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Video! Video! Video! The rumours are true and "soon" is now. We're thrilled to introduce video on Flickr. If you're a pro member, you can now share videos up to 90 glorious seconds in your photostream.
90 seconds? While this might seem like an arbitrary limit, we thought long and hard about how video would complement the flickrverse. If you've memorized the Community Guidelines, you know that Flickr is all about sharing photos that you yourself have taken. Video will be no different and so what quickly bubbled up was the idea of "long photos," of capturing slices of life to share.
Hey group admins! The launch of video on Flickr brings additional moderation tools to your group. In addition to specifying what kind of content you'd like to see in your group ("photos", "video", or "photos + video"), you can also have a say in the safety level of what people can contribute to your group pool. There's more info in this revised group FAQ.
Bonus (for those who've read this far): We're doubling the size of photos that can be uploaded -- 20MB per photo for pro members and 10MB per photo for members with free accounts.
What have you done? I don't want video on my Flickr!
We have tried to include video on Flickr gently. Videos will show up anywhere photos do (in search results, photostreams, Explore, RSS feeds, etc) but they won't play automatically. On the page that displays a video, it's set to play automatically by default, but there's a setting available in Your Account if you'd rather start it playing yourself. So, the only difference is that you will also be able to click play on some of the images you see.
Video on Flickr grew out of the idea of "long photos" and as such, we've implemented what might seem like an arbitrary limit of playing back the first 90 seconds of a video. 90 seconds?
We're not trying to limit your artistic freedom, we're trying something new. Everyone has endured that wedding video, where even the bride will fast-forward to the "good bit." In fact, even Tara at FlickrHQ hasn't made it past the first 90 seconds of her own wedding video.
Just try it! It's fun once you get the hang of it.
If you are interested in adding a soundtrack to your video, there's lots of great music available through Creative Commons that won't get you in trouble for copyright infringement. If you use background music, it's great form to attribute the music you use by mentioning and linking to the artist, or the CC page you found it on.
Here are some online resources you might like to try:
Video will display alongside photos in search results, within new uploads from friends, in Explore, on the Map, in RSS feeds, and anywhere else that you are used to finding photos.
There will be some parts of Flickr where you can choose that you'd like to see either photos or video, or both, like Advanced Search. We've also improved group pool submission rules so group admins can specify whether they'd like their group pool to include photos, or video, or both.
You'll need to install the following programs on your computer... There's no difference! You upload video the same way you upload photos, using your choice of uploading tools.
Just like photos, you need to moderate your video. We've created 3 new content types specific to video: "normal" videos, screencasts, and animations/CGI. You can set a default for this in your preferences.
I'm having trouble uploading my videos? How can I troubleshoot?
If you're having trouble with one of the uploading tools, we urge you to try the other one. That is, if the desktop Uploadr doesn't work, try using the web-based Uploadr. The two primary factors that determine the speed of upload is the file size and your connection to the internet.
Here's a list of the file formats we accept:
AVI (Proprietary codecs may not work)
WMV
MOV (AVID or other proprietary codecs may not work)
First, you need to make sure you have Flash installed, because the video player is a Flash movie. Download the free Flash Player?
If you have Flash installed and videos still won't play:
* Try reloading the page You do this by holding down the shift button on your keyboard and hitting the reload button on your browser.
* You may need to reinstall Flash on your computer Step 1 is to uninstall any previous version of Flash (uninstall directions). Then, you should download the most recent version of the Flash Player and install it (download).
There's a new button in the toolbar above a video on its main page called "embed"*. You can choose a size and whether or not to include the owner's name and the title of the video as an introduction to the video itself. Based on your choices, a little snippet of code will be generated for you that you can cut and paste, and insert into another web page, or blog post.
You should also know that all the same sharing permissions exist for video that exist for photos.
*You'll also notice that you can't do things like rotate or order prints of a video.
Well, as a matter of fact, you can. When you head for Advanced Search you'll see that you can constrain your searches to look for both photos and video, just photos, just video, or even just animations or illustrations.
I'd like to keep video out of my group pool. Can I do that?
Yes! We've added a few more tools for group administrators to filter their group pools, like the ability to say 'I just want photos', or 'I just want safe content' and the like. (More info about group moderation.)
You can only download original versions of your videos if you're the owner. Others may embed your video in other web pages, provided they have permission, but can't "download" them.
We've seen that people on slower connections or a crusty old computer may experience difficulty playing video online. Just go to Best Buy, dude.
Videos don't need to download completely before they start playing, so if your video seems to be playing faster than it's downloading, just hit pause to let it download fully.
Sometimes video playback can be a little glitchy anyway, so if it feels weird, you could also try reloading the page, or press "pause" then "play" again. (We're working on this.)
We've built a new feature to give group administrators more control over the sorts of content they will allow in their pool. If you run a group, you can say "I only want safe, geotagged video in my pool" by choosing from media type, safety level, and whether something is geotagged. There's more info about this in this Groups FAQ.
Because of these new tools you may get an error when trying to add a photo or video to a group pool. If you get this error, check the group rules against the content you're trying to add.
Video files are often much larger than image files, so are more likely to time out or not upload all the way. This is most often a problem if you have a slow internet connection or your connection is "flaky."
If you are having trouble uploading large batches of videos you may have to try using smaller batches until you find what works with your connection. For more help with uploading please see the Photos FAQ.
Since video is 'just another sort of upload', there's no separate view for them in your account. Your photostream is a blend of everything you upload, sorted by most recent.
If you'd like to group your videos together, you might like to make a set, or use a specific tag, like "video".
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