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Saving your file for upload
Save Remember to check your assessment guidelines. If your academic team has not given you specific instructions about how to name your video file, then save your file with an intuitive name e.g. your-name-modulecode-cw1.mp4
File size & compression
Check the size of your file before you upload.
On a Mac right-click the file and select Get Info
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Then the size will be in the title and in the body of the Info box.
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On a PC, right-click your file and select Properties.
The size will be in the default General tab
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Keep your file size to a minimum as internet connection rates vary, and you may have difficulty submitting very large files over a slower connection. |
Do not use a mobile connection to upload your file, try using the university’s wifi to upload larger files.
Keep your file size to around the 50MB per minute, do try not exceed 100MB per minute, if you .
If your file is bigger over 2GB use compression software like Handbrake or Media Encoder (if you have an Adobe account, Media Encoder ) to compress it, using . Use a codec like H.264. to output video at 720p SD or 1080p HD with a frame rate of 25/30fps is sufficient, this will give you a much smaller file with good quality video.
File formats
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Panopto video submission does not accept PowerPoint presentations with embedded audio (.ppt). You need to export your Powerpoint file as an MP4. |
The following file formats supported by Panopto student submission:
MP4 (.mp4, .m4a, .m4v, .3gp)
MOV (.mov, .qt)
ASF (.wmv, .wma)
WEBM (.webm)
Matroska (.mkv, .mka)
MPEG-2 PS/MPEG-1 (.mpg, .mpeg, .mps, .ps, .mp2, .m2v, .m2a)
MPEG-2 TS (.ts, .tsv, .tsa, .mts, .m2ts, .mpg, .mpeg, .mod, .tod)
FLV (.flv)
AVI (.avi)
MP3 (.mp3)
FLV v2 (.f4v, .f4a)
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