lexipixel - 9:42 pm on Oct 26, 2007 (gmt 0)

No problem, glad to help.

One more point that can greatly simplify the process is purchasing a video camera and software that are compatible and require the fewest steps between "shoot" and publish.

Each step of conversion adds time and reduces quality.

In my testing, I found Adobe Premiere to be the only software which, not only saved the clip as .FLV, but also has internal FTP making it a one-click operation to publish to web after you've edited.

Another point: Using the most computing power, (CPU, RAM and disk), can also make the process more tolerable. On my 1.6GHZ laptop it took nearly 11 minutes to open a 1 minute clip, make a small edit and recompile the clip to .FLV and republish to the web. On a 2.6GHZ with more RAM the time can be cut to 2-3 minutes.

If you've been good, you might want to ask Santa to leave a 1Beyond OctoFlex^tm under the tree -- it's an XP based eight processor video editing PC.