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REF: Ticket #166 – Thomas Knoll, on June 03, 2008 18:27

lucas,

I have added this bug to our system, thank you for your patience, and for pointing it out.

ahhh!

so, in my computer, when i go to seesmic.com and click on browse (after "upload"), the windows explorer window that opens only gives one option (for file format): "video files (mp4, flv)", and that's the reason of my question.

i would file this as a bug, asking your engineers to modify the html code of the upload/browse buttons, so users can see their gp3 and other video files when choosing what to upload.

Since I can upload other formats (.avi, .wmv) to flickr, my conclusion is that the issue is on the code of seesmic's upload page, and not in my PC.

thanks again!

www.seesmic.com/Seesmic.html I mean ;)

but still, the main question remains:
- why does the official seesmic page (seesmic.com/app) only allows mp4 and flv files to be uploaded?

i don't use shozu, and why should i install flex web seesmic (supposing it's an installable file) when i just want to use one page to upload my videos?

thanks!

You could also use Shozu.com to upload easy from your phone.
upload on flex web seesmic works with my uploader so for any format it should be ok.

hi mik, thanks for your reply.
i use a sony-ericsson walkman phone, but i do not use it to upload -- although i do use it to shoot videos.

if the m.seeismic.com page (for mobiles) supports all these formats (mp4, 3gp, mov, et cetera), why doesn't the web page (www.seesmic.com/app) do so as well?.

That was the origin of my question: my point and shoot camera (a casio) shoots .avi videos, windows video-maker delivers .wmv videos, and i want to be be able to upload them to seesmic (as well as those videos that i shoot with my phone, but want to upload from my computer).

if you compare to flickr, they support .avi, .wmv, gp3 and mp4, the most common formats.

if you ask me how did i upload my video to seesmic, it's crazy:
- record .avi video on point and shoot camera (casio);
- download video to my PC.
- upload .avi video to flickr (being careful --and geeky-- enough to set the creative commons copyright to public, so i can:
- download my video from flickr, now in .flv format!

creative, wasn't I? :-)

thanks again

What kind of phone model do you have? Our converter has problem with some Windows Mobile phones. The upload could handle several format like mp4, 3gp, mov, avi, flv, and others.
Try directly the uploader: http://m.seesmic.com/upload/

We investigate porting twhirl to mobile phone ;)

Thanks Mik, and yes, I suspect it's something specific to my system, as it doesn't work in other services as well, such as Youtube, and no one else has mentioned it in Seesmic....

I have tested Seesmic with my PanasonicDV NV-GS230on a macbook, and no problemo with it.

Mik