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How can I add or upload videos to a network?

If you have already uploaded a video to your network but are experiencing problems, please see next  help topic below

Sign in to the network.

  1. Go to the Videos section.
  2. Click the "Add Videos" link in the upper right corner.
  3. By default, you'll be able to use the bulk uploader to add up to 30 movies at a time to the network. The first time you use the uploader, you'll see a pop-up window that says "This applet was signed by Ning Inc and authenticated by VeriSign Inc. Do you trust this certificate?" Click the "Trust" button to proceed.trust certificate
  4. In the left pane, find the videos on your computer. To upload them, double click on a video or drag and drop a video or a whole folder to the right pane titled "Videos to Upload."
  5. You can drag and drop the videos within the right preview pane to re-order them. To remove videos, you can drag and drop them outside of the preview pane or highlight them and press the "Delete" key.
  6. Once you're ready to upload, click the "Next" button.
  7. Add information about the videos and select who will be able to view the videos. To apply the same information to all of the videos in the batch, fill out the top portion under "Edit Information for All Videos." Then click the button to "Apply this info to the videos below." You can individually override this information by filling out individual video information below the batch edit.

If you're experiencing issues with the bulk uploader, you can always use the simple uploader by clicking the link to "Return to our simple uploader" at the bottom of the "Add Videos" page.

If you would like to add videos from YouTube, Google or most other video sites, navigate to the site with the video you want and grab the HTML "embed" code to add the video to your network.

Click on the "Add Video" link at the bottom of the "Add Videos" page                                                   that's under the headline "Add videos from YouTube or Google."

Then paste the HTML code in the box:

I'm having issues uploading a video. Can you help?

There are a few requirements for you to to add a video to a network.

Sign in to the network where you wish to upload the video. Make sure your video does not exceed 100 MB in size. We support as many video formats as we can, but there are literally thousands of video formats out there! As a result, even two video files with the same extension (such as WMV) may use different decoding algorithms. For this reason one of them may work and the other one may not, even though they have the same file extension.

We've found the iPod video format to be very reliable and recommend that you convert your videos to this format if you're experiencing issues when uploading them. There are tools available for both Windows and Mac to help you convert video files into the iPod format.

Mac: If you're using a Mac, we recommend that you try iSquint. This free application can convert most video files into a format that is compatible with Ning. To use this application simply drag the video file that you'd like to convert into the large box, select a folder to save the final file into, and click 'Start'.

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Windows: If you're using a Windows PC you may want to try Videora iPod Converter. To use this application select the 'Convert' button on the main toolbar, click on the 'Video File' tab, and select Normal Mode. After this follow the on screen instructions to convert your video file.

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Once your video file has been converted, try playing it using a media player such as Quicktime. If it plays back well, this will confirm that the conversion was successful. You should then be able to upload this video file through the Video tab on your social network powered by Ning.

Last updated by Hilary Cooke Oct 9.

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