Astromony videos

[Phil]

http://www.astroshorts.com/
web site above is a great web site with astromony videos if anyone is interested.
Phil

[rogerg (Roger)]

Nice.

It's a shame they are in flash.. I can't convert them to anything that will play on my media player, which is a shame. I'm not going to have time to sit around at home watching them, but if I could get them on my media player that would be useful.

Roger.

[erick (Eric)]

Nice 2 min introductory one - "What is up in June"

http://www.astroshorts.com/view_vide...e0ef88d2f7129e

and this one:- "Saturn through a telescope"

http://www.astroshorts.com/view_vide...371c3e9ed31609

[Ric]

Great site Phil, loved the Springtime on Mars clip

Cheers

[Odlaw]

Very nice...

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I have just tried to upload my video and it won't accept it. It says the file name is too long

How can I change a file name that starts with C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\MyDocuments\MyVideos etc etc?

[Kal (Andrew)]

Ken, the "C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\MyDocuments\MyVideos" is simply the path to the file, and it has no bearing on the file name. You will probably have to rename the actual video clip's name itself to something shorter like "Ken01.avi" before uploading it.

[erick (Eric)]

Or if it is forcing the use of the full path (strange?) copy the video to your root directory (C:\) and try to upload it from there?

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Kal

Ken, the "C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\MyDocuments\MyVideos" is simply the path to the file, and it has no bearing on the file name. You will probably have to rename the actual video clip's name itself to something shorter like "Ken01.avi" before uploading it.

I did

Originally Posted by erick

Or if it is forcing the use of the full path (strange?) copy the video to your root directory (C:\) and try to upload it from there?

ummmm . . . . what?

I no spikka da pooter talk.

Even though I have shortened the file name it is using the FULL name in the download window: C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\My Documents\My Videos\WebcamAstrophotographyPt1

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

ummmm . . . . what?

I no spikka da pooter talk.

Weird re the name. However, to talk through the above. Put a copy of the file on your desktop and rename it to whatever short name you want. Open Windows Explorer. Expand "My Computer" and you should see, amongst the items "Local Disk (C" unless it's been renamed. But you are looking for the one which is "(C". Drag and drop your file from the desktop onto this "(C". Open C: and you should see your file in this directory. If yes, then you have shortened the file name, including path, as much as you can - to C:\filename. Try uploading again and point the upload window at this file in C:

Hope that works - though I cannot understand what is happening?

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by erick

Weird re the name. However, to talk through the above. Put a copy of the file on your desktop and rename it to whatever short name you want. Open Windows Explorer. Expand "My Computer" and you should see, amongst the items "Local Disk (C" unless it's been renamed. But you are looking for the one which is "(C". Drag and drop your file from the desktop onto this "(C". Open C: and you should see your file in this directory. If yes, then you have shortened the file name, including path, as much as you can - to C:\filename. Try uploading again and point the upload window at this file in C:

Hope that works - though I cannot understand what is happening?

I still don't understand a word of what you just said.

[erick (Eric)]

I like the way it changed all my " : )" to smiley faces

At that point, I have to give up and go home. Remember the Homer Simpson motto - If you don't try in the first place then you'll never know the pain of failure!