Can't Export Video...

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Can't Export Video...

I just recorded a short song on my computer using my built in camera on iMovie, and as the file is massive and I wanna put it on youtube I need to compress it...I thought that was done by exporting it into an avi format but iMovie won't let me do it- all the options under the Share menu are grayed out...can anyone help me please?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 3, 2011 2:39 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 3, 2011 2:51 PM in response to Taco_Party

YouTube does not require you to compress it.

Just SHARE the file to iTunes, to the Media Browser, or using SHARE/EXPORT MOVIE to the location of your choice. Then upload this file to YouTube. It will be an h.264 file. YouTube will take any h.264 file up to 15 minutes.

I would recommend uploading through the YouTube website, but iMovie 08 has a YouTube option that might still work, although it may keep you to lower resolutions and shorter times than YouTube currently supports.

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Feb 3, 2011 7:40 PM in response to AppleMan1958

Well therein lies the very problem...it won't let me share anything. The SHARE menu is all grayed out, none of the options work. What am I doing wrong? I just recorded a video is all, and made no changes. I'm confused.

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Answer 3

Feb 3, 2011 8:48 PM in response to Taco_Party

Hmmmm.
When you record your video through the iSight camera, it would go into an Event.
You need to drag the clips that you want into a Project before the Share menu would be active.

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Feb 3, 2011 9:46 PM in response to AppleMan1958

ahh yes. I couldn't drag the clips so I had to just copy and paste them...but now I can export it. Thanks!

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