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ABOUT SHARING ON OVI
Share On Ovi
Share on Ovi is the online service that makes sharing media a part of your everyday life. With Share on Ovi, you can share photos, videos, audio, and other media from your PC, Mac or camera phone with one easy step. You can share your content with family, friends, clubs, or the whole world - no sign up or membership is required for recipients to view the media you have shared with them.
With Share on Ovi, you can share your personal photos and videos via email, but without the hassle of clogged inboxes, rejected attachments, and lost media. Simply email your media to Share on Ovi. We capture it, store it in one of your own channels, and send out compact notifications to recipients by email. When they click on the notification, they see your media on Ovi immediately without needing to sign up themselves.
Share on Ovi connects people to media and to each other like never before. Members produce "channels" which contain photos, videos, audio clips, scans, and many other types of files. Incorporating many elements of social networking sites, Share on Ovi allows you to create and maintain relationships through the process of sharing your channels and media. People are connected to each other as a result of sharing, tagging, commenting on others' media and creating lists of favorites.
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Share Online
Share Online makes it easy to post photos and videos from your device straight to Share on Ovi. The Share Online application allow users upload media with one click, browse uploaded media, add tags and descriptions, and much more. Share Online is currently compatible with select Nokia N Series devices.
Download Share Online
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Share on Ovi
A PC or Mac running one of the following Web browsers:
- Internet Explorer 6.0.2 or above
- Firefox 1.0.7 or above
- Safari 2.0 or above
Share on Ovi may function correctly on browser not listed above. The listed browsers have been tested and confirmed.
Note that in order to take full advantage of Share on Ovi, you need to enable the Javascript feature on your Web browser. Share on Ovi is functional without JavaScript, but some features such as selecting multiple media items at once are not available.
To enable JavaScript, do the following:
Internet Explorer on Windows
- Choose Tools from the top menu bar
- Choose Internet Options from the menu
- Click the Security tab
- If you see a security level slider bar, move the slider bar to Medium. If you don't see a slider bar, click on the Custom Level... button.
- In the Security Settings window, scroll down until you see the Scripting section near the bottom of the list.
- Under the Scripting section, there is a category called Active Scripting. Choose Enable for this category
- Click the OK button
Firefox on Windows
- Choose Tools from the top menu bar
- Choose Options... from the menu
- Choose Web Features
- Check the box next to Enable JavaScript
- Click the OK button
Safari on Mac OS X
- Choose Safari from the top menu bar
- Choose Preferences... from the menu
- In the Web Content section, check the box next to Enable JavaScript
- Check the box next to Enable JavaScript
- Close the Preferences window
Firefox on Max OS X
- Choose Firefox from the top menu bar
- Choose Preferences... from the menu
- Choose the Content tab
- Check the box next to Enable JavaScript
- Close the Preferences window
Share on OVI Mobile
Viewing media on Share on Ovi's mobile sharing site (http://share.ovi.com/mobile) you need a mobile device with a compatible browser and a data connection.
To share photos or video taken with your mobile phone or device, you need the ability to email your media to Share on Ovi, or use the Share Online application that is compatible with several Nokia N-series devices.
Remember that photos, and especially video files can be very large, and your carrier may charge extra for large data transfers!
Account for Sharing on OVI
Share on Ovi accounts provide unlimited storage and unlimited uploads. You can upload individual files up to 100mb in size.
Account Creation
To create an account, do the following:
- Click the Register link.
- Enter your desired User name and password,complete the contact details, and enter the security code.
- Check the box that acknowledges you have read and understand the Ovi Service Terms and Privacy Policy.
- Click Continue
You may now begin Sharing with the World!
When you create an account, a member ID is assigned to your account. Your media is stored with tags related to this ID, which is why it cannot be changed. Changing the ID would render your media links unusable.
Manage your account
To edit your Share profile, sign in, and select Edit Profile from below your profile picture.
If you want to delete your account, sign in, select Account from the top navigation bar. Select Continue with account termination from the Terminate account menu on the right.
ID
The ID tab under my profile contains information that makes up your member "card" that is seen by everyone. Your display name/slogan can be anything you like - a favorite saying, your name - that is displayed with your User name. You can also add a profile photo for your card.
