For the most up-to-date information on permitted video file types/formats that may be uploaded to the edTPA video web site, please see the document entitled
Recommended Video Formats and Settings
on
Pearson's edTPA site
. (Since this is a.PDF file, you will need a program like
Adobe Reader
to access its contents.) At present, the list of allowable file types includes files with names ending in the.ASF, AVI, FLV, .M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, and.WMV extensions.
To find the format of any video open in Shotcut, simply click the Properties button near the middle of the Shotcut button bar (see Figure 14, below), and examine the extension of the file name that appears at the top of the Properties window (as shown in Figure 15, below). (While the majority of video file names end in a three-letter extension, a few might have two or four letters after the period.)
For more detailed instructions on how to use the Properties option, please see "
Part 1--Using Shotcut to Display Important Technical Information About Your Video(s)
" under the
Workshop Videos
heading on the
Home page
.
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Figure 14:
The image below shows the Shotcut program window with the
Properties
button highlighted in red.
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Figure 15:
The image below shows the Shotcut
Properties
window with the
.MTS
extension at the end of the (original) video file name highlighted in red.
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If you find that the video you are editing is not in one of the edTPA compatible file formats, you can use Shotcut's
Export
function to either convert it to the
recommended
.MP4
format or one of the myriad other
Stock
file types by following these steps:
- Click the
Export
button on the right of the Shotcut button bar. (See
Figure 16
, below.)
- Do
one
of the following:
- If you would like to
Export
your video to the
recommended
(default)
.MP4
format (as pictured in
Figure 17
, below), simply leave all settings in the
Export
window alone and click the
Export File
button at the bottom. (See
Figure 18
, below.)
- If you would like to
Export
your video to some other format,
double-click
on the desired option under the
Stock
heading on the left of the
Export
window (as pictured in
Figure 19
, below), and then click the
Export File
button at the bottom. (See
Figure 20
, below.) (Note that this is a very long scrollable list that extends well beyond the visible portion of the window.)
- In the
Export File
window that now opens, navigate to the location where you would like to save the video you are creating, supply it with the appropriate name, and click the
Save
button at the bottom to complete the process.
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Figure 16:
The image below shows the Shotcut program window with the
Export
button highlighted in red. |
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Figure 17:
The image below shows the Shotcut
Export
window with the
Format
of the (soon-to-be-created) video file set to the
recommended
(default) of
.MP4
, and highlighted in red. |
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Figure 18:
The image below shows the Shotcut
Export
window with the
Export File
button highlighted in red, and ready to generate a video in the
.MP4
format. |
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Figure 19:
The image below shows the Shotcut
Export
window with the
Format
of the (soon-to-be-created) video file set to
.FLV
when the
Flash
option is selected from the menu of
Stock
options on the left. (Both the menu selection and its associated file
Format
are highlighted in red.) |
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Figure 20:
The image below shows the Shotcut
Export
window with the
Export File
button highlighted in red, and ready to generate a video in the
.FLV
format. |
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