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The Videos Page

Access the Videos Page by clicking Watch Videos on the Communicate menu. Use this page to:

  • Find the video you want
  • Add a title, comments and other information to the video
  • Play the video

It's easy to find your way around, but here are some pointers to help you.

Finding the Video you Want

  1. In the Select box (the column on the left-hand side of the tab) click the name of the video you want to watch.
  2. You can use the Show information at the top of the page to filter the Select list down to a workable size. Select either Taken On or Uploaded On, then select the date. (The number of videos available on that date is shown in parentheses.) The Select list will now show only videos taken on or uploaded on that date.

Adding Title, Comments, Taken-On Date and More

You can annotate the selected video file to provide useful information to everyone who views the video. All these items are optional.

  1. Open the video for editing. In the Actions select Edit Video Info. This will pop up the Edit Video Info dialog.
  2. Enter and edit data as appropriate.
    • Title: You'll see that by default the title of the video is the name of the file that was uploaded. But you can change this to whatever you like.
    • Description: Enter anything you like here. For example, you can mention who took the video, or anything special about the video, or the event, or ... whatever.
    • Location: Be as specific or as general as you like here, e.g. You can mention the city and state, or you can mention the venue and address.
    • Taken On: Set the date and time which will be displayed on the video. This date is used when using the Show box to filter the number of items in the Video List.
    • Access: Check Public and anyone who comes to your Group web site can view the video. Check Members Only and viewing this video will be restricted to Group members only.
  3. Click Save to save your changes. The popup window will close and you'll see the changes made in the Video tab.

Viewing the Video

Well, this part is simple. Just click the arrow in the middle of the video player. But ... as with any video player you have these options while playing:

  • Control playing the video using the play ( )and pause ( ) buttons.
  • Use the full-screen button ( ) to display the video using your, well ... your full screen. Use the ESC key to return to normal display.
  • Use the volume control ( ) to adjust the audio portion of the video. Click to the far right to get full volume. Anything left of that will reduce the volume. The sound will be turned off if you click the speaker button at the far left of the control. Click the speaker button again to return the audio to it's previous setting.

Other Actions

In the Videos box at the top you have these actions:

  1. Upload: Upload a new video to the Group.  Learn more ...
  2. Podcast: Use the URL provided to subscribe to this Group as a Podcast.  Learn more ....

In the video player box you have these actions:

  1. Download: Opens a dialog which allows you to save the video to your computer.  Learn more ...
  2. Share: Email a link to this page.  Learn more ...
  3. Actions:
    • Comment on this Video: Add a comment for other Group members to see.
    • Assign to: Assign the video to an album, a calendar event or to an Group member.
    • Edit Video Info: Edit video information, as described above.
    • Re-upload this Video: Use this option if you have made changes to the video and want to replace the current version. Using Re-upload preserves all video information and comments. Using Upload creates a new video entry, not replacing the current video.
    • Delete this Video: Remove the video from your Group.

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