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Anyone can upload a video but it needs to be approved by a moderator before it will be displayed on the site.

You can see the latest videos being added to the site here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/recent_videos.php
Video guidelines:
- Video Guidelines


How to upload a video:
- Visit any trope page
- Click "Edit Page" as usual
- Click "Upload Video" (only visible on Desktop)

This is still in beta so let us know what you think to help steer the direction of the new feature

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If you want to make video editing (editing a video's sources, description, title or thumbnail) or rejection requests, please go to the video moderation thread.

Edited by MacronNotes on May 9th 2023 at 12:59:34 PM

DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#801: May 27th 2021 at 2:56:13 PM

Question: Is it okay to put two short clips in one video? I have two scenes, only a minute apart or so, that show the trope I want to add them to.

If so, should I add a fade or transition to make it clear that the second scene happens a little later?

Very good kitty
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#802: May 27th 2021 at 2:57:04 PM

I think that's fine, better than having it be separate IMO.

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DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#803: May 27th 2021 at 3:14:48 PM

Thanks! Yeah, I think it makes sense too.

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Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
#804: Jun 2nd 2021 at 12:31:31 AM

If a video fits multiple tropes, can the same one be used multiple times (just changing the descriptions if need be)?

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#805: Jun 9th 2021 at 10:33:50 PM

Is something wrong with uploads? I just tried uploading a bunch of examples from Miitopia and they all vanished; the transcoding PMs (all eight of 'em) just say "Your video upload for: has finished transcoding."

e: Just tried again and there's a blink-and-you-miss it "Error: Failed inserting into database" during the upload process.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jun 10th 2021 at 9:58:39 AM

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Mavado from Sweden Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#806: Jun 10th 2021 at 8:16:02 AM

Have you tried looking over your uploads to see if they're there?

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/recent_videos.php?upload_status=complete&approval_status=all&troper=wingedcatgirl&page=1

I just tried uploading a video of my own and it worked fine, so maybe it's something about the encoding you're using?

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#807: Jun 10th 2021 at 8:20:01 AM

I did look at my uploads and none of the videos are there. None of the videos are in any of the places I normally see pending uploads.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#808: Jun 10th 2021 at 12:40:50 PM

That's bizarre.

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BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#809: Jun 14th 2021 at 8:30:07 PM

This nonexistent MLP:FIM recap page (My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic S 3 E 11 Keep Calm And Flu) has a video example, when it should be on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S3 E11 "Keep Calm and Flutter On"). Where's the appropriate thread to report this?

[down] Alright, thanks [tup]

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Jun 14th 2021 at 11:59:54 PM

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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#811: Jun 14th 2021 at 9:01:14 PM

Known bug, the title's longer than the video example system is equipped to handle.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#812: Jun 22nd 2021 at 11:57:32 AM

Is Video Source even necessary? Videos are constantly updating every 3 days or so, so you can never expect it to be 100% up to date. A trope can have more than one video, too, so they’re not as important as Image Source or Quote Source. We don’t list every single example on an Image Links or Quotes Page, because it would be redundant with those pages, just as Video Source is redundant with Video Examples pages.

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#813: Jun 22nd 2021 at 3:05:07 PM

We brought up the same question... at some point. In theory, it shouldn't be needed if every video is properly tagged with its source(s). In practice, people don't do that.

We've actually found it useful not too long ago ourselves.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
sparky2000 Since: Feb, 2021
#814: Jun 22nd 2021 at 4:31:24 PM

How do I record a video to post on TV Tropes?

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#815: Jun 22nd 2021 at 7:25:49 PM

There are many ways to record video, depending on what precisely it is you want to record video of.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Mavado from Sweden Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#816: Jun 22nd 2021 at 7:41:14 PM

Personally I use Xbox Game Bar (press Win + G in Windows) to record screen capture, followed by editing it in OpenShot Video Editor (since it's free).

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#817: Jun 22nd 2021 at 8:43:54 PM

I just rip videos from youtube via youtube-dl and then trim it using openshot

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#818: Jun 22nd 2021 at 9:21:38 PM

I use OBS, a free screen recording software.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#819: Jun 22nd 2021 at 9:22:35 PM

I use Awesome Screenshot.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#820: Jun 23rd 2021 at 1:29:57 AM

I am hoping that someday we can replace Video Source and also Image Source with automated tools...

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#821: Jun 24th 2021 at 8:11:47 PM

What’s our stance on using full YouTube videos that are just clips from other works, such as this? And can they have text over them?

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jun 24th 2021 at 11:12:44 AM

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#822: Jun 26th 2021 at 7:50:02 PM

Also, are spoiler videos allowed if they are marked with (SPOILERS) in the title and are made as vague as possible before being opened?

[down] Well, I have video autoplay turned off, so I never knew that.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jun 27th 2021 at 11:47:44 AM

petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#823: Jun 26th 2021 at 11:44:24 PM

[up]The problem with spoiler videos that they will start playing even if you don't click on them if they are the featured video example, and even otherwise you'll only see the title once you clicked on it and then it also starts playing.

Previously there was a "sopiler" checkbox on the video upload page, which I guess was supposed to prevent the video to play automatically, but it had never worked and has since been removed.

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#824: Jun 27th 2021 at 6:22:36 PM

Just noticed the uploader is cutting the last little bit (less than a second) off of videos. Not sure how long this has been going on. ETA: only in some cases.

Edited by Twiddler on Jun 27th 2021 at 7:06:54 AM

Mewaddlee from The American Desert Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#825: Jun 28th 2021 at 6:57:12 PM

Question: Hi, so I'd like to ask if there's something wrong with video uploading for me. I'm trying to add a new video and followed the instructions, but I don't see an "upload video" button. Mind you, I'm on desktop and I've uploaded a video in the past. Is there something wrong or is this normal?

Edit:

So on further inspection, a version of the video that I was thinking about uploading has already been added to the website. Of course, my version is in English while the video in question is in Japanese, but that's beside the point, as I've seen dual-language video uploads before.

Even if I probably can't add the video, I'd like to return to my question and see if there is actually something wrong with video uploading on my end.

Edited by Mewaddlee on Jun 28th 2021 at 7:03:29 AM

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