[ms] · Est. May 2002
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I have a movie I made of a family reunion. Should I a) burn it to disk and mail it to everyone. or b) try to upload it?
If the best answer is "a" which I assume it probably is. Does my aluminum body macbrook pro from 2009 have a dvd burner? I'm almost sure it does.
thx:lol:
Re: Sharing a 3.5 gig file
Me, I try to keep everything digital. The physical will only take up space and I'll lose it anyway.
Really depends on how good with technology your family is. I find Google Drive faster than Dropbox and has more space (even for uploading).
Plus how do you expect the movie to be watched? Obviously if it's going into a DVD player you'd want to burn it on to a DVD, make sure it plays, and mail it out. (I think how it will be watched will tell you what you need to do. A digital copy is no use if it's going into a DVD player unless it has a USB slot).
Also, DVDs are not infallible, they won't last forever, and you'll need to put them in cases before mailing out.
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Upload it to youtube, set it as a private link and email the link to everyone.
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Youtube will handle a file that big?
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[url="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/71673?hl=en"]Upload videos longer than 15 minutes - YouTube Help[/url]
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^You are the man, thanks Feather! And Kamal, and rezzz :lol:
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Yea YouTube handles pretty large files. Their main concern is copyrights so as long as the file is legit you should be good to go. I've watched 2 hour documentaries on YouTube that we're pleaded in 720p iirc.