archangel- here is the deal.
-i walk into my daughter's room and find her dancing away (something she loves to do). i wanted to capture this on video. i have a camcorder, but the battery is dead and i've temporarily misplaced the charger and the spare.
-so, i think to myself, "hey! funkymom" (because, of course, this is how i refer to myself when i'm all on my lonesome), "why don't you use the built-in camcorder on your new laptop?" (i'm recently separated and my daughter has been communicating with her dad through the webcam, so i thought it would be a good medium to use, although my only experience with it has been using skype.)"great idea, funkymom! you are brilliant." (in my recent state i need all the ego boosts i can get)
-i turn it on and within minutes i'm recording my daughter and her wonderful creativity. "wow!", i think to myself, "that was so easy, this is gonna' be great! i'm going to send this to her dad, grandparents and all her aunts and uncles."
-i then go to my handy toolbar and see an option to e-mail the file. i start the process, but i don't use outlook and couldn't figure out how to get the thing set up to either of my e-mail accounts. **strike one.**
-"o.k.", i think, "no problem. i'm sure i have plenty of options." i then go back to my handy toolbar and see an option to send to skype. at least some of the family use skype, so it's a place to start. but, in order to do this someone on my contact list must be online.....and, of course, nobody is. **strike two**
-..sigh..."o.k., i'm creative and determined (and, if i do say so myself, i'm doing alright in the smarts department). i know this can be done.
-so i start checking every media player and photo/video converter i can find on my computer. i mean, shoot, i'm a freeware junkie- i've been collecting software i know nothing about, just for a moment like this...... guess what? **strike three**
-"hey, wait a second funkymom, what about all those brilliant, tech-savvy and extremely humorous folks over at the giveaway of the day forum?"
-and so- here i came. and wouldn't you know, the next morning the giveaway was a video converter. score!
-at this point i had decided to upload the video to youtube. i downloaded zc converter and converted the file for something compatible. within minutes the file was converted and small...........................just to backtrack a little, sometime before this, i told my brother to get online so i could send the vids to him via skype. that's when i discovered that the file was over a gig!!...............
-i go to youtube and upload the new file and discover 'hyper dancing baby'.
i think you can pick up the story from there. all i want to do is share this giant file at normal speed. when i do figure this out, and i will, i will be pestering everyone for a better way to film and share.
so, archangel does that answer your questions?
oh- i am really interested in the all expense paid vacation. when i finally share this video, i am going to need one!
lekenaw- thanks for finally stopping by! i was wondering where the heck you were. i thought i made it very clear in these posts that humor was welcome and desired!
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to my forum family- i want to thank you for participating in my little soap opera. whether you've offered advice or sympathy, or even if you've just been silently watching to see how long this crazy lady can keep this up, thanks for being there.
:)
and now you all know a little more about me. i've been restraining myself since i started posting here, but now you all know the truth......i am a serious rambler. once i get started i'm like that infamous bunny (no- not whiterabbit, the pink one) that keeps going and going......
peace out!
