Sam here. So yesterday we spent 87 hours trying to upload a video to WP that we made with iMovie only to miserably fail. Technology isn’t mom’s fur-iend on a good day, but on a snowy day…let’s just say it didn’t get better. Can anyone explain why this kind of stuff has to be such a cluster? Oh well, at least she took me on two super long walks when she couldn’t deal with any more technology. Can you imagine how happy I was to be able to read pee-mail to my heart’s content even though she shivered in the latest spring snow storm waiting for me to reply to everyone’s messages?
For the record, us poodles don’t have owners, we have minions. Now if only mine could produce a cotton-pickin’ video! Sheez. Cecil B. DeMille she ain’t! Here’s hoping your ‘minions’ have a terrific weekend.
Live, love, bark! <3
I hate it when technology is a cluster…..
“Cluster” is the nice way to put it! 😉
I didn’t read all the comments so someone else may have mentioned that if you are using the free version of WP you can’t upload videos. I found this out after a couple of hours trying to figure it out and then finally – gasp – reading through the WP documentation. Hope to see that video soon 🙂
Thanks Michael. I knew about the shortcomings of the free version and since posting/whining did a tutorial for iMovie. Hopefully we’ll get a few videos incorporated soon on the blog. Happy weekend.
Minions? I got those.
I can’t believe it’s snowing where you are!
Fortunately, spring storms come and go quickly. It was in the 50’s today. 😉
Mom just assigns that stuff to her IT guy (dad). You got snow today? YUCK!
Keep Calm & Bark On!
Murphy & Stanley
😉 Just a tad of snow, but it was cold & windy.
I understand your Mom’s frustration with iMovie, Sam. It is one of the least “user-friendly” apps I’ve ever used. I’ve gone back to just uploading videos on my iPhone’s camera directly into my WP post. It takes longer to upload than a still photo, but it’s far less frustrating than iMovie.
Mom just took an online ‘class’ about some basics and it was super helpful so we’re probably gonna keep practicing with it. Fingers crossed she doesn’t throw her laptop at the wall in frustration. 😉
……totally understand your frustration at not achieving video mastery your first time out…….i mean…..if at first….never mind…..w
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Wishing you luck with the video, Sam. I’ve had problems sometimes, one caused by my usual browser [Firefox]. That won’t upload large files. Well, actually no that large at all. But I have to use Chrome then. And with videos on WP: you know that they can’t be more than 1 GB, don’t you. With YouTube I’ve not had any problems with my videos.
Have a great weekend,
Pit
Good to know everyone’s experience. Course it makes me feel even more inept but I’ll work on that. 😉
Well, sometimes trial and error helps. As it did with me. And if it doesn’t, the support in the WP forums is a good resource to go to.
Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind. Happy TGIF
My Mom just uploads our videos to YouTube and then puts them on the blogs from there 🙂 DakotasDen
Thanks, Caren. I tried that, but had a SNAFU with the YouTube site but I’m not giving up, despite what Sam thinks. 😉
Sounds like your computer pulled an early April Fools.
April Fool’s Day is every day where mom is concerned. 😉
Sometimes my minions don’t know their proper place.
Misty the alpha Poodle
Me thinks ALL poodles think that! 😉
oh she might be a good director. That’s different from tech support. Where are all those AV guys from high school when you need them?
Yeah, I avoided those guys like the plague…turns out I probably should have not been so smug. 😉
Minions! GAH! That’s a good one, S. Technology can be tricky. It turns ugly when you least expect it! Mom takes the long way around and puts my videos on YouTube – then shares them from there.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Thanks, Cupcake. We’ll keep trying…just like a minion. 😉
we always load it up on youtube and embed it via sharing code in our post. it’s sadly not possible to include videos in a free wop blog :o( Have a super weekend, with sun and a lot of spring signs :o)
We tried that. There was an issue with Google’s verification code for YouTube but I plan continue working on it. Thanks, Easy! 😉