General EpikTube Questions:
Uploading and Making Videos:
Embedding and Sharing Videos:
Privacy, Policy and Copyright Issues:
Troubleshooting:
General EpikTube Questions:
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How do I download videos?
While we do not support downloading, you can save videos in your favorites for future viewing. Simply click the 'add to favorites' button that is shown below a video when it's playing.
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What are tags?
Tags are basically keywords that describe your videos. Like, if you have a surfing video, you might choose to tag it with 'surfing,' 'water' and 'waves.' Other users that enjoy watching surfing videos can then search for 'surfing' and your video will pop up in their search results.
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How do I remove a video?
To remove one of your videos, simply go to http://www.epiktube.xyz/my_videos Click on the 'remove video' button next to the video you'd like to remove.
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How do I change my password?
To change your password:
1. login to your EpikTube account
2. click on the 'my profile' link under the 'Home' tab
3. change the 2 password fields on this page under 'account information'
4. click the 'update profile' button at the bottom of the page
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How do I clear my search history on EpikTube?
EpikTube doesn't save your searches but your browser might be. If If you are seeing your previous search terms displayed in the search field, you might need to clear the search history in your browser.
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Uploading and Making Videos:
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How do I make a video?
For starters you'll need to have a digital camera or some way to create and capture the movies somehow. Then, once you have created a movie of your own you can edit it or add music. We encourage you to edit your videos with software such as Windows MovieMaker (included with every Windows installation), or Apple iMovie. Using these programs you can easily edit your videos, add soundtracks, etc.
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What is this .MSWMM file? How do I create a movie with Windows Movie Maker?
A .MSWMM file is a Windows Movie Maker Project file. By saving the project, it allows you to return to the movide and make modifications at a later time. However, if you're satisfied with the movie and would like to upload and share the result through EpikTube, you will need to choose the "Save Movie File" option under the "File" menu (which is different from "Save Project" that creates the .MSWMM file).
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What kind of videos can I upload?
We accept any type of video content as long as it does not contain:
- Pornography or obscene material
- Copyrighted content (unless you own all the necessary rights)
- Hate or graphically violent acts
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How long will my video take to upload?
Depending on your connection speed and the size of the video, it can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to upload a video. Generally, if you have a high speed internet connection you can expect the upload to take somewhere between 1-5mins for every 1MB, so if your video is 20MB it will probably take between 20 minutes - 1 hour to upload; however, the experience is different for every user because of the variation in connection speeds.
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How can I improve my videos?
We encourage you to edit your videos with software such as Windows MovieMaker (included with every Windows installation), or Apple iMovie. Using these programs you can easily edit your videos, add soundtracks, etc.
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Is there a limit to how much I can upload?
The only limit is 100MB per video. We don't have any limit for the number of videos you upload, and we don't foresee adding a ceiling anytime in the future. So, get crankin' and upload as many videos as you'd like - its more content for the EpikTube community to enjoy!
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Embedding and Sharing Videos:
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Can I make my embedded videos autoplay?
Yes, you can autoplay movies!
You know how there's that embeddable source that's shown at the bottom of every video, like:
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.epiktube.xyz/v/OdT9z-JjtJk"></param><embed src="http://www.epiktube.xyz/v/OdT9z-JjtJk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Basically, if you append &autoplay=1 so it looks like this:
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.epiktube.xyz/v/OdT9z-JjtJk&autoplay=1"></param><embed src="http://www.epiktube.xyz/v/OdT9z-JjtJk&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
That should make the video automatically start playing.
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Privacy, Policy and Copyright Issues:
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How can I prevent other users from seeing my email address?
Rest assured, EpikTube never displays your personal email address, nor is your email address ever displayed when another user sends you a message through the site. The only personal information a user will see about you is what you post on your profile page, as well as the public videos you upload.
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What is your policy on copyright infringement?
EpikTube respects the rights of copyright holders and publishers and requires all members to affirm that they hold the copyright or have permission for the content that they upload. If we receive a notice that content infringes another party's copyright, the member's account may be terminated and the content will be removed from EpikTube.
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What are you doing to prevent copyrighted content from appearing in EpikTube?
Since all content on EpikTube is posted by our members, we make it clear in our terms of use and at the time of upload that they must own the copyright to the videos they post or have permission from the copyright holder. We take copyright issues very seriously and encourage copyright holders to contact us if they have any objections about specific videos—we will cooperate with them to take down any infringing content immediately. Repeat and flagrant offenders of the terms of use are addressed with proprietary technology.
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How does EpikTube handle inappropriate content?
Our community understands the terms of use and effectively polices the site for inappropriate content (similar to other open internet communities such as eBay and craigslist). Their vigilance combined with our proprietary technology helps us to enforce our community standards.
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Troubleshooting:
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I can't hear the audio when I'm watching a video, why?
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 or higher 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
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 forever to upload. Is something wrong?
Depending on your connection speed and the size of the video, it can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to upload a video. Generally, if you have a high speed internet connection you can expect the upload to take somewhere between 1-5mins for every 1MB, so if your video is 20MB it will probably take between 20 minutes - 1 hour to upload; however, the experience is different for every user because of the variation in connection speeds.
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