Best Ways to Share Personal Videos

Share on Your TelevisionThe easiest way to share high-definition movies is to connect your camera or phone to your LCD or Plasma HDTV through an HDMI cable. Use camera playback controls or a remote control to play and skip clips.Play on Your ComputerTransfer or capture footage to your computer using a USB 2.0 or FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable. Smartphone and pocket camcorder clips usually do not need to be converted –they are ready to play and share once they hit your computer. To watch video from a camcorder or a camera with movie capturing capability, you may need to convert footage. Windows Movie Maker (PC) and iMovie (Mac) make it pretty easy. You just capture clips and save them or export them to a playable format: MOV, AVI, WMV, MP4, etc. Pass out DVDsGetting videos DVD player-ready to display on that new Vizio TV (or any TV) can be accomplished in a few steps. First, capture clips from your camera or smartphone into Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, or another video editing program. Now, make edits to footage on the timeline. Next, export to a format like MOV, AVI, or WMV. Then, import to a DVD burning software like Roxio MyDVD ($50) or DVD Power Burner (free), create a DVD Menu, and burn as many copies as you want to share.Share OnlineMost newer point-and-shoots and DSLRs, pocket camcorders, and mobile phones connect directly to social media sites and simultaneously convert footage. Otherwise, it might be necessary to import or capture clips to your computer, trim it in an editing program, and export it to a file type supported by hosting sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, MySpace, or TwitLens (for Twitter). Once uploaded, you can immediately share it with your contact list, send it in an email, embed it in a webpage, or simply share it with the world.Read the full article here.