Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Another day at HL... (how to upload a video tot he site)

connect to the server, click site-beta, click templates, then click rt_hyperion_i15 , after click flash, then videos.....

open video with visual hub, click flash in visual hub, make sure you check off "Raw .flv format, click start(top right corner),when is done in visual hub is going to create a new file on lacie,then is going to add "swf" to the file (ex inez dickens.swf) drag the .flv to the video section on the server (where he other videos are) open up the mov file in quicktime, so you could get a screen shot with "command+Shift+4" (image will show up on your desktop) Open your screenshot in Photoshop, the image should be (Pixel Dimensions) width 60 pixels by height 45 pixels (Document size) width .833 inches and height .625 inches (resolution) 72 pixels/inch. Save the image in the folder "thumbs" (found here=Server- SiteBeta- templates-rt_hyperion_J15-Flash-Thumbs) save it as a .jpg

Open CyberDuck (if harlemlive is not bookmarked: Click Cyber connection (log in info for ftp server is on the sheets all around the office) Click "Public_HTML" go to "templates" then click "Rt_hyperion_J15" then click "flash" then click "thumbs" drag the .jpg (screenshot) over to the folder you just opened in CyberDuck....

Go back to the server your "flash" folder click "video.xml" Copy everything from on the left side to the following Then paste it under the SECOND ITEM FROM THE TOP change the title of the video and the description KEEP IT SHORT.....then to change the PATH you need to be on your CyberDuck folder-thumbs...click on your desired picture while holding down the control button (or if on a PC right click) then choose "Copy URL" then go back to your xml page, and paste in between the two delete everything before "thumbs" Do the same for (MAKE SURE YOUR VIDEO/PIC NAME DOES NOT HAVE ANY SPACES) Then save it.....

Now....Drag your .xml site into Cyber Duck....click continue for overwrite.....drag back into your "flash" folder.....

FINALLY check harlemlive.org to make sure you video is playing correctly.

YAH!!!!!