I can't upload videos to Facebook!

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I can't upload videos to Facebook!

I have a Sony HD video camera and I can upload .mov videos to my iMac from my video camera using iMovie. But I cannot upload these .mov videos to Facebook. Why???

I am using Max OS X 10.7.5 and use Safari to try to upload the videos to facebook, through a high speed internet cable, but I get an error message saying that the files could not be uploaded to Facebook. The uploading starts OK but is extremely slow, for this video that is less than 2 minutyes long. After several hours I get the error message.

The size of the files are around 300 MB which is lower than the 1000 MB limit I think FB has.

I have no problem uploading pictures to Facebook.

Do the videos have to be in another format?

Do I need to use another browser?

Are the file size too big?

This is an example of the video file name:

User uploaded file

Type: QuickTime-film

Size: 278 MB

960 x 540

Lenght: 01:44

Thankful for a quick answer!

//Karin

Posted on Mar 24, 2014 3:54 AM

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Answer 1

a brody

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Mar 24, 2014 4:43 AM in response to KarinEN

I've requested a moderator move your thread. No PPC Mac can run 10.7. PPC is for pre-2006 Macs.

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KarinEN Author

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Mar 24, 2014 4:56 AM in response to a brody

Thanks! I didn't know what PPC Mac ment and couldn't find the correct group where to post it! //Karin

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C F McBlob

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Mar 24, 2014 12:51 PM in response to KarinEN

278mb is atrociously large for a video of only a minute-forty-four seconds. Especially for a MOV. Even a VIDEO_TS file wouldn't be that large for a vid that short.

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KarinEN Author

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Mar 24, 2014 2:13 PM in response to C F McBlob

I am using my Sony Video Handycam HDR SR5 Full HD camera, and it's not even set to the highest quality! A 2-min film clip is usually 3-400 MB large. This is not a film from an iPhone.....

Why can't this file be uploaded directly to Facebook, if the size limit is 1000 MB on FB? If I export the file from my computer to iPhoto and share it to my wall on Facebook, it works....but I want to be able to upload it directly to a closed Facebook page, without uploading it to my own wall first.... The file is the same fomat (.mov) and the same size (278 MB) after uploading it to iPhoto!

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