Can someone please help.
I feel a bit technologically challenged.
Ive got dashcam videos downloaded onto my iphone and I need to upload the footage to QLD police and email it to my insurance company.
The files are too big to email.
Should I compress the files? if so whats the best way?
Should I upload them to one drive and provide a link?
Ive got a windows laptop.
Whats the best way?
Thanks
This is the best way.
Google Drive and iCloud also offer this if you don't have a youtube account, most people have either an icloud or google drive account. Avoid Onedrive, its not very user friendly for this stuff.
Also, OP, as mentioned by someone else, consider shaving down the video file size for sending, they don't need to see your whole trip.
Upload them here then share it with everyone.
Go to My Account - Files and click the Upload New File button.
Seriously though just use OneDrive if you know that already and share the link.
Is OneDrive really a good option though?
This weekend, I tried to share an album of HQ photos (6000px wide each). I sent out the link, but when I checked the link myself on my phone all I could see were very low res, almost blurry thumbnails; even when I clicked on them they were still the same poor quality. I "saved" a couple of the photos while in the enlarged view, checked the information and discovered they were 400x300px!
The only way I could figure out to view the photos in passable quality involved clicking each thumbnail individually, clicking 'Download', then opening up the downloaded file in another app. Having to open, download, close each image in turn.
There was no way the group I was sharing wirth were going to go to that much trouble.
If you know better, please tell me. Otherwise I'm going to re-edit and shrink all my photos to share in WhatsApp.
use winzip and break up the video files into 50 smaller files and then send them one by one
Man those were the days.
WinRAR was better
I still use winrar, I love it telling me to buy a licence. I was more talking about having to spread the zip files out so you could fit them on floppy discs, brings back memories.
Winrar would probably be better if you went that route.
Your best bet is to upload to YouTube as a 'Unlisted' video and provide the link to Police.
Alternatively, you can upload it as a 'Private' video but you may screw around with giving people permission to view it, with unlisted videos only those with the link can view it, you just email the link and that's pretty much it.
If you can upload to onedrive and share a link, that is probably fine.
You can’t compress video further - it is already compressed the maximum for that level of resolution.
When QPS wanted my security camera footage they sent an upload link. Surely your insurer can offer the same amenity?
Same here but with Vic Police. Initially zipped up, and uploaded to my google drive and provide the link. but their IT security blocked it, so they provided a link to their own system that you can upload evidence to.
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Dropbox
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Welcome to 2005. You'll enjoy it here.
Put it on YouTube if you want, you can have it unlisted video. Though I suppose the police will want to download a copy for themselves to keep.
You are telling the OP what he wants to know, not what he needs to know.
It is unlikely that either the police or the OP's insurance company want dashcam video files that cover so long a period that they are too big to email. It is more likely that what they want is video of a short period that is relevant.
What the OP needs to be able to do is to cut that short period out of the big file, and send just it. He needs to edit the file down to an emailable size.
Depending on the email provider the maximum file size can be as low as 25mb… that’s… what, 5 seconds of footage at 1080p? I know you don’t want to know, but you need to know.
If OP can't figure out how to upload a video without asking, they surely can't work out how to cut a video. Also who cares, it's not like QPS has a 56k modem.
No problem editing the video.
Ive never had to use my dashcam video before and wanted some advice from those who have uploaded and transferred the video before.
Your comment isnt helpful
But it's still obviously too big after editing. Otherwise you would send it already.
Upload it to Google drive or OneDrive or anything but YouTube because YouTube will recompress it losing some detail
Upload to a YouTube account and mark it as private only. You can then share the private link.