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The CongoTube website offers a variety of different features such as viewing various types of items, sending them to friends and family, searching for specific items, etc. As a registered CongoTube website user you’ll have the option to rate or feature items, participate in discussions by adding your comments and uploading your own content. To learn more about the features that the CongoTube website has to offer, choose from the following topics:

An overview

The CongoTube website is divided into seven areas, accessable via the tabs located on the top part of the website:

‘‘Home’ - In this tab, you can view all the Congotube videos currently playing, most recently viewed, most featured and most rated. ‘Upload’ - In this tab you can upload videos from your computer's hardrive or folder. You can also upload a video from YouTube by clicking the 'Upload YouTube' link. ‘Watch’ - In this tab, you can view all the videos on the website, from most recents to the oldest. In order to view the oldest videos, you need to scroll to the bottom of the page and click to go to the next page or the last page. If at any point you want to view a video, simply click on its thumbnail in order to play it. ‘Channels’ - In this tab you can view all the Channels. ‘Groups’ - In this tab, you can search Users pertaining to a group, see available groups or create a new group. ‘Community’ - In this tab you can all the registered users and their submitted items. Via the channels section you can also locate specific users, contact them or subscribe to their group, and receive regular updates. From this tab you can access users’ personal pages. ‘Friends’ - In this tab you can view your friends list or you can share videos with friends and family.

General information:

What are Tags?

Think of tags as keywords or labels that you use to group common items. Tags can be added by anyone to any video in Yahoo! Video. The power of tags is that they can improve search results and you can easily browse them to find great content. With tags, instead of only seeing search results served and categorized by a computer, you can browse videos personally reviewed and categorized by real people. You can add a tag to a video in two ways: Uploading your own videos: you can tag your content with the terms you feel are appropriate. (Note that offensive language violates our terms of service and will be removed).

Are videos from CongoTube copyright protected?

For information on CongoTube's copyright policy, please see Terms.

How many videos can I submit?

As many as you want! We do not limit the number of videos you can submit.

Is there a size limit on the videos I can upload?

Yes. Your video needs to be less than 150 M, in WMV, ASF, QT, MOD, MOV, MPG, 3GP, 3GP2 or AVI format, and have audio.

Is it free to upload my videos to CongoTube?

Yes. CongoTube hosts and indexes your video for free. You can upload as many videos as you want, but each file needs to be less than 150 M.

Why am I getting error message: «ERROR: Failed to find flength file» while uploading a file?

If you come across this type of error, do not discourage, wait, another message will appear stating: «Your video was successfully added!»

Can I set my uploaded video to be private?

Yes, you can. In which case of people that you authorise will be able to view your videos.

How long are my videos kept on CongoTube Video?

Your videos are kept as long as they do not violate the CongoTube Terms and you do not remove them yourself.

Can I remove my video after I upload it?

Yes. To remove a video, go to your profile page and then to "My Videos" to find the video that you want to remove and click the delete link for that video. If the video is not yet indexed, it is deleted from your account.

Why does the image beside my video show “Thumbnail not available” even though I can play my video?

The thumbnail has not yet been created for your video. You can still play your video and share it with others.

How can I identify the file type and size of my video?

File type is the filename extension of your video file. In other words, if your video file is named "mymovie.wmv," then "wmv" is the file type. To see the file size of your video: Windows users: Right-click the video file and select "Properties." UNIX users: Type ls -lh videoname in the directory where the video is stored. MAC users: Right-click the video file and select "Get Info."

Simple functionalities:

I want to watch an item.

To play an item simply click on the item’s thumbnail: