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Index

A configuring YouTube for, 158-159 posting to, 158-161 accounts, creating, 22-23 bloggers, 81 Add to Groups link, 42 Vlogs, 139 Add Video to Your Favorites pane, 52 YouTube , 20, 150-151 Player, 184 Break.com website, 171, 179 AdSense, 167-168 “Broadcast Yourself” motto, 7-8 adult video websites, 182 browsing videos by category, 29-30 advertising, 167-168 by channel, 30-33 All Contacts page, 146 by most popular videos, 33 alternatives to YouTube, 179-182 overview, 27-28 antipiracy software, 119-120 Burton, Tim, 84 AOL UnCut Video website, 179 businesses, 85-86 approving comments/ responses, 112-113 C audio audio/video synchronization camcorders, 91-92 problems, 189 capturing AudioSwap feature, 123-124 television programming, 93-94 troubleshooting, 186 webcam videos, 92-93 automating YouTube categories operations, 178-179 browsing videos by, 29-30 Autos & Vehicles category, 29 Categories tab, 16 cell phones, uploading videos from, 105-107 B channels background music, 123-124 browsing videos by, 30-33 Channels tab, 17 bandwidth use, 8 definition of, 133 Best of YouTube website, 176 personalizing, 135-138 Block User link, 115 profiles, 134-135 subscribing to, 135 blocking comments/responses from Vlogs, 139 specific users, 114 chat feature (Streams), 148-149 blog link, 20 Chen, Steven, 9-10 Bloglines, 37 22_0789736985_Index.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 192

192 Index college groups

college groups, 141 Empty .MOV File Comedians channels, 31 D message, 188 Comedy category, 29 website, 179 Entertainment category, 29 comments, 88 deleting. See removing Entertainment Media approving, 112-113 Denny, Reginald, 119 blocking comments Works, 166-167 from specific digital camcorders, 91-92 enthusiasts, 77-79 users, 114 Directors channels, 31 eyespot website, 179 enabling/disabling, disabling 111-112 comments, 111-112 posting, 44-45 ratings, 115-116 F removing, 114 responses, 111-112 responding to, 113 DMCA (Digital Millennium Fair Use, 125 Community tab, 17 Copyright Act), 128 Family list, 144-146 contacts, 58 downloading videos Favorites list converting video to hard drive creating playlists formats, 67, 90-91 legal issues, 69-71 from, 55 copyright with other saving videos to, 52 antipiracy software, downloader FeedDemon, 37 119-120 services, 64-65 Feedreader, 37 AudioSwap feature, with Video 123-124 Downloader, 62-64 file conversion avoiding copyright to iPods, 68-71 programs, 67 problems, 120-121 DVDs, ripping video file formats, 89-90 copyright from, 94-95 FileCabi.net website, 180 infringement, 117-119 Film & Animation DMCA (Digital E category, 29 Millennium film directors, 84-85 Copyright Act), 128 Edit My Videos page, finding videos Fair Use, 125 102-103, 109-111 conducting overview, 69-71 editing searches, 34 ownership of playlists, 56 from , 34 videos, 128-129 video information, 109 overview, 34 reporting copyright videos, 96-97 RSS feeds, 36-37 violations, 129-130 search results, 34-36 responding to email removal of sharing playlists Flag as Inappropriate videos/copyright with, 58 link, 43, 47-48 infringement sharing videos flagging videos claims, 125-127 with, 56-57 as inappropriate, 43, upload limitations, embedding 47-48 122-123 video lists for future YouTube terms of in MySpace viewing, 50-51 use, 121-122 profiles, 158 Flash FLV format, 12 Create a Group page, 141 in Web pages, 156 videos Flash Player, 184 Create/Edit Playlist in MySpace profiles, Flixya, 170, 180 page, 54-55 157-158 .FLV file format, 12, in Web pages, 63, 90-91 155-156 FLV players, 65 22_0789736985_Index.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 193

