Managing Uploaded Videos


Once you upload one or more videos, you can choose to manage the information (metadata), such as the video title, production company, genre, and your Web site URL, displayed on the Google Video page alongside your video. To access the video management page, click the Uploaded Videos link at the top of the Google Video page. This only appears when you log in to Google.

The management page of the Google Video Upload program lists all your uploaded videos. If you have recently uploaded a video and it does not appear in the list, try clicking the Refresh Videos link located beneath the table listing of videos.

Edit video information

When you upload the video you can add some fundamental information. Editing the information actually allows you to add more details than you are able to add when you first upload the video. For example, you can add additional genres where at first you could only select one. Additional information you can add about this video includes:

  • Change the video title or description.

  • You will additionally be asked to certify by checking a box that the video is not pornographic.

  • If you know the name of the production company that made the video you can add it to the form.

  • On the Add/Edit Video Information page you can select up to three genres for your video.

  • Add a link to your Web site.

  • Add the names of the people you want to credit. To add additional credits click the Add link.

Setting the Advanced Options

Clicking the Advanced Options link drops down an additional set of features within the video information edit page. Most important, this is where you get to charge others to view the video.

Caution 

Pay attention to the laws regarding copyright, particularly if you charge money to have others view the video you upload. Free viewing can still be unlawful, but easier to forgive than if you charge a fee.

If you want your video to be viewed freely without charge, select the Free Video radio button. Additionally, if you want to allow users to download the video, as opposed to viewing on the Google Video Web page only, select the Allow users to download this video checkbox.

If your video can be purchased, select the Purchasable Video option. You have two options for charging: First, select the Purchase price checkbox and type a price after the USD$ label. USD$ stands for United States dollars. The format is dd.cc, with dd being dollars and cc being cents. If you select the Allow copying to iPod and other devices option, users will be able to download the video to handheld devices, but this defeats all copy protection.

The other option is to charge a Day-Pass price. People who pay can view the video for 24 hours after paying the Day-Pass price. You cannot delete any live videos after people have paid to view that video. To select this option, click the Day-Pass checkbox and type a price.

It’s important to offer a free preview of your video if you want people to purchase it. The default preview length is 30 seconds. You can choose to show a preview from the beginning of the video or start at a particular time within the video. Type the Start time and End time of the preview. For example, if your start time is 22 seconds and you want your preview to last 30 seconds, the end time should be 52 seconds.

If you want to allow others to display your video on their Web sites, select the Embedded Video checkbox. Last, you can select areas where your video will not be shown. This is particularly important if your video contains something that is culturally sensitive. To choose countries to exclude, select the Select countries where the video won’t be shown option. Then select the countries from the list box. To select more than one country press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking selections with your mouse.

When you finish editing your options, click Save Video Information>>.

Add a transcript

You can easily add a transcript for your video. You can upload a transcript, edit a transcript, or create one from scratch. Click the Edit Captions/Subtitles link in the Actions column of the table listing your uploaded videos, as shown in Figure 5.10.

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Figure 5.10: Edit, delete videos, or add transcripts and subtitles after a video has been uploaded.

Each time you edit your video, someone at Google reviews the edits to make certain that they comply with the Google guidelines.

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Creating Video Transcripts

Adding a transcript can be a time-consuming process but can help others find your video. Google searches on text and by providing the transcript Google is able to search on the text of the video transcript.

The transcript must follow the spoken words in the video according to the timing of when they are spoken in the video. Therefore, it is necessary to include the time, relative to the beginning of the video, before and after the spoken words in a text file. The time must be displayed in the following form: HH:MM:SS.mmm, where HH is hours from 00 to 24, MM is minutes from 00 to 59, SS is seconds from 00 to 59, and mmm is milliseconds from 000 to 999 and separated from the seconds by a decimal point, not a colon. Here is an example:

 00:00:08.000 [James] Hi there. 00:00:08.000 [Judy] Great to see you. 9:54:54.000

Although the time must be displayed using this particular method, the format of the text you provide is completely up to you. The names in the example were set off by brackets to make the text easier to read. You can type your transcript directly in the text box provided by Google or create it in a text editor. The text editor must provide UTF-8-encoded output. Windows Notepad works just fine. When you finish adding your transcript to Google click Save Transcript.

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Google Power Tools Bible
Google Power Tools Bible
ISBN: 0470097124
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 353

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