This site says my video is not authorized. Right now my video is in .mp4 format. So how do I change it to an accepted format? And which format would you recommend?
The site doesn’t support video directly very well or at all. Your best bet is to put it on YouTube and post the video link in the thread. You can change the video privacy settings to something other than public if you want to keep it unlisted.
It’s private. You need to set it to unlisted for us to see it.
Okay try this:
It works now. A little difficult to fully see because of the angle but from the angle you have a sort of sliding extension away from the strings on most of those down strokes, and a slightly curved flexion back in to them on the ups in some places.
I don’t know if that’s where this was inevitably going with the video post though.
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It looks like garage spikes; darn pick snags on everything! 
Any way you could turn that pick so that it no longer snags? Kind of looks like cutting through a steak with the flat part of the knife; perhaps “slicing” through those strings might be more conducive to faster picking speeds?
Trust me, I get it when it feels like the only thing you’re successful at is ummm, “not so successful” but that just means you have other things you can try, process of elimination.
Also, I feel like instead of maybe playing whatever it is your trying to play - maybe perhaps try simplifying; literally just play repeating notes on one string as fast as you possibly can. Maybe you end up having to use your elbow or something, and maybe it’s super messy, maybe the setup changes or the motion changes, whatever. That’s okay - just give 'er, and see what happens.
Post video again please of your results and maybe the hive mind can help you out. Good luck!
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Great suggestions both, and I totally agree on the need to simplify!
Instead of starting with complicated phrases that move between strings, start by establishing a fast and smooth motion on a single string, even just a repeated note.
If the pick getting stuck on the string feels like a big obtacle at the moment, you can even start without using a guitar at all! For example, you can have a go at the speed test demonstrated here:
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