Upload Your Videos
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1 Get an Internet Archive Library Card
Get your virtual library card here.
Fill out the form and then click the Get Library Card button. Important: Do not forget the e-mail address and password you've chosen!
2 Begin an Upload
Your account should be active. Click the Contributions link.
On this page, click the Create and upload a new movie link.
The identifier will be part of the URL for your video, you cannot use spaces. Fill in a name and click the Create Item! Button.
A new page will load. Scroll down to the second half of the page, titled Using an FTP Client.
What is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a way to upload files onto a server. To use FTP, you'll need to install an FTP client.
Find out more about FTP Clients
3 Upload via FTP
Open your FTP Client application. Copy and paste the server name (in red) into your FTP client. Do not close the web page.
Your FTP interface might not look the same, but they all have space for a server address, an username and a password. Use your e-mail address and password (from step 1) and click connect.
You should see the folder/identifier (from step 2). Enter the folder (double click) and then upload your video. FTP clients vary, but most allow a simple drag and drop operation. Otherwise, you might need to browse your hard drive for your video file.
Wait for your video to upload.
4 Finalize Upload
Finally, revisit the Internet Archive page you left open and click the link at the bottom of the Using an FTP Client section.
You will be redirected to a page with a link, click it.
Select Open Source Movies and click the Submit Movie button.
This page is huge! Luckily, all you need to do is give the video a title.
Skip the crap, go to the end of the page and click the Submit button.
5 Get Your Video URL
You will be redirected to a page with a link, click it.
If you see the same page (from step 4), wait five to ten minutes and reload.
Once the video has processed, a new page will load, revealing your media.
Now right click (on mac, ctrl + click) the filetype, in the left side-bar, and select Copy Link Location (Copy Shortcut for Internet Explorer). This copies the video URL.
Now that you have your video URL, you're ready to make a blog post.
How do I Return to the Uploaded Video?
If you need to return to a video you've uploaded to Internet Archive, click the Contributions link (you must be signed in). Find the link that says tasks that are done, click it and then click on the title of the video you want to see.
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