My Videos settings 193

FlvGetter plug-in, 65 HDV (high-definition LiveLeak website, 181 FLV Player, 65-66 video), 92 Log out option, 19 Footie Tube website, 180 Help & Info link, 20 for-profit video sharing Help Center, 19-22 sites, 169-171 historians, 77-79 M frame rate, 89 history of YouTube, 9-10 making money. See profit- friends, 58 History settings, 19 ing from YouTube videos adding to Friends home movie makers, members. See users list, 144-145 79-80 MemoriesOnWeb chatting with, website, 178 148-149 home page, 13-15 reading messages Howto & DIY category, 30 messages reading, 147 from, 147 Hurley, Chad, 9-10 sending messages sending to friends, to, 146-147 146-147 Friends & Contacts list, I website, 58, 144-145 171, 181 full-screen windows, iFilm website, 180 mobile phones, watching videos in, 46 iMovie, 97 uploading videos to YouTube, 105-107 increasing ratings, 172-174 Mobile Upload Profiles G-H link, 105-106 indexes of YouTube videos, 175-177 money, generating. Gadgets & Games See profiting from category, 29 IndexTube website, 176 YouTube videos Google AdSense, 167-168 instructors, 81-82 More from This User Google Reader, 37 Invalid File Format option, 44 Google Video, 34, 180 message, 187 Most Discussed links, 33 Grouper website, 180 Invite Your Friends to Join Most Linked link, 33 YouTube! link, 58 groups Most Responded link, 33 inviting friends, 144-145 college groups, 141 Most Viewed link, 33 creating, 141-142 iPods, downloading joining, 139-140 videos to, 68-71 Movie Maker, 97 growth of YouTube, 7-8 iTube, 69 music AudioSwap feature, GUBA website, 180 123-124 Gurus channel, 31 Music category, 30 J-K-L music videos, 11 hard drives website, 180 Musicians channels, 31 saving videos to muting videos, 41 legal issues, 69-71 Jumpcut website, 181 overview, 61-62 My Account settings, 19 with other Karim, Jawed, 9-10 My Favorites settings, 18 downloader My Inbox settings, 18 services, 64-65 legal issues. See copyright with Video Limelight Networks, 12 My Playlists settings, 18 Downloader, linking to YouTube videos, My Subscriptions 62-64 153-154 settings, 19 uploading videos to My Videos settings, 18 YouTube, 99-104 22_0789736985_Index.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 194

194 Index MySpace profiles

MySpace profiles, playback problems, increasing ratings, embedding YouTube troubleshooting, 172-174 videos in 183-187 posting on for-profit individual videos, no audio, 186 video sharing sites 157-158 playback stops, starts, Break.com, 171 overview, 157 or stutters, 185 Flixya, 170 video lists, 158 unresponsive links, Metacafe, 171, 181 Myubo website, 181 186-187 , 169-170 videos end before promoting they’re done, 186 products/services videos hang up on with videos, 164-166 N-O loading screen, 185 selling product navigating YouTube videos won’t play, 184 placement in Categories tab, 16 playing videos, 65-66 videos, 166-167 YouTube revenue Channels tab, 17 playlists Community tab, 17 sharing plan, creating from Favorites 163-164 home page, 13-15 list, 55 Videos tab, 15 creating from video programs. See software News & Politics page, 53-54 promoting products/ category, 30 deleting, 56 services with videos, editing, 56 NewsGator, 37 164-166 overview, 53 public videos, 101 offensive videos, sharing via email, 58 reporting, 47-48 viewing, 55 online businesses, 85-86 Playlists page, 55 Q-R online file conversion, 67 plinking, 166-167 Quick Capture feature, Online FLV plug-ins, 65 Converter, 67-68 104-105 plus sign (+) button, 50 Ourmedia website, 181 QuickList Politicians channels, 31 adding videos to, Overstream website, 178 popularity of YouTube, 7-8 36, 50-51 ownership of settings, 19 PornoTube website, 182 videos, 128-129 QuickTime dialog box, 185 Post Video link, 43 posting Rate This Video option, 42 P comments and ratings, 47 responses, 44-45 disabling, 115-116 Partners channels, 31 videos to increasing, 172-174 blogs, 158-161 pausing playback, 41 viewing, 115 Press Room page, 164 People & Blogs reading messages from category, 30 private videos, 101 other users, 147 performers, 83-84 product placement in Recently Featured link, 33 , selling, 166-167 personalizing videos recorders/sharers, 76-77 channels, 135-138 profile pages, linking Rejected (Duplicate YouTube, 18-19 to, 154 Upload) message, 188 Pets & Animals profiles (channel), 134-135 category, 30 Rejected (Terms of Use profiting from YouTube Violation) message, 188 phones, uploading videos related videos, finding, 44 videos to YouTube, Google AdSense, 105-107 167-168 Remove link, 114 22_0789736985_Index.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 195

