How to Upload Your Videos
Uploading--the process of placing your media on schoolsportsaction.tv--takes place in My Action which you can select from the main menu bar that appears across the top of most pages.
Select My Action by clicking on it and you will see four main choices: My Details, My Videos, Upload My Videos, and My Photos.
If you want to upload one or more video clips, click on Upload Video.
If you want to change information about video that you have already uploaded, or delete one or more of your videos, click on My Videos.
If you want to upload one or more digital photographs, or change information about photos that you have already uploaded, click on My Photos. To learn more about uploading digital photos click here.
Upload My Videos
1. When you select Upload Video you will see a form with several fields to fill in. The form begins like this:
2. As you can see, there is a list of sports categories from which to choose (if you don't see your sport in the list, [please let us know: link]. You should enter a brief title in the Title field and then use the Description field to provide more details. When providing a description there is no need to duplicate information covered in the rest of the fields:
Note that you need to complete all the fields. The Date Filmed field requires a date in format: mm/dd/yyyy so that you would enter August 9, 2007 as 08/09/2007. If you think one of the fields does not apply to your video, type NA.
4. The next step is to tell us where the video is located, on a disk on your computer or somewhere on the Internet. If the file is on a drive on your computer make sure you select From a local disk, like this.
5. Now you can click the Browse button to locate the video file on your computer. Note the formats supported. These include asf, asx, avi, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, ram, rm, wm, and wmv. All video uploads are converted to a common format as they are being uploaded. There is an upper limit of around 10 megabytes on video uploads. This gives you a maximum of about 4 minutes to make your mark. The exact file size limit depends to some extent on your Internet connection speed as there is a timeout limit on uploading of 10 minutes. A 10 megabyte video file will take around 5 minutes to upload with a standard broadband connection. This can take longer however when the site is busy.
6. The next step is to tell us the aspect ration of the video you are uploading. This can either be 4:3, which is the traditional width-to-height ratio of a television screen, or 16:9 in which is picture is notably wider than it is tall.
7. The last-but-one step is to make sure you accept the terms of the site. If you are unsure, you can click on the phrases Accept Site Terms and Accept Copyright Terms to view the terms in a new window. If you do not accept the terms, do not upload the video (click on Cancel to close the upload form).
8. Finally, when you have clicked the two Yes boxes, you can click Update to begin the upload process. Note that this may take several minutes, during whic time you should not click any other menu items. You will know when the upload has completed because the name of the file will disappear from the Video/Browse box.