FAQ, important links, and wiki links

[docwalker]

Welcome to the Video Help Forum!

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Nov 9, 2007: SmugMug is out with the awesome <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/h264/">H.264 video format</a> that works on both the web and consumer devices (like the <a href="http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/smugmug.html">iPhone</a>).

SmugMug's <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/help/video">video help section</a> should answer most questions. This forum is is for the gnarly ones. http://www.advrider.com/forums/images/smilies/jjen.gif

UPDATE: Feb 25, 2008 - we have a new Video Forum (http://www.dgrin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=46)! Check it out if you need help creating & editing your masterpiece, want to talk video gear and shooting tips, and more :barb



Important Links:

The help page for adding videos:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/video-sharing

The help page for basic editing info:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/video-clips-online

The very important video formats wiki page: http://wiki.smugmug.com/display/SmugMug/Video+Formats

Need suggestions about editing software?
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=85929

[Travelingman2]

I've been tring to use the share a picture links for video on a forum i use and can't get them to work. so far the only way I've been able display the video is to copy and paste for the browser line, but then my whole gallery can be seen. What is it I'm going wrong, I just want the video to be seen not the whole gallery.:scratch

[docwalker]

Watch your video until the very end. Then you will see 3 icons. One of them is the share button. Click that. You will see a couple options for your video sharing. Choose the one you want to use, click it. That will copy the correct code into your clipboard.

Go to the blog, forum, or post you want to the video to play. Paste that code in using the method your blog, forum, or post requires.

When you refresh, the video should appear.

[DonMB]

Watch your video until the very end. Then you will see 3 icons. One of them is the share button. Click that. You will see a couple options for your video sharing. Choose the one you want to use, click it. That will copy the correct code into your clipboard.

Go to the blog, forum, or post you want to the video to play. Paste that code in using the method your blog, forum, or post requires.

When you refresh, the video should appear.

This doesn't exactly work for me. I get a gallery link (I want to send a direct link, rather than embed in a message). But that's not all! :wink The direct link share button doesn't give me a usable link at all.

I have a pro account and it gives me a name.smugmug.com link that doesn't work, but if I change it to my custom host name, the link works. (still a gallery link, though)

To be clear, I'm looking for something along the lines of sending a link via email to a particular video. I'm not looking to embed anything.

btw, I also have a video that really gets messed up on recompression by smugmug. If you want an example of something really bad, I can show you. :) But I didn't really want to put links up in a public forum...