TCTV Community News
Free Orientation
Upcoming Orientation Schedule:
Monday, March 15, 6-8 pm
During our two hour orientation you will be introduced to the rules and procedures of TCTV. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions about TCTV and access television in general. You do not have to be a member to attend an orientation, but please call 360.956.3100 to reserve a spot. Thank you!
Training Page
Membership & Orientation Form PDF
Video Streaming
TCTV televises your program throughout Thurston County. What about streaming your content throughout the world on the Internet? YouTube is the most ubiquitous video streaming provider. All you need to get started is a free user account registration at youtube.com.
YouTube limits the videos you upload to 10 minutes in run time and two gigabytes in file size. These limits require you to use Final Cut Express' Quicktime Conversion function to compress your program to a smaller file size. If your program is longer than 10 minutes, cut it into right-sized parts and then export each part individually, using the following steps.
With your project's sequence open in Final Cut Express, choose File > Export > Using Quicktime Conversion. Verify "QuickTime Movie" is selected from the Format drop down box. Click the Options... button, then click Settings... in the video box. Set Compression Type to H.264, set Key Frames to all, set Frame Rate to current, toggle the Compressor Quality to Best (or lower, if you need a smaller file size to meet YouTube's imposed limits), set Encoding for Multi-pass (choosing Single-pass will give you a smaller file size, if necessary) and then set Data Rate to automatic. Press okay, then click Size... in the video box. Choose Current from the Dimensions drop down box and check Deinterlace Source Video. Press OK, click Settings... in the sound box and choose AAC from the Format drop down box. Change the Rate to 44.100 kHz. Click OK twice to return to the Save As dialog and press Save to compress your program.
Log on to youtube.com and click the yellow upload button in the upper-right of the page. Follow the prompts on screen to select your compressed video. YouTube will recompress your program into a Flash Video format and make it available for viewing shortly thereafter.
By Eric Oderman
Upcoming Orientation Schedule:
Monday, March 15, 6-8 pm
During our two hour orientation you will be introduced to the rules and procedures of TCTV. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions about TCTV and access television in general. You do not have to be a member to attend an orientation, but please call 360.956.3100 to reserve a spot. Thank you!
Training Page
Membership & Orientation Form PDF
Video Streaming
TCTV televises your program throughout Thurston County. What about streaming your content throughout the world on the Internet? YouTube is the most ubiquitous video streaming provider. All you need to get started is a free user account registration at youtube.com.
YouTube limits the videos you upload to 10 minutes in run time and two gigabytes in file size. These limits require you to use Final Cut Express' Quicktime Conversion function to compress your program to a smaller file size. If your program is longer than 10 minutes, cut it into right-sized parts and then export each part individually, using the following steps.
With your project's sequence open in Final Cut Express, choose File > Export > Using Quicktime Conversion. Verify "QuickTime Movie" is selected from the Format drop down box. Click the Options... button, then click Settings... in the video box. Set Compression Type to H.264, set Key Frames to all, set Frame Rate to current, toggle the Compressor Quality to Best (or lower, if you need a smaller file size to meet YouTube's imposed limits), set Encoding for Multi-pass (choosing Single-pass will give you a smaller file size, if necessary) and then set Data Rate to automatic. Press okay, then click Size... in the video box. Choose Current from the Dimensions drop down box and check Deinterlace Source Video. Press OK, click Settings... in the sound box and choose AAC from the Format drop down box. Change the Rate to 44.100 kHz. Click OK twice to return to the Save As dialog and press Save to compress your program.
Log on to youtube.com and click the yellow upload button in the upper-right of the page. Follow the prompts on screen to select your compressed video. YouTube will recompress your program into a Flash Video format and make it available for viewing shortly thereafter.
By Eric Oderman
