Recording and sharing video
Devices commonly used to record video include:
- handheld cameras
- smartphones
- A computer device a little smaller than a laptop but with a built-in touchscreen, usually without a keyboard.
In some cases, video needs to be copied from these devices to a computer before it can be To give other people access to something. on services like YouTube, Vimeo and MetaCafe. However, some devices can post video directly to these services.
Transferring video to a PC or laptop
Use the device's data cable to To send data from one device to another. video to a PC or laptop. If it doesn’t have a A cable used to transfer data from one device to another, typically between a computer and another device, eg. a mobile phone or a digital camera., it probably has a removable A small storage device that fits into cameras, mobile phones and other handheld devices. They can store several GBs of data and use solid state memory with no moving parts.. These can be read by PCs or laptops with A device to read from and write to memory cards.. Some devices will have both options.
Video file formats
Not all devices record video in the same The way that a specific file type is saved, eg. a picture file is different from a text document. Different file formats have different file extensions, eg. *.jpg or *.txt).. The most common file formats are:
- AVI
- MPEG
- MP4
- WMV
- MOV
Online services usually convert videos into FLV files or Flash video, as most An application that displays web pages. can play these files.