General
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Do I Become A Member? |
Membership
is free and easy.
Provide your information on our registration
form. After you submit the form an email will be sent to the address you
provided. Go to your email to get your password. For security purposes you should
change
your password at your first log-in. |
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| I Registered, Why Haven't I Received A Confirmation Email? |
| Because
of heavy spamming
we are confirming
registrations manually
so it may take
15 minutes to 24
hours to confirm
your registration.
If you have registered
but have not received
our confirmation
email with your
login information
within 24 hours
check your spam
filters because
it may of blocked
it from going to
your inbox or you
may have provided
the incorrect email
address when registering.
If those are not
the problem please
try again and be
sure to double
check all fields
before submitting
the form. |
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| How
Do I Change My Password? |
| To
change
your
password
you
must
first "Log-In".
Once
in
the
members
area
click
on "UPDATE
INFO" at
the
top
of
the
page.
If
your
asked
to
log-in
again
do
so
and
then
click
on "UPDATE
INFO" again.
On
the
Update
Info
page
click
on
the "Change
Password" link
directly
under
your
profile
name.
Provide
your
new
password,
click
on
the "change
password" button
and
that's
it
your
new
password
should
now
be
active. |
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| If
you
have
forgotten
your
Member
Name
or
Password
please click
here.
After
you
have
retrieved
your
information
please
follow
the
instructions
above. |
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| How
Do I Retrieve My Password? |
| If
you have forgotten
your Member Name
or Password please click
here.
and follow the
directions or
on the LogIn
page click on
the "I
Forgot My Member
Name or Password" link.
If this doesn't
work please click
here to
contact us. |
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| Can
I Only Post Music Videos? |
| Yes
& No.
Only
music
videos are
allowed but If
you
post
3 or more
videos
you may also
post MP3's.
If you would
like
to post MP3's
please contact
us for
instructions. |
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| Can
I Advertise On Your Site? |
| Maybe,
if you would
like to advertise
on our site please click
here. |
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| How
Do I Delete My Account? |
| Send
an Email to admin@tcvids.com
stating your
request. |
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Uploading
Videos / Images |
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| How
Do I Upload Videos? |
1. Register.
It's FREE!
2. Log-In - The members page will then open.
3. Click on the "Upload Member Image" button. Upload an image to
represent you.
4. Click on Home at the top of the page. Now choose either "Upload Videos" to
upload videos from your computer or "Post A YouTube Video" to Embed
videos from other video sharing websies. |
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| UPLOADING
VIDEOS AND
AN IMAGE:
Fill in all
fields. Check
the form
over to be
sure that
all of the
fields are
correct and
then click
on the "Upload" button.
Your file
will then
be uploaded.
Be patient,
the upload
may take
some time.
When the
upload is
complete
you will
be forwarded
to our confirmation
page to let
you know
if the upload
was successful.
If the upload
fails you
may have
selected
the wrong
file type
or a video
file larger
than 100MB. |
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| EMBEDDING
YOUTUBE
VIDEOS AND
UPLOADING
AN
IMAGE:.
To embed
videos from
other video
sharing
sites fill
in
all fields,
check
the form
over to
be sure
that
all of the
fields are
correct
and
then click
on the "Send" button.
The form
will then
be submitted.
You will
then be
forward
to our confirmation
page to
let you
know
if the upload
was successful. |
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| Who
Can Upload Video's? |
| Anyone
who has created
an account (free)
and your video
is of a band
that performs
in the twin cities
(St. Paul/Minneapolis,
Minnesota) or
surrounding areas
can upload videos. |
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| What
Types Of Files Can I Upload? |
VIDEOS: You
may only upload.flv
(Flash) files
and Embed videos
from other video
sharing sites
like Youtube.
IMAGES: .gif .jpg .png
AUDIO: If you post 3 videos you may also post MP3's. If you would like to post
MP3's please contact us for instructions. |
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| What
Are The File Size Limits? |
VIDEOS:
Maximum file
size is limited
to 100MB. If
you are embedding
videos
from other video
sharing sites like Youtube
there is no size limit.
IMAGES: Maximum file size is limited to 25KB. |
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| What
Should My Video's Dimension
Be? |
| Your
Video width
should be 480
pixels.
We do not edit
any videos but
all videos will
be displayed
at 480pixel
in width, regardless
of what dimension
it is uploaded
at. If you are
embedding videos
from other
video
sharing sites like Youtube the width
should also be 480 pixels. |
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| What
Should Image Dimensions
Be? |
The
image should
be 105X59 pixels.
To assist in avoiding duplicate image name uploads please give your image the
same name as the Title of your video. |
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| How
Many Images Can I Upload? |
One
image for your
Member Image.
You
may change your
Member
Image at any
time by logging
into the Members
Area, Click
on the "Upload
Member Image" button
then click
on the "Replace
or Delete Current
Member Image" link,
then click
on the "Replace
Image",
follow the
directions,
upload a
new image
to replace
the current
image.
One
image to
represent
each video
uploaded. |
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| How
Does My Video Get To Be A "Featured
Video"? |
| We
choose our "featured
video" by
our standards
alone. If
you think a
video
should be
featured you
can contact
us and we
may
do so but
we do not guarantee
the featuring
of any video. |
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Troubleshooting |
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| Why
Did The Video Stop Playing? |
| You
may be having
an internet
connection
issue. Try
Refreshing
/
Reloading
the page. |
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| I
Downloaded A Video, Why Can't
I View It? |
Our
downloadable
video files
have been zipped.
To view them
you first have
to UnZip them.
If your computer
doesn't have
UnZip software
we suggest you
Google "zip
freeware" and
choose the
appropriate
software to
unzip the
file.
You
may have to
download software
that
can play .flv
(Flash)
video files. |
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