You've shot video. Now what?

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This content is no longer being updated. Please refer to the DIY Media web site for help with general questions about video production. (For Kaltura questions, refer to the Kaltura Knowledge Base.)

Now that you have shot your video, find out how to get it onto your computer, edit it and share it with your intended audience.

Q: I've shot some video, now what do I do with it?

A: If you want to do anything with your video clips other than view them on the camera’s viewscreen, you will need to copy the video files onto your computer. Here are the necessary steps:

First, attach the camera to your computer using USB or insert the SD card into the computer's SD card reader. When plugged into a computer, the camera will appear as an external drive, exactly like a flash key drive or a hard drive. Depending on your computer, you may be prompted to open a file browser window on a PC or an application like iPhoto on the Mac when you connect the camera. If this happens, just close the application or file browser and follow the instructions below.
On a Mac, the camera should appear on your desktop as a removable drive. On a PC, you can go to My Computer and it should be listed as a removable drive at the bottom, probably as the :E or :F drive.
Double click on the camera’s drive icon, and you will see several file folders. These folders are where the camera stores its footage, and if you open them, you should see one that has a list of files with a .MOV extension.
To move the footage to your computer, simply copy the file folder containing the .MOV files from the camera’s flash card to the location on your computer you want to use for storage. On a Canon, these are in the "DCIM" folder. Once this is done, you can eject the camera and put it aside. The footage will remain on the camera until it is manually erased, and can serve as a backup copy until that time.

Q: I have the video on my computer, how do I watch it?

A: The files the camera records are h.264 MOV files. On the Mac, the best way to view these files is using Apple’s Quicktime Player. On the PC, VLC Player is a good choice.

Q: I’ve watched my video, how do I edit it?

A: There are a variety of free, shareware and commercial editing solutions available for both the Mac and the PC that will allow you to work with your footage. See the ETS help article Tools for Video Editing.

In addition, Berkeley Video can be contracted to edit and export your footage on a recharge basis.

Q: I have an edited video, how do I publish it online?

A: For public videos, YouTube is a good choice. For videos that you want to limit to UC Berkeley audiences, you can host on Google Drive or Box. Instructions for doing this are available here - Drive and Box.

Important Accessibility Information

Instructors are encouraged to reference accesscontent.berkeley.edu for best practices and resources for making course content accessible. In particular, you should refer to http://accesscontent.berkeley.edu/resources/help-guides/video-captions-transcripts

and http://accesscontent.berkeley.edu/resources/help-guides/adding-descriptive-audio to ensure that your content will be accessible to all students who may be in your course (now and into the future). Keep in mind that it is harder and more expensive to make content accessible after-the-fact. Also, know that you are required to ensure your content is accessible if it will be made available to the public or if you have been notified by DSP that student accommodation is required.