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WHAT IS VCR.com?
VCR.com is an online social networking site that provides a video hosting service allowing users to view, upload, and share videos.
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What are the fees?
VCR.com is free for private and personal use.
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ADDING A VIDEO
Shooting A Video: You will need to use your video camera, digital camera, or even your cell phone to record your movie. You then download the movie to your computer, and upload to VCR.com. We advise to first edit or compress your video with software such as Windows MovieMaker or iMovie to add titles and special effects or just save it in compressed format for speedy uploads. |
Uploading:
To upload your video, log in and click on the upload link. Add a title, description, tags (keywords), and choose the video channel. Channels are for grouping the same videos together. On the next page browse to and click the saved movie file, select private or public, and click upload. Private is for your view only and public is for all viewing. |
How Long Will It Take?
The time it takes to upload depends on the speed of your computer and Internet connection. If you have a adsl or cable internet connection uploads will be faster than with dialup. Adsl connections are asymmetric with a download speed to your computer normally 5x faster than upload to the internet, so be patient.When completed, you will see a screen that says, your upload was successful. |
How can I embed videos from VCR.com into other sites?
Click on your video and look for the (Share details //) part below the video player where you will find the codes. Simply copy the url to link to the page or copy the code from the Embeddable Player and add it to your web page. |
What are tags?
Tags are keywords that describe videos. For example, a video might be tagged with car, sport, and racing. Users who enjoy watching racing videos can then search for any of those words and that video will pop up in their search results. Tags help you find new videos you might like to watch, and also help you label videos you upload so that other people can find them more easily. |
Editing your movies:
How to, with Windows Movie Maker
1. How to compress video
Open Windows Movie Maker and click tasks and import video.
Drag and drop the movie to the storyboard at the bottom of the page.
Click file>Save Movie File.
2. How to make one movie of different movie files
Open Windows Movie Maker and click tasks and import videos.
Click collections and select the movie.
Drag and drop the movies in the correct sequence into the storyboard.
Edit the clips if needed. Add title and background music if required.
Click file>Save Movie File
Your file will have the *.wmv extension
3. How to Trim
Trim by pulling the end of the clip to the left of your screen that will cut your clip
shorter. If you want it longer just pull it back.
4. How to edit clips
In the Timeline view, click on the clip you'd like to trim.
In the Preview window, drag the scroll bar slowly and watch as the video progresses.
Stop at the point where you want to trim the clip.
On the Clip menu, click Set Start Trim Point.
Now continue to drag the progress indicator until you reach the desired end point of your clip.
5. How to add audio
In the task pane, click on Import audio or music.
Navigate to the music track you'd like to add to your movie.
Click on Import.
Click on Show Timeline button in the Storyboard section of your screen. Drag your music track to the Audio/Music level of the Timeline.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
It keeps asking me to login, what should I do?
Make sure you have cookies enabled in your browser preferences. If you have cookies disabled, there is no way for our system to know you were at the site before, and you will be asked to login.
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The videos won't play-what's wrong?
All of the videos on VCR.com are streamed through a Flash player, so you need to have the latest version of Macromedia Flash installed on your computer. To download it, please visit Adobe.
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The video keeps stopping while I'm watching it. How do I fix that?
If a video doesn't play continuously it may be due to your connection speed. You'll need a broadband connection with at least 500+Kbps for the best viewing experience.
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Why can't I hear the audio when I'm watching a video?
To make sure that you hear sound while watching videos, please check the volume controls on your computer. Also, be sure to increase the volume on other conventional video players on your computer, such as Real Player or Windows Media. This may have an effect on your computer's master volume levels. Next, check to see if your system meets these requirements for running the Video Viewer: |
Macromedia Flash Player 7.0+ plug-in
Windows 2000/XP with latest updates installed
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
Firefox 1.1+, IE 5.0+, or Safari 1.0+
Broadband connection with 500+ Kbps
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If your system meets all the requirements, but the Video Viewer still isn't working properly, please try troubleshooting with a different browser. Also, please test the audio on multiple videos.
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My video is taking a long time to upload. Is something wrong?
Generally, if you have a high-speed internet connection you can expect the upload to take somewhere between 1-5mins for every 1MB. However, the experience is different for every user because of the variation in connection speeds. If your video is very large, it may take a long time to upload.
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FAQs
What is a .MSWMM file?
A *.mswmm file is a Windows Movie Maker Project file. By saving the project, it allows you to return to the movie and make modifications at a later time. You will not be able to upload to mswmm files to VCR.com. You first need to Save File to *.wmv format to upload.
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How long do my videos stay on VCR.com?
Videos stay on VCR.com until the members who uploaded them choose to take them down. Videos which violate the terms of use and have been flagged may be taken down by VCR.com.
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How long can my video be?
There is no limit on the length of video, max size is 100mb, but you need to consider how long it will take to upload.
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What video file formats can I upload?
Video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in the avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .mov, .dvr-ms, .mpe, .mp4, .mp2, .asx, .asf, .wmv, .3g2, .3gp, and .divx file formats.
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