uploading video 195

removing Select File to Upload Top YouTube Videos comments, 114 dialog box, 101 website, 176 friends and selling Travel & Places contacts, 58 advertising around category, 30 playlists, 56 embedded YouTube troubleshooting. See responses, 114 videos, 167-168 videos, 111 playback problems; product placement in upload problems reporters, 82-83 videos, 166-167 TubeSock, 68 reporting products/services with copyright violations, videos, 164-166 Tur, Robert, 118 129-130 sending messages to TV tuner cards, 93 offensive videos, friends, 146-147 TvTube website, 178 47-48 Share This Playlist link, 58 Twango website, 181 resolution, 89 Share Video link, 43, 56 responding to sharers/recorders, 76-77 comments, 113 sharing U responses playlists, 58 Unable to Convert Video approving, 112-113 videos, 56-57 blocking from specific File message, 188 users, 114 Sharkle website, 181 Unofficial YouTube enabling/disabling, shooting videos for Forums, 150 111-112 YouTube, 91-92, 95-96 UnPlug, 65 posting, 44-45 Sorenson Spark H., 263 removing, 114 unsubscribing users from video codec, 12 your channel, 115 revenue sharing plan, Sports category, 30 163-164 Upload Videos link, 19, 99 website, 181 Revver, 169-170, 181 uploading video, 19 streaming video components of rewatching recent technology, 12 great YouTube videos, 49 Streams page, 148-149 videos, 87-88 rewinding videos, 41 from hard Subscribers to My Videos drive, 99-104 ripping video from link, 115 DVDs, 94-95 legal issues, 122-123 subscribing to from mobile RSS feeds, 36-37 channels, 135 phones, 105-107 troubleshooting, 187-189 S T audio/video synchronization SaneScreen website, 176 tagging videos for future problems, 189 Save to Favorites viewing, 18-19 Empty .MOV File link, 42, 52 TechCrunch, 70 message, 188 saving videos Invalid File Format television programming, message, 187 to Favorites list, 52 capturing, 93-94 to hard drive, 61-65 lengthy terms of use, 121-122 uploads, 187 Search The Tube TestTube feature, 21 poor video website, 178 quality, 189 searching for videos. See TiVo, 93-94 Rejected (Duplicate finding videos Top Favorites link, 33 Upload) Top Rated link, 33 message, 188 22_0789736985_Index.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 196

