Question: How to get edited videos onto youtube from a mobile cell phone?
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How would you get films from a nokia phone onto youtube?
How do I get those phones through a video editor, where I can manipulate them, and eventually onto Youtube?
I am looking for answers from people - on Squidoo, Youtube and Twitter.
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The Basic Idea

So simply put, this is the workflow I want to facilitate:
- Copy videos from my phone to my computer.
- Edit those files into a short film.
- Output the film to youtube.
In the above diagram, each arrow is one of these steps. Conversion/transcode steps are implied, but I know they may be necessary.
I am looking for the cheapest and least hassle solution. I am trying to avoid adware/malware, and clearly free is the cheapest but if a small fee gets me something much better (with enough of a trial to verify that really is the case) then I would go for that too.
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AVS4YOU Video and Audio Software
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The Phone - Nokia n73
It has 2 cameras, both capable of video. One is geared towards video conferencing, and the other has a rather nice autofocus lens and 3.2 Mp ccd. It is ok for photos, if a little slow, and the video is not too bad - not particularly high resolution or high frame rate, but at the time of writing, it accounts for the closest to a camcorder I have ever owned and the best video capture device I have owned.
I already have a bunch of footage recorded on this, so although I am likely to invest in a proper camcorder, that footage needs this treatment. Plus others are probably in the same situation.
The phone by default creates video files which are 3gp videos with AMR audio. Both are described below. I transfer them to my PC via a link cable in either storage media mode or pc link mode.
About the Nokia n73
About 3gp video
About AMR audio
An alternative solution
There are a number of great and inexpensive options, including camera designed entirely for getting video's onto youtube. Also they often come with reasonable video editing software bundled.
About the Nokia n73
The Nokia N73 is a smartphone by Nokia officially described as a "multimedia computer". In common with other Nokia 'Nseries' and 'Eseries' phones of its time (late 2006), the N73 comes loaded with many software applications, including contacts, messaging, picture and video galleries, a music player, a Visual FM Radio, RealPlayer, an IM client, a WAP browser, a full web browser based on KHTML/WebKit, a Microsoft Office document viewer, a PDF viewer, an Adobe Flash Lite viewer and some games. The majority of these applications support background execution; for example, one may listen to music while browsing the Internet, and then may switch to write a text message or e-mail, without having to close any applications. With the exception of newer Sony Ericsson phones like K550 and W610, non 'smartphones' typically cannot do this or can do it in only a very limited way; for example, only the music player can run in the background. The feature which most distinguishes the N73 from other 'N'- or 'E'-series Nokia mobile phones is the 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera. The N73 does not support Wi-Fi.
Java applications as well as Symbian (S60 release 3) applications can be installed to or removed from the phone by the user, using either the Nokia PC Suite software, which is included with the phone, or the installer application on the phone itself. Notably, Nokia supports firmware upgrades to the N73 to be made by the user via a module in Nokia PC Suite or directly over-the-air. Since the N73 supports access via Bluetooth and USB Mass Storage (amongst other methods), it is possible to transfer large collections of files to and from it using any computer that also supports either Bluetooth or mass storage via USB (e.g. Microsoft Windows, Linux; Mac OS X etc.). The N73 uses a database system for the supplied 'Gallery' applications (which permanently run in the background, in order to reduce seek and operation times) and again these databases can be updated locally on the device itself. This means that supported image, video and audio files can be placed almost anywhere in the file system and browsed easily, and in the case of MP3 audio files, by ID3 tag (e.g. 'album'; 'artist' etc.).
About 3gp Video
3GP (3GPP file format) is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for 3G UMTS multimedia services. It is used on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones.
3G2 (3GPP2 file format) is a multimedia container format defined by the 3GPP2 for 3G CDMA2000 multimedia services. It is very similar to the 3GP file format, but has some extensions and limitations in comparison to 3GP.
3GP is defined in the ETSI 3GPP technical specification.ETSI 3GPP 3GPP TS 26.244; Transparent end-to-end packet switched streaming service (PSS); 3GPP file format (3GP) Retrieved on 2009-06-02. 3GP is required file format for video and associated speech/audio media types and timed text in ETSI 3GPP technical specifications for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) and Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS).ETSI (2009-04) ETSI TS 126 234 V8.2.0 (2009-04); 3GPP TS 26.234; Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS); Protocols and codecs Page 58. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.ETSI (2009-01) ETSI TS 126 140 V8.0.0 (2009-01); 3GPP TS 26.140; Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS); Media formats and codes Page 11. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.ETSI (2009-01) ETSI TS 126 141 V8.0.0 (2009-01); 3GPP TS 26.141; IP Multimedia System (IMS) Messaging and Presence; Media formats and codecs Page 10. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.
3G2 is defined in 3GPP2 technical specification.
About AMR Audio
The Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR or AMR-NB) audio codec is a patented audio data compression scheme optimized for speech coding. AMR was adopted as the standard speech codec by 3GPP in October 1998 and is now widely used in GSM and UMTS. It uses link adaptation to select from one of eight different bit rates based on link conditions.
AMR is also a file format for storing spoken audio using the AMR codec. Many modern mobile telephone handsets will allow you to store short recordings in the AMR format, both open source and commercial programs exist (see Software support) to convert between this and other formats such as MP3, although it should be remembered that AMR is a speech format and is unlikely to give ideal results for other audio. The common filename extension is .amr. There also exists another storage format for AMR that is suitable for applications with more advanced demands on the storage format, like random access or synchronization with video. This format is the 3GPP-specified 3GP container format based on ISO base media file format.RFC 4867 - RTP Payload Format and File Storage Format for the Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) and Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) Audio Codecs Page 35
My computer resources
The computer I own is a 2Ghz Dual Core machine, 2gb RAM and with shuffling about, 400Gb of disk space I could use (150 here, 250 there).
It is running either Windows Vista (Ultimate Edition) or Ubuntu Linux. Solutions that require a mac will be mentioned here, but will not be featured unless buying a Mac and its software is actually a cheaper/simpler move than other solutions. The ideal solution will involve just downloading software and possibly paying a small fee.
What kind of computer do you use for video editing?
Some people consider Apple machines as the only platform that can do video editing well. Some others use other platforms - Windows, Linux or even lesser known things like BSD.
So, do you think Mac is the only way for video, or do you use something else?
Is Mac the only real platform for Video Editing?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byNo, Windows/Linux or some other OS will do!
Laura says:
My bb is a mac and I'll still go with any *nix will do esp. at this level (no idea if the overhead in windows makes it a good idea but I'm pretty sure some pros try somehow and I'm certain amateurs use it) - or maybe even the latest Amiga ;) .
Posted April 19, 2009
dannystaple says:
I am asking the questions, but I think that most OS's can do this. Mac platforms did have a head start but I don't think it counts for that much any more.
Posted April 19, 2009
Yes, other stuff wont cut it. Steve Jobs is a legend.
Try to keep it clearly costable
For things that are free - free is great, but finding hidden costs, like having to buy an additional license to actually save the project or something, will also be considered very negatively. If those costs are stated upfront, so that those downloading it know what will happen, it is fine. If it is in the small print, or not mentioned, that will IMHO count negatively toward it.
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- Nochipra Nochipra Apr 20, 2009 @ 11:16 am
- I have no idea how to do it but this is an interesting way to get the info. Very creative:)
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