Video on Flickr is going to be defined by our incredible, diverse, far-flung and fabulously talented members. Some answers that we’ve come up with:
Some ground rules to get started:
If you go against either of these rules, we’ll send you a warning and the content will be removed.
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.
As a result of community feedback, we've added an option to exclude videos from search results. Videos will still show when you browse photostreams and group pools. This will just make them not show in searches.
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:
http://ccmixter.org/
http://search.creativecommons.org/
http://www.jamendo.com/
http://www.musopen.com/
Only pro members can upload video content, but anyone can view it, provided they have permission.
If you have a free account and tons of video to share, you might like to upgrade to pro.
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.
No. If you’re a pro member, your account has unlimited bandwidth and storage space. This includes video content.
But! Individual video files must be smaller than 150MB in size. (That should be more than enough for 90 seconds worth of video.)
No.
We’ve instituted what might seem like an arbitrary time limit for video playback on Flickr: 90 seconds.
You can still upload a video that’s longer than 90 seconds, but only the first 90 seconds will play.
The best way right now is the Web Uploadr. We also have a beta version of the Uploadr application that you can download and try out.
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.
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:
The player controls and indicators are:
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).
If the problem still persists, try searching The Help Forum or Help by Email.
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.
No, but there are a ton of other ways out there.
For Windows: More about Movie Maker (free with Windows Service Pack 2)
For Mac: iMovie
For now, video won’t auto-play in slideshows, but you’ll be able to click on the little “play” icon to start it playing.
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.
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. You might like to consider an upgrade!
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.
Not yet. Right now, we choose the thumbnail from about the first 15% in.
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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