The Odnoklassniki social network is not the easiest one in terms of interface convenience. Many functions on this site are not as simple and accessible as, for example, in the simplest "VKontakte". In particular, thousands of social network users every day cannot find the answer to the simplest question: how to add a video?
How do I add a private video to my account?
To add a video file to the Odnoklassniki website from your computer, you need to find the Video button with the corresponding icon in the top orange panel in the right corner. After clicking this link, the user is taken to the odnoklassniki.ru/video/top/ page, which contains the latest videos added by other users, the most popular videos on the social network today.
To add a video from your account, you need to go to the odnoklassniki.ru/video/top/ tab using the "Video" button on the top orange panel of the site.
In the upper left corner on a dark background there is an inconspicuous link-link "Add video" - it is from this button that you should start downloading the file. After clicking the button, the “My Video” window opens, where in the upper part in the middle of the screen there is a “Download Files” button, which takes the user to the download window. First you need to select a video from your computer folder, the file will be uploaded to the Odnoklassniki website. While the download is in progress, you need to specify the video title and keywords.
How do I add a video to a group?
To add a video to a group in Odnoklassniki, you either need to have administrator rights, or that the group settings provide the ability for all group members to upload video files. On the right side of the line, immediately below the group name, there is
Video button. You need to follow it in order to get to the window with all the available video files of this group, and using the "Add video" link with the video camera icon, the user will open the download window. It is necessary to select a file from the folder of your computer and specify the name, description and keywords for the entry, after which the file will be uploaded from the user's computer to the disk space of the Odnoklassniki site.
How to add videos from YouTube or other video hosting?
The easiest way to add a video to Odnoklassniki is to indicate a link to YouTube or Vimeo in a personal note or news of an administered group.
In order to upload a video located on YouTube, Vimeo or any other similar video storage site to the Odnoklassniki social network, you do not need to resort to the process of a long file upload. It is enough just to indicate a link to a specific video on YouTube in your own notes from your personal account or in the news of a group, and then wait a few seconds. When published, the link will "turn" into a video player window, which any user can start playing by pressing the "Start" button. Nothing complicated!