Today we have made a full update of our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section. It reflects more precisely the questions you regularly ask, and offers more complete and exhaustive answers. It now includes a search engine as well, so that you can more easily find the info you are looking for.

Our feedback form has also been reviewed, to better help you find the solutions you are looking for.

This is why today we are happy to announce the release of VideoZap. Think of it as a lightweight, image-based remote control - a “zapper”, as they called remotes back in the day.

To create your VideoZap, visit the factory page and choose your settings in the grey panel on the right of the page. Select the list of videos you want - it could be featured videos, a user’s videos, even search results (just drop the desired URL into the correct field) -  decide where you want the remote to appear, how big it should be, and how the tiles are spaced. Click “Generate code”, copy the chunk of code that appears in the box above your VideoZap, and paste it wherever you want it to appear on your website or blog (keep in mind that the destination site must support iframes).

We really like this new tool and hope you will too. As always, please leave us feedback in the comments of this post.

Enjoy!

A new navigation is then created through the dynamic subtitles redirecting to other videos on Dailymotion.
This new functionality offers a great opportunity to open videos to the whole community whatever the language! Access the available subtitles by click on the menu tab on the player.

Let’s try it!

To check it out:

1. Go to a video page
2. Click “customize player…” just below the embed code below the video
3. Click the swatches to change the player color
4. Press “OK” to update the embeddable code
5. Now just copy and paste the code into your site!

Some examples:

If you embedded any players within the past 24 hours, and they continue to auto-play, please re-embed them to fix the issue.

For more than a year-and-a-half we have offered High-Quality video encoding, but with the rise of HD digital video cameras we have seen more and more Creative Content submitted in High Definition. This is why, from today on out, all HD video uploaded by MotionMakers and Official Users will be automatically re-encoded in 720p High Definition for playback on the site.

Anyone can watch videos in HD. To get the most out of Dailymotion’s HD, we recommend opening HD videos in full-screen mode or, even better, viewing the site on an HD-compatible screen. If your monitor is not big enough to enjoy HD, you can always connect your computer to your TV.

We have created a dedicated list page to help you find HD quality videos on Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/hd

Word to the wise, however: HD is both bandwidth and processor intensive, so a 2 Mbps connection is advised (and dual-cores don’t hurt ;).

Along with this bit of news comes another: the beta player which you have been able to test for a number of weeks has been activated throughout the site. In addition to HD support, it includes such improvements as realtime seeking, in-player embed and email tools, and greater user control over the quality of the video being streamed.

For the power-users out there, we have also included some handy keyboard shortcuts (NB: these do not work in fullscreen mode):

<CTRL>-<UP> : volume +10%
<CTRL>-<DOWN> : volume -10%
<SHIFT>-<LEFT> : video -60 secs
<SHIFT>-<RIGHT> : video +60 secs
<CTRL>-<LEFT> : video -10 secs
<CTRL>-<RIGHT> : video +10 secs
<LEFT ARROW> : video -15 secs
<RIGHT ARROW> : video +15 secs
<SPACE> : play/pause

Try it out and let us know what you think.

All you have to do is:

• plug in your webcam
• strike a pose
• click “Shoot”, and
• click “Save” to publish your new avatar

You can access the new function by clicking the “my account” tab on the navigation bar within “my profile”, and then accessing the “Avatar” section from the account settings sidebar.

Enjoy!

You can test the player by clicking this button on any player page:

Below is an example of the new player in action:

Next week we will give a more detailed explanation of this player’s new functions. In the meantime, please give it a spin and leave any feedback (or reports any bugs) in the comments of this post. Enjoy!

Well, now it’s possible to do this on Ebay, the world’s leading online auction site.
All you have to do is copy the embed code (which you can find beneath the player on each Dailymotion video page) and paste it into
the HTML description field of your Ebay item. It’s that easy.

We hope you find this new cross-platform feature useful…and profitable.

Cheers,

The Dailymotion Team