196 Index uploading video

Rejected (Terms of video conversion removing, 114 Use Violation) programs, 90-91 responding to, 113 message, 188 Video Download Tool, 70 components of Unable to Convert great YouTube Video File video editing videos, 87-88 message, 188 programs, 96-97 converting video doesn’t show video lists to other file up in search embedding in formats, 67 index, 189 MySpace to YouTube from webcams, profiles, 158 format, 90-91 104-105 embedding in Web creating for YouTube users pages, 156 camcorders, 91-92 adding to Friends linking to, 154 capturing television list, 144-145 video pages programming, blocking from leaving creating playlists 93-94 comments, 114 from, 53-54 capturing webcam chatting with, viewing, 39 videos, 92-93 converting videos 148-149 video player, 40-42 inviting to join to YouTube groups, 142 video podcasts, 81 format, 90-91 reading messages Video Posting Settings editing from, 147 link, 158-159 videos, 96-97 sending messages file formats, 89-90 video-sharing overview, 89 to, 144-146 sites, 179-182 types of ripping video from aspiring film Video Upload DVDs, 94-95 directors, 84-85 page, 99-101 shooting videos, historians/ VideoDownloader, 62-65 91-92, 95-96 downloading enthusiasts, VideoEgg website, 181 77-79 to hard drive, 61-65 home movie videographers, 81 to iPods, 68-69 makers, 79-80 VideoRemote website, 176 legal issues, 69-71 instructors, 81-82 embedding videos in MySpace profiles, online businesses, adding to QuickList, 85-86 157-158 36, 50-51 in Web pages, overview, 75 background music, performers, 83-84 155-156 123-124 flagging for future recorders/ browsing sharers, 76-77 viewing, 50-51 by category, 29-30 indexes of, 175-177 reporters, 82-83 by channel, 30-33 video bloggers, 81 linking to, 153-154 by most popular muting, 41 unsubscribing from videos, 33 your channel, 115 offensive videos, overview, 27-28 reporting, 47-48 comments, 88 options, 42-43 approving, 112-113 ownership of, 128-129 V blocking comments playlists from specific eating from Viacom, 77, 119, 126 cr users, 114 Favorites list, 55 video bloggers, 81 enabling/disabling, creating from video 111-112 video blogs (Vlogs), 139 page, 53-54 posting, 44-45 deleting, 56 22_0789736985_Index.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 197

Zippy Videos website 197

editing, 56 RSS feeds, 36-37 overview, 53 search results, W sharing via 34-36 email, 58 sharing, 56-57 watching videos, 39, 65-66 viewing, 55 tagging for future comments and posting to blogs, viewing, 18-19 responses, 44-45 158-161 troubleshooting full-screen private videos, 101 playback problems, windows, 46 profiting from 183-187 offensive videos, Google AdSense, upload problems, reporting, 47-48 167-168 187-189 rating videos, 47 increasing ratings, uploading, 19, 122-123 related videos, 44 172-174 uploading to YouTube video information, posting on from hard 43-44 for-profit video drive, 99-104 video options, 42-43 sharing sites, from mobile video pages, 39 169-171 phones, 105-107 video player, 40-42 promoting from webcams, webcams videos, 92-93, products/services 104-105 104-105 with videos, video information, Windows Movie Maker, 97 164-166 43-44, 109 selling product viewing history, 49 The World Internet TV placement in viral videos, 33, 80 Charts website, 177 videos, 166-167 watching, 39, 65-66 YouTube revenue full-screen sharing plan, windows, 46 X-Y-Z 163-164 related videos, 44 public videos, 101 video information, X-rated video-sharing ratings, 47 43-44 sites, 182 disabling, 115-116 video options, 42-43 XTube website, 182 increasing, 172-174 video pages, 39 viewing, 115 video player, 40-42 YouCheater, 179 removing from webcam videos, 92-93 Your Account link, 20 YouTube, 111 Videos tab, 15 responses YouTube API, 161 Vidspedia website, 176 approving, 112-113 YouTube Blog, 20, 150-151 blocking responses Viewing History page, 49 YouTube CrazyVideos from specific viewing videos. See website, 179 users, 114 watching videos enabling/ YouTube-to-iPod disabling, website, 182 converter programs, 68 111-112 Viral Video Chart YouTube Top-Rated removing, 114 website, 176-177 website, 177 saving to Favorites viral videos, 33, 80 YouTube UserScripts list, 52 website, 179 searching for vlogs, 11, 81, 139 conducting vMIX website, 182 YouTube Video Slideshow website, 179 searches, 34 vSocial website, 182 from Google YouTube Widget Video, 34 website, 179 overview, 34 YouTubers. See users

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