FAST. Whenever criticism builds, respond loudly and clearly to your users that you’re listening, interested, and willing to explore changes, and revolts will be quelled immediately.

In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.

YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.

Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?

While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

Finally: I *HATE* the new channels. They’re a functional and asthetic regression in almost every way. A few users prefer them, but because of the complaints almost no-one thinks the change should be forced like it is. You should help the angry users because their anger won’t go away. It’ll be hidden for a while, but it will come flooding back at a later date the next time there’s a problem.

I’ve seen many of you discussing that you’re having trouble downloading your uploaded videos (to MP4). The majority of you mention that the “Download to MP4″ button sometimes doesn’t appear next to your videos, and so you’re unable to download your video.

raam rahim asked:


Remove an Account where I’ve lost the password ,Reloading a video I had up beforePreviously I’ve created a couple of videos for the company I used to work for under . However, I have left the company and need to delete the account simply because I’m no longer their employee. The account was registered under my company email box and unfortunately I’ve lost the password to the account. As you can see the account has been inactive to the last 6 months. How do I contact Youtube to have this deleted? Should I use the copyright removal notice form?

1. Take a look at the embed code (see below). In bold you’ll see “YourChannelName”. This is where you’ll insert your YouTube username.2. Delete “YourChannelName” and replace it with your actual YouTube username.The first rule of handling a potential Internet revolt (whether justified or not) is to respond FAST. Whenever criticism builds, respond loudly and clearly to your users that you’re listening, interested, and willing to explore changes, and revolts will be quelled immediately.In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.

YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?

While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

raam rahim asked:


Does the size of the video file you upload have any affect on the performance of the video when people try to watch it?Does video file size matter to performance. I’m trying to figure out whether to stay with a smaller file size version of a video or go with a bigger (HD) version of the same video. Will someone who watches the video notice any performance difference in viewing (other than the obvious one of resolution) based on the size of the video file?

I would say it depends on what you are uploading and if resolution is important to your subscriber viewing experience. You may want to consider that a lot of people have older computer which will cause a slower video. Some are still on dial up and have slow Internet connections. You can still do HD with a smaller render size. I have some that I have rendered at 90% and others that I have done at 75%. There is not much of a difference between the two

In my humble opinion you’ve done almost everything wrong here. After 57 thousand angry comments on the blog, 9 thousand angry comments on the announcement video, dozens of “anti-beta” YouTube channels and online petitions against the change scattered all over the Internet, your response has been deafening silence, and the help page still promises a July 15th “forced migration” date. It’s completely unapparent whether or not anybody at YouTube has noticed the commotion. So what happens? The pitchforks are out, the voices are still getting louder and angrier and the ASCII art on the blog is getting bigger and more desperate. Some users commented they had flagged the video as “promotes hatred or violence”, and it wasn’t a joke.

YouTube, I can’t overstate how badly you’ve handled this. For such a huge site you ought to have something resembling a clue how to listen to and interact with your users! The single thing you didn’t do wrong is that you (apparently) haven’t censored any criticism. Thank goodness, or everyone would have gone ballistic. You got that right by accident though, because actually it’s completely typical for responses to the YouTube blogs to be ignored.

Even if you respond now, damage has already been done. Users incensed by the lack of response have probably already gone to their forums and chatrooms all over the web and posted comments along the lines of “YouTube ****. They keep making stupid changes and don’t listen to their users.” Because as long as you aren’t listening, we’ll tell anyone who will.

This doesn’t reflect well on Google either. If there is ever a major revolt against a Google change like this, it looks like you/Google will be completely incapable of handling it. How can you expect to control a billion angry web surfers?While I do sort of look forward to the potential fun and chaos of a massive Internet-wide revolt against Google, I suggest you get a clue. YouTubers have raised big objections to the design of the new channels, aggrandized by the fact that social website users will generally resist and reject major change to their pages, whether they’re improvements or not. It’s like getting up and finding someone switched your car for a different (newer) model overnight, while losing your toolkit and personally chosen seat covers (analogy to the channel backgrounds, etc). You’d feel indignant, right?

Finally: I *HATE* the new channels. They’re a functional and asthetic regression in almost every way. A few users prefer them, but because of the complaints almost no-one thinks the change should be forced like it is. You should help the angry users because their anger won’t go away. It’ll be hidden for a while, but it will come flooding back at a later date the next time there’s a problem.

I’ve seen many of you discussing that you’re having trouble downloading your uploaded videos (to MP4). The majority of you mention that the “Download to MP4″ button sometimes doesn’t appear next to your videos, and so you’re unable to download your video

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My Zoom is Bigger Than Your Zoom

How to use zoom to create Internet Video

By Mark Shapiro, Editor in Chief at Internet Video Magazine

Remember the War between the States, the Trojan War, remember the Alamo? Now, those were real wars. However, us camcorder and video people have our own wars and battles as well.

How about the VHS versus Beta wars? Three chip versus one chip? VHS versus 8mm? S-Video versus regular video? Color viewfinders versus black&white? How about the new Digital Video battle?