Your location (home city, state or zip) is used when you browse the member directory. Other members within a 150 mile radius will be displayed in the "nearby members" list
Share Profile
The Share Profile tab contains information you may want to share with others, and is displayed when someone looks at your profile. Add as much or as little detail as you like. You can decide yourself how much information you want to share with people viewing your profile and control who sees each section (anyone, members, your contacts only, or only you).
To access the member profile click the Edit Profile link found under your profile image. On the profile page, you can select who gets to see your activity, your contact information, your location and other information about you. For each of these items, you can select the following options: Only me (private), My Contacts only, All Members, or Anyone (public).
Share settings
In the Share Settings tab you can control how Share on Ovi notifies you about activity on your account. Choose when or if you wish to receive notifications when other members share media with you, send you messages, or add content to your channels. You can choose to receive alerts only to your Share on Ovi inbox, or to have them forwarded to your email address.
In addition, when you create a Favorite, you can optionally set an alert to be notified when that item changes. You can manage which changes to watch for and how often alerts on favorites are sent from the alerts tab.
You can also find out and change your upload secret word from the Share Settings tab. When you sign up, Share on Ovi automatically generates a secret word that is used in the email upload addresses of each of your channels. When you change your upload secret word in the share settings tab, you are changing your upload secret word for all your channels.
Please note that when you change your upload secret word, the guest upload secret words for your channels are not affected. Channel-specific secret words are changed from the settings of the channel in question.
For more information about email uploading, see Upload Media through E-mail.
Explore Share on OVI
Browse media
You can browse media from the Share homepage by clicking on one of the options within the Explore section. You may browse through Most Recent and Most Popular media types, members, channels, tags, and more.
Search media
The search box is available at the top of every page. You can search in one of two ways:
- Quick search: enter a single word, for example, dog, or multi-word phrase in double-quotes, for example, "New York", in the search box at the top of the page to find all matching media, channels, members, and forum discussions.
- Advanced Search: you can search over specific attributes such as searching for members whose occupation is photographer, or searching for media uploaded on a specific date. Use a property name followed by a colon and search value. Multiple advanced search strings may be combined in one search entry.
Media
Channels
Members
Select media
Share on Ovi is one of a new breed of Web 2.0 applications that combine the simplicity and ease of use of web applications with the richness of a client application. Many of the actions you can perform on your media require that the media items first be selected. Some commands in the actions list, for example, are disabled (greyed out) unless one or more items are selected.
Selecting media items in thumbnail view:
- Click in the area in between the media items and drag a marquee around the items you wish to select.
- You can select one or more media items with ctrl-click (apple-click on the Mac)
- You can select or deselect an entire page of media items at a time with the select all | none link.
- You can select a range from one item to another item by highlighting the first item with ctrl-click (or apple-click), then selecting the last item with shift-ctrlclick (or shift-apple click)
View media
Click on a thumbnail to view an image or other media file. If Share on Ovi cannot play the file format, your browser will launch the appropriate player on your computer, if available.
View a slideshow
When you are viewing a channel or a media item, choose the slideshow command from the actions list to view a slideshow of the contents of that channel.
Dealing with inappropriate media
Share on Ovi staff does not monitor, screen or pre-approve content provided by users. Members have the ability to flag content they feel is inappropriate. If any media is flagged within a specific channel by 5 or more members, the service automatically removes it from the channel. On each flag the channel owner is notified but we do not disclose who set the flag or any associated comments. After the content is removed the channel owner may appeal the action by contacting us. We urge members to exercise tolerance when flagging media and will promptly deal with any abuse of this feature. More details are included in our Terms of Service.
Flag Media
To flag inappropriate media:
- Click on the media thumbnail
- Select Flag inappropriate media from the Action List
- Check the type of media violation
- Enter a comment (optional)
- Click flag this
Media on Share on OVI
Supported File Types
Share on Ovi supports a wide range of file types including photos, videos, audio, and various document formats.
You can upload and share any type of supported file, but only certain types of photos and videos will show a thumbnail in the media view. If Share on Ovi does not recognize the file format, it is represented by an icon in your chanel. When you click on that icon, your browser will launch the appropriate player on your computer, if available.
Note that to minimize the possibility of spreading viruses or harmful files, Share on Ovi does not support executable files of any kind.
