Poker Videos

[IGMorton]

I think the posting of short videos of our play was a great idea. Videos provide much more context to discuss hands/strategies with. Some questions:

1. Length - how long should they be? the longer they are, the more the observers can get reads and understand the poster's table image, etc. but, asking for readers to volunteer their time and considering attention span... is 10 minutes reasonable?

2. Size - what is the largest filesize that most here would be willing to wait for to download? do most here have DSL or better? 10, 20, 50, 100 MB?

3. Tables - if we want the best advice, i presume 1 table is best. but, how many readers will want to watch us only get involved in 70% of the hands? how about 2 tables for a mix of entertainment and comprensibility?

4. Codec - i presume many people won't want to spend the time finding and installing various codecs. is there a codec that comes standard in windows media player that allows for good compression? if not, could we agree on a standard for the forum that allows the ability to disable sound and use low frame rates (for small file sizes).

5. Screen capture - i found the free version of River Past Screen Recorder doesn't work well with the popular Xvid codec. can anyone recommend a good but simple piece of software?

6. File hosting - what's the best free hosting service for these monster files?