# How to upload video file?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upload-video-file/186375>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 6, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upload-video-file/186375 "2010-04-06T00:16:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![rutisyrz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@rutisyrz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rutisyrz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upload-video-file/186375/1 "2010-04-06T00:16:21Z")

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Dear all,

kindly help me to upload video files…

Thanking you…

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**Author:** ![rutisyrz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@rutisyrz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rutisyrz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upload-video-file/186375/2 "2010-04-06T07:52:56Z")

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Try this  
[http://jimneath.org/2008/06/03/converting-videos-with-rails-converting-the-video/](http://jimneath.org/2008/06/03/converting-videos-with-rails-converting-the-video/)  
-Shyam

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**Author:** ![rutisyrz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@rutisyrz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rutisyrz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upload-video-file/186375/3 "2010-04-06T10:05:13Z")

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On Apr 5, 10:51 pm, shyam mohan [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi pandya,  
You are not the first person who has found uploads challenging, in  
fact there are a couple gems and plugins to help with the process like  
paperclip and attachment\_fu. I haven’t used attachment\_fu, but I  
personally like paperclip and the railscast video gives you step by  
step instructions, that make it really easy to understand.  
Here is the link to the railscast video

> **[\#134 Paperclip - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/134-paperclip)**
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> Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers.

you will also want to install the paperclip plugin which you can get  
here [GitHub - thoughtbot/paperclip: Easy file attachment management for ActiveRecord](http://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip)  
The railscasts video is designed to show you how to upload an image,  
but implementing the same method for videos shouldn’t be too  
difficult. Shyam posted a link with steps on converting videos with  
paperclip, so you may want to look into that after you grasp the  
basics of paperclip and how it all works.