Once upon a time we used to write letters by hand and send them to our friends and family by mail, which we first had to reach. And it came to the addressee only after a few days, or even weeks. With the advent of e-mail, everything has changed - now it takes only a few minutes to send someone a letter, and after a couple of seconds it reaches the addressee. But this is not all the opportunities that new technologies have given us. Now, in a similar way, you can send not only text messages, but also photos, and even videos. This allows us to be even closer to those who are very far away, and share our impressions with friends even brighter! If you haven't taken advantage of this feature yet, then read how to send a video by email, and implement it soon.
Almost all services where you can register a mailbox have built-in functions for sending pictures,audio and video files. But they all have limitations related to their size. That is why, before sending a video by e-mail, you need to make sure that the file meets the established criteria. Let's look at several options for sending them depending on the size.
Send by attachment
Most mail services allow you to transfer records, the size of which does not exceed 20-30 MB. If your video is very short and weighs no more than the established maximum size, then this is very easy.
Go to your mailbox and create a new letter. Enter the subject and email address you plan to send it to. Next, if necessary, write a text message. Now it remains to attach the video. At the bottom, under the form for entering text, you will see the "Attach file" icon. A window will open to select the desired file. Select the video to send and click "Open". It will be downloaded and attached to your email. Nearby you will see the name, as well as the size of the attached file. Can send.
However, while 20 MB is more than enough for a regular text message, it's usually not for a video file. If your video is larger, you can choose one of the following ways to send the video by email.
Upload to file hosting
There are a number of file-sharing services that allow you to upload large photos and videos to them - from 2 to 10 GB. Many of them arefree and do not even require pre-registration. You only need to upload the file by clicking the "Add file" button. After that, you will receive a link to it. But how to send a video by mail uploaded to such a resource? Just indicate the link to it in the letter, and the recipient will be able to follow it and watch your video.
This option is good because the video does not even have to be downloaded. It just opens in the browser and that's it. In this case, the quality will not suffer at all.
Upload to video hosting
There is another way to send a video by email if it has a lot of weight. Any video hosting will help us here. Of the most popular, two can be named - YouTube (known all over the world) and Yandex. Video (quite popular in Russia). What do you need?
To get started, register on the selected site - it won't take long. Then upload your video by clicking the "Add video" button. By the way, you can record it right there if you wish - to do this, select "Record from webcam". The maximum size of the uploaded clip on Yandex. Video should not exceed 1.5 GB (this is a lot, about 1.5 hours of high-quality video), on YouTube - 2 GB. Almost any file format is supported, which means that you are absolutely free to choose them.
Also, you can choose the privacy level for the uploaded video. For example, make it visible to everyone, only to friends, or only to yourself. Moreover, if access tothe video is open, you can disable comments on it. The next steps are simple: you need to copy the direct link to your clip and send the video by email by pasting this link into the email.
Sending to Hotmail
Is it possible to somehow pull off the idea with the video without uploading it to extraneous resources? How to send video by mail without using file sharing and hosting? You can do this by creating a mailbox in the correct location. The Hotmail mail service allows you to attach files to letters, including videos, up to 10 GB in size! Here you can easily send powerful videos without additional and tedious manipulations. Also, if the file is already very large, you can split it into equal parts using the WinRaR archiver (for example, in the case of DVD files).
Conclusion
We hope you found the tips in this article on how to send a video by email helpful. Each of the considered options has its own advantages and takes into account the different features of the uploaded video files. Make your communication with dear people even warmer - record videos and share them easily.
