How to Share Your Home Movies

Home movies to the internet and beyond with the latest video player software innovations

With us on one side of the planet and some of my husband’s family on the other, there’s never been a greater need for us to be able to share family moments across the World Wide Web. Thankfully, with the latest innovations in video player software, it’s never been easier for us to upload our home videos into formats that not only help us with editing, but also allows us to share our treasured moments with our Antipodean viewers! Here are three of the latest innovations which we have found to be the most helpful in allowing us to use video as a means of communication, information and entertainment for our far flung family:




1. iMovie: what we love about iMovie is the fact that it doesn’t matter if we’ve captured one moment at home with our digital camera, then snapped the hilarious antics of our dogs when out on walkies with nothing but an iPhone – iMovie allows us to bring all of these recording varieties together and take it from there! Although the system allows us to edit as well, if it’s not necessary or we don’t have the time, iMovie makes it possible to just watch what we have created instantly, whilst if we do choose to edit out those less than cinematic moments, the one-click editing methods with the iMovie system makes pleasing results possible from very little knowledge of video player software.

2. MobileMe: is the next step in video player software that actually allows us to premier our masterpieces to our wider audience! Because it’s all part of the iMovie family, our subscription to MobileMe is the next logical step, providing an online platform to which we can upload our videos, creating an online gallery that distant family can share with us. MobileMe also facilitates wider communication, because part of our fun comes from knowing that the family can ‘reply’ or comment on our movie through this platform too! It also allows us to upload onto Facebook or YouTube, if we wish – an innovation that keeps the kids busy as they can easily share their latest antics with their Facebook friends as well as distant family!




3. VLC video player and editor: a popular format for us for both editing and watching uploaded videos in general is the VLC family of editing and viewing tools. This family of video player and editing software now includes a full Movie Creator system, which offers remarkable quality for what is a free download! This is probably one of the reasons why, in June 2011, it is one of the top five most popular Mac downloads from free software sources. We like it for our home movie editing and all forms of movie watching because, basically, we have just never had a problem with it!




4. DVD Creator: is another easy way to share family movies. It can convert your home made videos to DVD for better enjoyment on big screen DVD player or TV set with family or friends. With this video to DVD burner, you can easily make DVD from MP4, AVI, MOV, AVCHD, MTS, WMV, MKV, etc.




So, whether you have money to spare on video player software or need to find a little free something that does the job, our ideas could get you started!