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How to publish your video with YouTube.com
by Adnan Hadzi
There are certain advantages of using a commercial service like YouTube. One is that the videos can easily be embedded in free blogging services like [http://www.blogger.com/ Blogger.com] or [http://wordpress.com/ Wordpress.com].
This means that when you have uploaded one of your video files, then not only will the users of YouTube be able to view your video, you will also be able to link to the video by including the code in your website or blog. See for example [http://google.about.com/od/googleblogging/ss/embedyoutubesbs.htm this tutorial] (for how to manage a Wordpress blog, see WordpressDistribution).
We recognize that using a commercial service like this isn't great and ideally you should seek another solution. However organizations like [http://wordpress.com/ Wordpress.com] seem a good solution if you don't have access to other solutions. That's why this is included.
By the time you have go to this stage you should have an mp4 video file or similar file to upload.
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1. Make sure you have a YouTube user account (see SignUpYouTube).
2. Point your web browser to http://www.youtube.com and click "Upload".
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3. Log in with your username and password.
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4. Fill in the details of your video.
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5. Choose your category.
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6. Click "Continue".
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7. Browse for your video by clicking "Browse...".
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8. Select whether you want it to be a public or private video.
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9. Click "Upload Video".
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10. Be patient!
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11. When finished, you will see the confirmation "Video Upload Successful!".
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General tips on using YouTube
YouTube knocks almost everything out of sync. And the video quality is highly-compressed 320x240 then scaled back up to 450x337. If you are going to use YouTube, sign up for a "Director" account and then you can put a link back to your website on the video's page.
Embed it online: Once your videos are uploaded, you can embed them in your Web site or blog. YouTube provides HTML code you can copy and paste.
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Broadcast it: Use an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29 RSS] feed to let subscribers automatically receive your latest videos. The YouTube RSS feed is feed://www.youtube.com/rss/user/youtube/videos.rss (replace "user" in the URL with the name of your account).
For others to watch your video either send them the YouTube link from your uploaded video, or - if they also have a user account with YouTube - tell them your username so that they can sign up to your videos.
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