I use WMM.  It is pretty smart when it comes to uploading - you can fine
tune the parameters or use one of the "canned" ones - and it tells you how
much storage (and presumably upload bandwidth) per minute of video is used
by whatever you have selected.

What were the "discouraging" messages you received?  I would be more wary
of a download from sourceforge than M$.

R

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 1:41 PM, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wish to upload a number of videos to Facebook & You tube (the shame!).
>
> Any suggestions re free or for money WIN10 compatible programs that meet
> the following need would be welcome.
>
> In many cases these are usually of higher resolution / quality / size tha=
n
> is generally required.
> The files are 1080p MP4 format, usually "Out of Camera".
>
> A web search for converters produced several zillion promising leads and
> nothing as yet attractive enough. "Free" would be nice (and there are
> various claims re fully free) but 'sensibly priced' is acceptable if usef=
ul
> enough.
>
> I found a Source Forge progran (name escapes) that converted almost every
> format one could imagine. Alas MP4, was nit included in "almost every".
>
> Some companies offer free online conversion versions of their for-money
> downloadable products but I'm prefer to avoid anything needing an initial
> upload of the source video file.
>
> Windows Moviemaker allegedly runs on WIN10 but attempting to download the
> allegedly relevant 'essntials' package produced discouraging messages.
>
>
>
>    Russell
>
>
>
>
>
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