Wednesday 28 September 2011

Tips of Adding Video on Facebook

As the member of the social networking family, majority of people will aim at Facebook as their performance stages. Since creating screen recording video and screencast has even become far more popular than writing blog, this guide will tells you how to publish your screen recording video on Facebook for wider sharing.

Create your screen recording video first

There are a range of screen recording programs available for you. DemoCreator can be a good one if you want to record the narration and edit the video with clear callouts. Run DemoCreator and create a screencast. It can be a website introduction video, a software tutorial or just a funny demo makes people laugh. Here is one simple video of how to create a screencast with DemoCreator.

When recording is over, you can publish the content as a video file. DemoCreator provides up to 7 video publishing options. And Facebook supports almost all video file types.

Share the Screen Recording Video on Facebook

Facebook enables users to upload a video from your local computer. But make sure your video file size is less than 100MB and shorter than 2 minutes. Enter your Facebook space, click the VIDEO icon at the top of the page and click UPLOAD, then browse your local disk and choose the right video to upload.

Because the strict limitation for the video file size and time, sharing the video from YouTube sounds a better idea for most users.

Share YouTube video on Facebook

Open YouTube, login and click Upload video. It will take you some time depending on the video length and file size.

When you finish the video uploading, go to the video page. Click Share button at the right bottom under the video then choose Facebook. It will automatically open a new page linked to your Facebook wall. Click Share and you will find the video on your Facebook wall.

To share any YouTube video on Facebook, you can also copy the video address (URL) of the video. Login to Facebook and go to your Facebook Wall. Click the Link icon the paste the YouTube video URL into the text box. Click Attach and the video is now embedded on your Facebook page.

What is more

1. If you like the video on someone else's Facebook page. Click on the video, and you will see COMMENT and SHARE. Click SHARE and you can either post the video to your space or send it to friends.

2. If you want to record a short video directly on Facebook, click the Video icon so you can record one real-time with Webcam.

3. If you have PowerPoint presentation and want to share it on Facebook, there are mainly two ways. One is use Slideshare app to embed the presentation into your Facebook Wall. Another is converting your presentation into video with PPT to video converter or record the presentation as video with screen recorder.

4. The video sharing option is also available on many other streaming video sites like MetaCafe, AOL Videos, etc. So it is easy to spread your video on Facebook.