In yesterday’s post (Speaker Academy 9), I meant to include a question. Here it is.
The post said you gotta have a sample video on your site so shoppers can know what they’re buying. Well, Speaker Academy cadet Randi Oster does have a video of a speech she gave, but it’s on DVD, and (as far as I know) sites like YouTube and Vimeo don’t accept those files. The sites want file formats like .MP4, with the whole thing in one file, but DVDs consist of multiple files. Randi’s, for instance, has:
VIDEO_TS.VOB 114K
VTS_01_0.BUP 28K
VTS_01_0.IFO 28K
VTS_01_0.VOB 5422K
There must be a way to convert DVD to something YouTube-compatible, but I haven’t found it, at least not free and usable. (I’ve found some horrible ultra-geeky ugly utilities but nothing like what I think we SHOULD have.)
Help?
I just found this on the Vimeo help forum – a recommendation for a conversion tool called Handbrake, with a link to some tutorials. I haven’t clicked through to try it myself.
I’m finding a lot of carry-over applications from my acting days. As I have video of talks should I create a speakers reel or just keep every thing separate in the individual talks?
Not sure if you’ve noticed but I am addicted to this Speakers Academy!! Can’t. Stop. Learning.
Up to you, Karen. Up to you. Try things. It’s not like this is a spacecraft you’re launching and can’t call back. :-)
Okay. I appreciate that. :)