Seasons of the Ukulele

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BigKingVelour

Let;s see if this works to paste images.

LimousinLil

BigKingVelour What did you do, Rick?

BigKingVelour

LimousinLil What did you do, Rick?

I changed a configuration parameter for the site. You can just copy an image and then paste it into the message.

LimousinLil

BigKingVelour Ooh, THANK YOU, Rick … I'll give it a go! (Actually, I've just tried to copy a photo from my files and it says "error".) Sorry, Rick … I'm being a nuisance!

BigKingVelour

I would need more information to look at it. It probably says more than just "error"

UkingViking

Was there something about the free flarum version comes with a limited storage, which will run out sooner if we upload pictures here?

Perhaps that is why the default setting is that it needs to be stored somewhere else.

elmann

Preparing a video:

I wanted to put an mp3-track and something visual together to a YT-video and wasn't in the mood to switch on my Linux-PC from stone age with kdenlive. Googling, I dectected some websites offering creating videos online: www.movavi.de, veed.io, www.renderforest.com, www.synthesia.io and www.canva.com. I took the last, and was astonished how easy that was going.

You don't have to register, I could login directly (by my google-account) and could start from scratch.

I used the perfect mp3-track from the course, one picture from the uke-gang with ca. 20 copies (made directly in the tool) and transitions between the pictures:

I pulled the pic of the uke gang from my laptop-folder over to the canva-window, also the mp3-track.
Each pic always has at once a certain time length of some seconds. You could pull the pic to a longer time, or copy/paste/delete existent pics or putting another pics or vids.
Copy/paste/undo… all as known from Windows with ctrl+c/ctrl+v/ctrl+z …
The picture was given some text-blocks plus arrows.
Picture+text+arrows = whole pic was copied by ctrl+c and stacked behind each other (ctrl+v). Or between other pics.
Changing words and the time length of each pic (pulling/pushing by cursor)
In the end a transition (shown, when the cursor is between the pics) from pic to pic was included, here smooth rise/vanish of changings.
In the end the result can be directly downloaded as mp4.

The online tool for free has restricted features, but I am pleased by the free offer. I assume, that other websites are similar. Although easy, it took me around 2 hrs, more trained it would be less than an hour. But still a lot and the reason, why I (and others) try to avoid editing music/video-tracks.

Here's the result: one mp3-track, one picture (~20 copies) with smooth transitions between the changings (text-blocks).

LimousinLil

BigKingVelour Hello, Rick … sorry, I didn't see that you'd replied! I have just tried again, using the press or paste icon. It goes through the motions and then comes up with a red cross and the word "error" … that is all.

BigKingVelour

LimousinLil - Not sure where to go from here. I did it by copying the image with Control-C (I'm on Windows, it would be different on a Mac) and then Control-V to paste it in the message. Worked fine for me. But it also sounds like using something like canva that elmann mentions above to make an image into a video and then pasting the URL for that might work.

LimousinLil

BigKingVelour I'm using an Acer Chromebook. Not to worry, Rick … it sounds like a lot of work. I'm sure I can manage without … it just seemed a shame to lose that facility.

LimousinLil

Ooh … I've done it! Previously, I would have just clicked on the image in my files that I wanted to upload and then pressed "open". If I do Control-C and THEN press "open", it works! Thank you, Sir!

LimousinLil

Does anyone know whether there is any way of removing the "YouTube Shorts" logo from your video? I've been recording on my phone the last couple of times, which is, I think, why the logo is appearing. I find it very annoying! Any help gratefully received!

chris667

LimousinLil My understanding is it's if you hold your camera portrait style, for viewing on a device, and the video being shorter than a certain length.

LimousinLil

chris667 Ah, thank you, Chris, I WAS holding it "portrait style" … or to be more accurate, it was propped up by a mug. (I have a feeling that YouTube "Shorts" have got longer … perhaps 3 minutes now.)

LimousinLil

LimousinLil Hello again, Rick! I was trying to upload a photo, using the method which worked for me once and now I'm getting an error sign again. Is there anything that you can do? With thanks! (PLEASE DISREGARD THIS, RICK … I'VE DONE IT!)

dr_mitch

This thread makes me feel incredibly lazy. I have a laptop with built in Webcam and a USB Yeti microphone. I start the camera app on my laptop, hit record, play the song, and upload the resulting file to YouTube.

One day I’ll play around with backgrounds or multi-tracked recordings - some of what I’ve seen here has been inspiring - but straight to camera, ideally a single take, is probably always going to be my default. My voice ain’t great, but my ukes sound good. A combination of laziness and wanting something close to a live performance.

For me I think it suits the Seasons - a week to do everything, including learning the song if new, and I usually want to record several songs the theme brings to mind. That said I’m involved in another monthly challenge where I do exactly the same, so time pressure isn’t really the reason.

I think my point is that one can get fancy with the tech a little or a lot more than I do, and I understand why, but for me it’s not vital to do that - though I understand it would improve the quality of my recordings.

dr_mitch

I’m also hoping this is a continuing thread rather than one I’m just posting to several weeks after talking about this sort of thing has concluded!

CanadaJim

I can't seem to load videos any more. I have been getting this message every time I try to load a video on YouTube. How do I fix this?

Edwin

CanadaJim Just guessing here, but it looks like you might need a software update on your phone? It looks like the sort of message you'd get if there'd been some change on youtube that meant older versions of the app are now incompatible somehow.

LimousinLil

Just found this, Jim … don't know whether it might help

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