Watch Important Questions I Have About SteemIt And DTube (And Others Probably Do Too video on DTube
Hello friends!
Welcome to my second DTube video!
The first video I uploaded took a long time to propagate/process (at least for me). It appears that others were able to view the video within minutes of uploading, but for some reason I was not able to.
Yesterday was the first time I could get the video to play for me, and even then only the audio played.
There are a few reasons for my video today.
First and foremost, I wanted to try using my webcam instead of my camcorder to create the video. I also decided to compress the video to keep the file size small in hopes that would help the video to propagate/process faster.
The second reason is to see if I can get both the video and audio to work. I'm hoping that using my webcam might fix that problem. I kept the video in MP4 format and recorded in 720p rather than 1080p in order to keep the file size down.
Also, I did not edit this video at all prior to uploading. I'm trying to determine whether or not it may have been my editing software that caused the video to malfunction. I use the VSDC editor to put the finishing touches on my videos, and I love it, so I hope that's not an issue.
The third reason for this video is to hopefully finally get my reputation over the "59" reputation hump, which it seems like I've been stuck on FOREVER! Getting to 60 would be a HUGE milestone for me on SteemIt, and I'm really looking forward to that happening.
Lastly, and probably most importantly, I'm looking for information on how to turn Steem into actual money that I can spend. As I've stated in my first video, I am not looking to withdraw anytime soon. I'm a firm believer that Steem is only going to rise, and so I'm in it for the long haul.
However, since I have not opened an account at an exchange site and do not yet have a wallet, I am looking for advice from those who have actually turned their Steem into spendable cash. By "spendable cash," I am referring to money that they have had deposited into their bank accounts and are able to withdraw at will.
So far, the two biggest exchange sites that people have recommended are Bittrex and Poloniex. As for a wallet, lots of people seem to like Coinbase. Also, I have heard that a lot of people like the "Shift" Visa card that Coinbase offers, which allows you to spend Bitcoin anywhere Visa is accepted.
So, as you can see, this video is intended to answer a few questions that I have and also to hopefully provide me with the best settings and formats to upload videos to DTube.
Also, please FEEL FREE to share links to any SteemIt articles that you think can help me with these questions, especially how to turn Steem into cash. That would be super helpful.
Also, can anyone comment on whether or not we can use markup language in our video descriptions? I know that simply posting a URL makes a clickable link, but I'm curious to find out if you can use markup or HTML in the description like you can when writing an article on SteemIt. Since there does not seem to be an option to go back and edit the description after posting, I'm afraid to put anything in that I may not be able to remove or change later on.
I have noticed that when you post a video to DTube, it automatically creates a post on SteemIt, which is great. However, editing the post on SteemIt will change the SteemIt post, but does not affect the DTube video description. I'm sure that one of the goals of the DTube creators is going to be the option to edit and/or delete videos, but I'm not sure when that will go into effect.
Also, how about images? Can images be posted in the DTube video description area? Does anyone know or has anyone tried it?
I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to watch the video and answer questions.
I'm hoping that many others also have the same questions, and that this video will serve as a good reference for all!
My first Dtube video: https://dtube.video/v/contentking/lpz1d26m
If you'd like to follow me, you can do so here: https://steemit.com/@contentking
Hope to be back with another video soon!