Are you asking about how to view the videos so you can actually read them, or how to make tutorials that aren’t crap?
I don’t have advice for the first one, unfortunately, as most video compression codexes really suck for this type of content
If you’re making your own, there used to be some applications that were more geared to this sort of content. Most of them used static frames with voiceovers, so they resulted in smaller overall sizes. There were protocols such as SMIL that could be used to sync up the images and the audio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized_Multimedia_Integration_Language
Unfortunately, the main use seemed to be so that streaming radio players could display ads at at the appropriate time, and Microsoft never put support into their web browser (and Google had plans to remove it at one point) so you have to rely on plugins to view them
There used to be tools that would basically ‘record’ your desktop and as you interacted with it, and then let you go back and annotate (arrows, circles, etc) but I don’t remember the names, and as it was probably 10 years ago it’s possible that there’s something better at this point
There are also some programs that will convert PowerPoint presentations to SMIL, so if you’re willing to just take a lot of screenshots yourself, you could go that route
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I should also mention that when I make presentations (for keynote or PowerPoint), I set my display’s resolution as LOW as I can before taking screen shots, or I enable ‘text zoom’ or equivalent to increase the font size. I will also take two screen shots for most things that I’m trying to show, one that shows the whole screen for context, and then a second one that’s cropped tighter around the content so it’s easier for people to read
-Joe
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> On Oct 26, 2020, at 12:51 PM, charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Here’s the challenge I’ve faced and perhaps others have as well and can
> please share your work-around?
>
> I want to learn new, free software.
>
> I YouTube it and find titles which look promising. Once I click on the to
> view them the “words” in the tutorial look tiny and mostly indiscernible.
>
> It’s important when you’re first learning software that you clearly see the
> tabs and buttons the tutorial creator is referring to in their YT video to
> follow along and develop new skills sets.
>
> I’ve heard from some YT creators they’ve created their YT tutorial in 1080p
> which would make the video very clear so someone trying to learn the
> software could see the tab, button other software tools names clearly.
>
> But, YT, to save space on their servers, compresses uploaded videos.
>
> I’m not sure if most (or all) video downloaders then further compress YT
> videos?
>
> I open the downloaded YT instructional video in VLC Media Player and the
> tabs, buttons, tools all appear just as small. I’m informed that a video
> download can’t increase the video resolution.
>
> This has been my experience with tons of YT tutorials. When you need to see
> details in the video, that’s problematic. It’s not a matter of just finding
> another YT tutorial on a topic, they all appear with tiny words in the
> tabs, buttons, tools.
>
> I’ve watched the YT tutorials in FF, Brave, Chrome and The Edge browsers.
>
> So, how have others resolved the issue of YT tutorials appearing too tiny
> to see the tabs, buttons, tools in software you’re trying to learn?
>
> Here’s just one example … 360p - LEARN DAVINCI RESOLVE 16.1 IN 15 MINUTES -
> Quick Start Guide for Beginners - YouTube.mkv
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-XE-DorMw
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Charles.
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