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PictureSync has the ability to import and upload videos (video clips) to services supporting these (see below), and also to upload poster frames (still previews) of the videos to any other service. PictureSync can optionally resize and compress your videos to make them more suitable for viewing online*. In addition you can link poster frames on one service back to to the video on another (e.g. a poster frame on Flickr could be linked to the video on Vimeo).

videos are supported with the following services (see full list):

Service provider		Formats		Notes		Limits
Kodak Gallery		QuickTime, MPEG 4, 3GP				unlimited uploads
Flickr		many formats		displayed as Flash, free accounts do not support video		max size 150MB, max duration 90 seconds, Pro accounts only
Buzznet		many formats		displayed as Flash, original available		max size 20MB
Photobucket		many formats		displayed as Flash		max size 100MB 10 minutes
Phanfare		many formats (not FLV)		displayed as Flash, original available		max size 2GB 10 minutes
VOX		many formats		displayed as Flash		max size 50MB
Vimeo		many formats		displayed as Flash, original available		20MB uploads per week
PhotoZou		WMV, MPEG, AVI, QuickTime, Flash		displayed as Flash		max size 100 MB, 10000 uploads
YouTube		most formats		displayed as Flash		max size 100 MB
FotoTime		several formats
Smugmug*		many formats		free accounts do not support video		max size 512MB 2.5 minutes

* PictureSync cannot resize or convert to MPEG format at present, therefore to upload your videos must already be in this format when you open them into PictureSync, and you must disable conversion.

Importing

Use the usual methods of import. Via drag and drop, QuickTime annotations will also be imported (see the metadata page).

Requirements

Your videos must have the extension '.mov', '.mpg', '.avi', 'mp4', or '.3gp'. For conversion they must be encoded with an available QuickTime codec (QuickTime Player should be able to open and play the video).

• Send feedback if you use other QuickTime-compatible formats with extensions not listed.

Encoding

You can upload the original video file, or you may use the 'Convert with QuickTime' option in the account settings to convert to a QuickTime video optimised for upload (the original file is left untouched). Clips may optionally be trimmed (truncated) to a maxmimum duration specified in the settings. You may specify a trim value of '0' (zero) to upload full clips.

• The default encoding resizes to 320x240 using the Sorenson 3 video codec at 12fps (keyframe every 24, max data rate 30KBps) and QDesign Music audio codec in mono (44.1kHz, 16bit). This will give you 25 minutes of footage for 50 MB or 4 minutes for 8MB.
• Note that encoding video takes time and will slow your computer down during processing, you may want to leave your computer alone until it has finished. PictureSync does not currently give you an indication of how long processing will take; you may cancel by pressing Command (Apple) and the '.' (period) keys simultaneously.

Cross-linking

If you upload a video to a site that does not support videos (but does captions) after one that does (e.g. Vimeo then Flickr), PictureSync will upload poster frames for your videos and automatically link them back to the full video. This allows vistors to a service not supporting videos to view the actual video (or a clip) online. Your video hosting account must be listed at the top of the accounts list in PictureSync (select it and click the move to top button).

You may customise the text appended to the caption to indicate that the image was taken from a video in the preferences.

• Note that this currently only works with videos uploaded to Vimeo.
• Note that to upload to more than one enabled account at the same time you must have a licence for PictureSync. You can mimick this functionality by simply enabling one account at a time and then uploading.