My insurance wants to see it, it’s about the accident I’ve had. I tried uploading to YouTube but the woman said they couldn’t view it cos of that, I tried on streamable but still nothing and I tried just sending as it is but both email services I used say its too big to send. 😮💨😑
Anyone got any suggestions?
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Would adding it to a file sharing service like OneDrive or Dropbox work? Then send that link so they can download it.
Get an app that can reduce the file size.
[WeTransfer.com](http://www.wetransfer.com) – Sends up to 2gb for free. Just go to the website.
Your email – Their email – File upload – Yes to terms – They send you a code – Verify code – Done
As its downloaded from WeTransfer it shouldn’t matter about file size on their end or yours.
Something like wetransfer or wesendit will let you send about 2gb for free.
Try screen recording the video as it may be a smaller file size. You can also then crop the start and finish to make it even smaller
RedMaple have a service called Trebuchet that you can use to send large files [https://trebuchet.me/](https://trebuchet.me/) . It is supposed to be very good, but I haven’t used it myself. There is a free version.
Try using [WeTransfer](https://wetransfer.com/).
I would consider that your insurance provider’s issue. If they routinely request video from customers then they should have means of receiving/viewing them. I would be asking them for a solution.
Download it from youtube. Youtube’s compression is awesome, it’ll vastly reduce the filesize.
I use WeTransfer
It’s free up to 2 GB
Could ofc just use Google Drive.
iPhone – Photos – Select Video – Share button – Copy iCloud Link and send them that.
Android – Google Photos – Select Video – Share Button – Share to… – Create Link and send them that.
One drive
iCloud
Dropbox
Google Drive
What insurance company is this? I had a claim with Admiral this year and they have their own data portal that you upload files to. Had a similar thing with Aviva last year.
Sneakernet? They might accept physical media posted to them.
Honestly though, I think it’s their responsibility to provide a means to upload a file if they want a copy.
we transfer
There are many, but it depends on the size of the video file.
Don’t know why they can’t view through youtube. Their IT department will be able to permit that single video URL through their web filter.
There’s also google drive. Upload it and share it with the email address.
They certainly can view a YouTube video and which you can set to private and give them the private link.
You can also use Handbrake (free) to compress it to a very small but viewable size. That should conform to any email limit. 30 seconds using their e-mail preset makes a 30 second 720p file only 4.2 MB.
Upload to Google Drive in its own folder and share the link privately to them.
It’s 2023 you’d think they would have figured this out by now.