How do I put a video on youtube?

If i video tape somthing with my video carmera.. how do i put it on youtube?

• if i video tape somthing with my video carmera.. how do i put it on youtube? i want to record my high school basketball game, because i no a team that did it this year... they cut out the parts they didnt want n made like slide shows, music and stuff... how do i do this? heres an example of how i want to do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz6bYaFZwqU

• Answer:

  Depending on the type of Video camera you have, you'll have to buy an editing software and possibly some hardware in order to get the footage from the camera to the computer - this is known as "digitizing" the footage. If you have a firewire (IEEE 1394) port on your camcorder then your in luck and you can most likely plug your camera directly into your computer and start transferring footage. However if you don't have a firewire port, you'll have to use the A/V out on the camera, and purchase a software and hardware combination. Pinnacle Systems makes a really easy product for editing - and works on most PC computers. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/ Once you edit something down, adding music and taking only the shots you want - you can export the video to a digital format such as .wmv, .avi, etc. Youtube will accept almost any compressed digital format. In order to upload your content, you just create a user account, then upload your videos. It helps to have a faster internet connection due to the file size. You'll get a lot more hits on the video if you keep the size down (2-3 minutes max), and save the best shots for last - with each change of posession or shot building on the next. Even if some shots are awesome, ditch them for better ones. This will keep even some dude in Seattle from getting bored while sitting at home drinking his "NOTstarbucks" surfing for sports videos on youtube, because you'll be posting this for all the world to see.