Adding an audio or video file to VIUTube

1. Login in to VIUTube at https://viutube.viu.ca/public/user/login with your Capitan or Discovery login and password.

2. Hovering the mouse over the Add New button at the top of the screen provides you with the option of either Media Upload or Webcam Recording.



For this example click Media Upload. Webcam Recording will be covered in a separate document.



3. Clicking the Choose a file to upload will take you to a view of your computer where you can select the audio or video file you want to upload.

The following source video formats are supported and can be ingested by the VIUTube platform: FLV/F4V, MOV/MP4/QT/M4V, AVI, 3GP, ASF/WMV, MPG/M1V/M2V, MKV, Ogg, RM, WEBM. VIUTube also accepts most popular audio formats.



4. Once you have chosen your file to upload from your computer click Open.



5. The upload of the video to VIUTube servers will begin.



6. Each file must be uploaded individually as you are requested to provide a name, description of the file and also provide tags if you so choose. You can change the name to more accurately reflect your video if you so desire.



You can upload another file without having to click the Add New Button by clicking the Choose another file button thus repeating the process starting at Step 4.

7. Once a file has been chosen to upload (the upload appears to happen automatically as soon as you choose the file from your computer), it does take some time for VIUTube to convert the video for streaming online. For an hour of video we have noted roughly a 45 minute turnaround time for processing before one can watch or listen to the file online or attach or embed the file to your course, assignment, discussion question, etc.