But, have you heard about the zoom wars? Camcorder manufacturers are battling to see who can offer the biggest and most powerful zooms on their cameras.

I remember many years ago that if you had a 6x zoom, you were pretty hot stuff. Slowly the zoom ratios crept up to 8x, 10x and 12x. (I have always wondered why zoom numbers always ended in even numbers?)

For many years, the 12x zoom plateau was were most camcorders lived. There is a good reason for that. Even with the best image stabilization and expert camcorder holding technique, it is quite difficult to handhold a close-up of an image steady at the maximum 12x zoom.

Recently, the zoom wars have intensified. The numbers are once again starting to creep up. Companies like Canon, Hitachi and Samsung are marketing camcorders with 40x optical zoom or more. There is no way to hold it steady with just your hands. This year, Panasonic rolled out a camcorder with 70x optical zoom!

Adding fuel to the fire is digital zoom. Recently, I have seen digital zoom numbers as high as 1000x! This is marketing hype. Its all BS. Unless you really, really have to, you never want to use digital zoom.

If you have used digital or electronic zooms, you probably realize that all digital zoom does is to magnify the image and make the middle larger. Any distortion or electronic noise gets amplified as well.

The pixels of color and light that make up the image get bigger as well. As the digital zoom ratio increases, the image you see consists of fewer and fewer pixels, with each pixel just a lot larger. Eventually, all you get is pixels and you can’t even recognize what you are aiming at.

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Most camcorders offer three options for digital zoom. You can leave it totally off, you can go to the first level or detent, or you can maximize it. I personally prefer to usually max out my digital zoom at the first level. If you need to capture your images at the best quality, leave digital zoom off and just walk a bit closer!

By the way, there is no limit to digital or electronic zoom. As it is an electronic function, manufacturers can easily set it to what ever range they want. A camcorder manufacturer could offer 1000x digital zoom or more.

The secret of evaluating the quality of a digital zoom is the level of optical zoom it is based upon. For example, 100x digital zoom from a camera that offers 10x optical zoom means that the electronic image has been blown up 10 times. On the other hand, a 100x digital zoom on a camcorder with an optical zoom of 20x, only needs to blow up the image by five times. Hence the image generated by the camcorder with the 20x optical zoom will look a lot better than the image generated by the camcorder with only a 10x optical zoom.

The bottom line: Ignore Digital Zoom Numbers!

Yes, there are a few technology workarounds that can help improve the image, but in general, the greater the optical zoom, the better the image will look after digital enlargement.

Adding to this quality conundrum is digital image stabilization versus optical image stabilization. As mentioned earlier, it is quite difficult to hold an image steady at 20x. With todays small camcorders, I find it difficult to handhold an image steady at just 6x or so. That is why image stabilization is so important. If you are not going to be using a tripod for your extended zoom shots, image stabilization can be a lifesaver.

The first image stabilization technologies were sort of funky and didnt work well. Youd notice a freeze frame effect at times as the stabilizing circuitry tried to figure out just what image it should be holding steady, Over the last decade, image stabilization has made great moves forward.

There are two types of image stabilization, optical and electronic/digital. (Some companies call it digital, some call it electronic it is basically the same) Both optical and electronic/digital use electronic technology but optical is based more on mechanical means and digital is based on electronic technologies.

Digital and electronic image stabilization, like electronic zoom, can degrade an image whereas optical image stabilization, like optical zoom, is a mechanical technology that has minimal effect on image quality. Most electronic/digital image stabilization technologies generate about 5% image degradation as they enlarge the center part of an image. The technology is still getting better. On some of the most recent camcorders you might not notice any difference when you turn on Image Stabilization versus when it is off.

A good hint is if the camcorder’s instructions recommend turning off electronic or digital image stabilization when you are using the camcorder on a tripod.

The best quality images are generated by optical zoom combined with optical image stabilization.

If you know in advance you are going to need to use large zoom ratios, digital or optical, use a tripod. That way, once you have your camcorder firmly locked down, you dont need image stabilization and can turn it off.

Telephoto Lens Filters

Various manufacturers offer telephoto adapters that can be screwed onto the front of your lens and will optically increase the telephoto length. A 1.5x adapter lens will increase the overall zoom by 50%. You will still have the same ratio of 12 to 1 but everything will be 50% larger. Look at the front of your camcorder lens. Is there a set of lens threads that will enable you to ***** on an accessory lens? Note what width lens you have. Most camcorders are in the 30 to 50mm range.

Telephoto adapters are not all the same. Sometimes they dont fit quite right and when you zoom out to maximum wide angle you may see the sides of the adapter ring. Quality is also an issue. Whenever you add another lens between your subject and the camera, you end up degrading the image, however slight. The cheapest lenses are made of plastic and may unacceptably distort your image. Better lens are made from glass. However, a good glass telephoto adapter may cost more than your camcorder! I recommend taking your camcorder with you and trying different adapters and see what the image looks like. And, if you dont have one already, buy a good tripod while you are at the photo store.

To Zoom or Not to Zoom

While we are on the subject of zooming, lets discuss the how and why of zooming. In my classes, I always stress that zooming is a crutch to be avoided. It is much better to physically pick up your camcorder and tripod and simply get closer to the subject.

Video is a medium of close-ups, of tight shots of faces and things. On most home TV sets, watching wide shots of buildings and landscapes doesnt work well. With the advent of wide screen, high definition television this may change, but now is now.

Zooming does more than just make the image larger, it also reduces depth. A wide angle shot appears to have more depth, more of a 3D feel than a corresponding zoomed close-up. Maximum telephoto shots always give you a flat look opposed to the more real wide-angle image

I am sure you remember your first videotaping experience. You popped the tape in, hit record and began making a movie. You started zooming in and zooming out, zoom in zoom out, it is a phase all first time videographers experience. And then while watching it back on your TV set, you wondered why you got seasick?

Zooming is to be avoided, especially zooming in on objects. I recommend getting a wide shot of an image, hit pause and zoom in to a tight shot, and then re-start recording. We dont need to see the zoom in.

If you want to zoom out from a telephoto shot to a wide angle, try panning and moving the camera as you zoom out. Instead of zooming straight out, try moving the camera left or right as you zoom out to the wide angle. That way you are surprising the viewer – showing new and different parts of the image. By the way, by moving the camcorder, you camouflage jiggling and shaking.

I prefer camcorders with variable speed zooms. Variable speed zoom means the harder you push the zoom lever, the faster the camcorder zooms. Most camcorders provide variable zooms. A fast zoom enables you to follow a fast moving object; a slow zoom enables you to concentrate on a subject while languidly zooming out.

The Zoom Focus Problem

If you insist on zooming in on something, at least try to stay in focus. (Unless you really dont want to) Most camcorders have an acceptable auto focus function that controls focus as you zoom from one object to another. However, your auto focus may be a bit slow, or you may be shooting in situations where it doesnt work well. Shooting in dim light or shooting an object with lots of stripes can be tough on auto focus. Many auto focus circuits also have problems shooting through glass and screens or in shots with lots of foreground objects.

If you have to use manual focus, the secret is to zoom in using your maximum telephoto and focus on the object. Now zoom out to wide angle. As long as the distance between you and the subject doesnt change, you should be able to zoom in and out over and over again, with the image staying in focus the entire time. Of course, if you follow my advice about never zooming in and just zooming out, your images will also be in focus as you pull back from the close-up.

Why not wide angle?

Even as the zoom war ranges, many of my videographer cohorts and I wonder, why not a wide-angle lens battle? Why arent camcorder manufacturers battling to see who can provide the widest angle?

Using a wide-angle lens enables you to get closer to your subject and show a larger angle of coverage. Remember the joke about the videographer trying to get a shot of his family standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon. He keeps telling them to back up and back up so he get the whole family in the shot? Having a wide-angle lens enables you to capture a bunch of people in a single shot, without having to pan sideways and up and down.

I love wide-angle shots aside from the deep focus look, it is easier to shot wide angle. You dont have to worry about focus or focal depth. Everything is in focus. I love being able to get within inches of someones face during an interview. I love the look of using wide angle during tracking shots and the incredible feeling of 3D that it creates.

You can create dramatic shots like a close-up of someones face, in perfect focus in the foreground, while the background panorama of the Grand Canyon is also sharp and in focus. For example, check out the classic film Citizen Kane all the wonderful deep focus, wide angle shots.

Wide-angle shots also minimize shaking and jiggle. It is very easy to walk along with someone and videotape while using wide angle. You dont need to use image stabilization. Because the image is so wide and open, the motion of the camera is not as noticeable to the viewer when played back.

I have never seen any camcorders that include true wide angle at the bottom of their zoom lens ratio. The expensive and semi-pro Canon XLI-S includes a wide angle lens that can be used instead of the standard zoom lens that comes with the camcorder. However, that wide-angle lens is very expensive. One of my favorite camcorders, the Sony PD100 came with a high quality wide-angle lens adapter that screwed onto the front of the zoom. It was great.

You can find wide-angle adapters for many brands and models of camcorder. However, like telephoto adapters, the quality can vary from awful to wonderful. Unfortunately, using a cheap wide-angle lens is worse than using a cheap telephoto lens. Because everything is in focus, a small defect or even a lens smudge can be very obvious.

Even though I am raving about wide-angle lens adapters, remember that you can always use your maximum wide angle setting on your camcorder zoom lens. When I am shooting events and parties for my family, I mostly use my personal camcorder at its maximum wide angle and avoid even touching the zoom lever.

Zoom and The Internet

Internet video does not like zooms. This live camera movement is not easy for video compression to handle and can cause your compression and conversion software to lower quality in order to handle the increased amount of information. Cuts work a lot better from a compression point of view.

You don’t have to zoom live to create an interesting video. In fact, it may be a lot more dramatic and exciting to cut between shots at various zoom lengths. For example, start with a wide shot of a location and then cut to a medium shot that shows your two characters talking. Then cut to a close up of one as they try to make a point. Bam, bam, bam. It is more dramatic and will look better when streamed over the Internet.

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