Video File Preparation

If you’d like to post a video from one of your Toastmasters presentations to this website, here are a few tips to help you get the file(s) ready to upload.

First, try to keep the file size under 7MB. I tried to upload some that were 8+ and they failed.

I chose to use the WMV file format, 320 by 240 pixels size, 256Kbps data rate. This means that 4 minutes of video will be pushing 7MB. You may have to break your presentation video into multiple clips.

I also suggest extracting a “still” photo from your video to post next to the link(s) to your video. Again, 320 by 240 pixels works well, .jpg file format preferred.

For each element to be uploaded to the website — photo or video — prepare a short Title and Description (2 separate things). Feel free to use keywords like your name or the title of your talk to make it easier for people to find them and you.

When you get ALL that done, I will be happy to help you with uploading and posting your files.

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