Using our streaming media accounts.

Current accounts

• Viddler
  • TASVideos (main)
  • TASVideos-obsoletions
  • TASVideos-playground

• Dailymotion
  • Tool Assisted Speedruns
  • TASVideos-submissions

Viddler

• Upload the files using batch upload. Viddler's simple upload won't allow MKV files!
• Use the tags "Tool-assisted" and "Speedrun"
• Other tags such as the other, genre, etc. are acceptable to add in addition to those.

• If a movie aims for time use the format of: Platform Game "Category" in Time by Author
• Playarounds (any movie that doesn't have fastest time as one of its goals) use: Platform Game "Playaround" by Author
  • Do not use the time of the movie
  • Movies that have time as a secondary goal (and thus the time is relevant) do not use this format
  • These are not playarounds:
    • Score runs, they aim for highest score in shortest time. Speed is a secondary goal.
    • Movies with speed/entertainment trade-offs. They still aim for time but make some exceptions.
• All this information should be identical to the published movie

• Add a URL link to the actual publication
• If you simply type the URL link without the html markup Viddler will do if for you. But Viddler will change the captial M to m, breaking the link. This means you have to save the edit, then re-edit and manually change 'm" to 'M' in the link.
• Add the movie's description below the URL link.

• Add to the TASVideos.org group

• If the movie obsoletes a published movie, remove the movie from the TASVideos.org group and add it to the TASVideos-obsoletions group.

• Add the url to the movie page once the movie is published. (At this time, these links can not be added pre-publication).

Dailymotion

• Movies on daily motion are limited to 20 minutes. If the video file is longer than this, it will need to be segemented. (TODO: write up how to easily do this with vdub)

• Dailymotion has no batch uploading. Each segment will have to be done one at a time.
• Make sure the tags, name, etc. are the same for each segment.

• Unfortunately Dailymotion limits names to 60 characters. This is too small for many of our movies.
• If a movie aims for fastest time use this naming convention:
  • Platform Game "Category" in Time by Author
• Playarounds (any movie that doesn't have fastest time as one of its goals) use: Platform Game "Playaround" by Author
  • Do not use the time of the movie
  • Movies that have time as a secondary goal (and thus the time is relevant) do not use this format
  • These are not playarounds:
    • Score runs, they aim for highest score in shortest time. Speed is a secondary goal.
    • Movies with speed/entertainment trade-offs. They still aim for time but make some exceptions.
• All this information should be identical to the published movie

• If the name can't be done in 60 characters, here are some guidelines to shortening it
  • Do NOT shorten the platform name
  • Shorten the game name to by leaving out a subtitle or abbreviating if it is a VERY common abbreviation
    • The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time could be Ocarina of Time (avoid using OoT)
    • Sonic the Hedgehog could be Sonic 1
  • 'and' can be replaced with ',' to separate authors
  • The fractional part of the time can be taken off
  • Remove spaces between dashes
  • In summary, preserve the platform, the author's names, and keep the game name as easily recognizable as possible.

• Add a URL link to the tasvideos.org movie page in the description.
• Add the movie's description below this.

• Use 'Tool-assisted' and 'Speedrun'
• Other tags such as the authors or the genre are okay too.

• Select Gaming

• Add to the group "Tool Assisted Speedruns

• If the movie obsoletes a published movie, remove the movie from the Tool Assisted Speedruns group and add it to the TASVideos-obsoletions group.

• Add the url to the movie page once the movie is published. (At this time, these links can not be added pre-publication).

Other streaming media sites

• Publishers are welcome to upload publications to YouTube, or Nicovideo as well.
• Links to these sites should only be on the movie page if they link to official (properly subtitled and described) encodes.