The final version of the HD video was uploaded to YouTube last night. It was a big file: 250 mbs. I feel asleep with the computer whirring and the little blue light of the USB wireless adapter flickering away under the desk. It took about 2-3 hours to upload on our “light” high-speed connection.

The video looks really good. I made a few edits from the previous version and it looks better. It’s great to have an HD video at 720p on YouTube! This is the wave of the future – no more lo-res videos! You need a fast connection or more time to build a stream, but watching HD videos is spectacular. I have a number of YouTube favourites in HD including the snowboard video called “Teenage Love Graffiti” (it looks incredible – look it up!).

For the final render from Sony Vegas I chose the AVI file with Xvid encoding – hopefully when I post that it will work for people who choose to download (for the Radio Coco Remix Project). I noticed that videos appear to be ready for play right away at YouTube – you used to be greeted with a message that warned it could take a number of hours for “processing.”

Next step: uploading the mini-doc “Making Coconut Radio.”