Supported file types: 3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, 3gpp, 3gpp2, aac, aif, aifc, aiff, amr, asf, asr, asx, au, avi, bmp, cad, cmx, cod, css, dib, doc, dot, dtd, dwf, fla, flv, gif, ico, ief, ifo, ipx, jfif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, kml, kmz, lsf, m1a, m1v, m3u, m4a, m4p, m4v, mdi, mid, midi, mov, movie, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpa, mpe, mpeg, mpg, mpp, mpv2, mqv, nsc, odf, odg, odp, ods, odt, ogg, pbm, pdf, pgm, png, pot, ppm, pps, ppt, psd, pub, qt, ra, ram, ras, rgb, rm, rmi, rtf, rtx, scd, snd, swf, tif, tiff, tsv, txt, vsd, vss, vst, vsx, vtx, wav, wax, wbmp, wm, wma, wml, wmp, wmv, wmx, wri, xbm, xla, xlc, xlm, xls, xlt, xlw, xml, xsd, xsl, xslt.
If you would like us to support a file type you don't see in the list, please add a new topic in the ideas forum.
Resizing Media
Uploading full-resolution photos takes a long time. If you don't need to share the full resolution file, you can save time by downsizing your photos using the resize option when using the multi drag drop upload option.
You can choose from these standard size options:
| Photo size (width) |
Recommended for |
| 640 pixels |
web/email sharing |
| 1024 pixels |
print up to 3.5" x 5" |
| 1600 pixels |
print up to 5" x 7" |
| original |
larger prints |
Videos
Even a short 30-second video clip directly from your digital camera can require tens of megabytes and many, many minutes to upload to Share on Ovi, and since Share on Ovi automatically compresses your videos to make the online viewing experience better, there is no benefit in uploading full-resolution video clips.
You can convert your videos to smaller files prior to uploading to save time and bandwidth consumption using a tool like those suggested below:
1. Load your original videos into one of the following recommended video tools.
2. Export or save your videos using these video settings:
512 pixels wide
512 kbps bit rate
Leave frame rate and audio quality as original
3. Upload these new, smaller video files to Share on Ovi.
Uploading Media to Share on Ovi
Share on Ovi allows you to upload media in a variety of ways. To upload a file, go to the Upload tab and select the desired upload method. Before uploading media to Share on Ovi, please ensure that you've read the Terms of Service.
Upload from your PC or Mac using your web browser
You can upload media through your web browser by using either the basic upload or the multi drop drag upload.
In basic upload, simply select a destination channel and then browse to the files on your computer you want to upload. You can upload up to five files at one time. When you have selected the files, click Upload to upload them.
In multi drag drop upload you can upload files or folders by dragging them to the Image Uploader. When using the multi drag drop upload option, you can also resize your photos by selecting the desired size from the dop down menu.
Upload through email.
You can upload files through email by using the unique uploading address every channel has. The address consists of your User name, the channel name and your secret word. To select your secret word, access your profile and select share settings.
When you send an email to a channel's email upload address with photos, videos or other media items attached to it, those items are automatically uploaded to the channel. You can upload media to Share on Ovi from any device or computer that supports email. The very simplest way to upload media to your account is to send it to your my media channel. To do this, create a new email message, attach your media files and send the message to:
Username+SecretWord@share.ovi.com
The file is uploaded to your my media channel for storing until you decide to share it. For more information about the my media channel, see Your default channels.
To upload media to other channels, create a new email message, attach your media files and send the message to:
Username+ChannelName+SecretWord@share.ovi.com
You can also add a title to the media by adding the desired title to the subject line of the email message.
For example, if your User name is "johnd", you have a channel named "travel", and your secret word is "fish", to upload media into your travel channel, you create a new email message as follows:
| To: |
johnd+travel+fish@share.ovi.com |
| Subject: |
A day in Rome |
Attach the media files you want to upload and send the email. In this example, the media would appear in johnd's travel channel and in My Media channel with the title "A day in Rome".
A cool tip for email uploads - Forward emails with media attachments to your channels
You know how your friends and family are always sending emails with media files attached? It's a drag having to click on each one of the files one by one in order to see them. And worst of all, they eventually become buried in your email inbox, which makes them hard to enjoy and share.
The solution? Forward them to Share on Ovi! Send them to one of you channels using Username+channel+SecretWord@share.ovi.com, or you can simply send them to your My Media library by forwarding to Username+SecretWord@share.ovi.com
Upload media from your camera phone
You can upload media directly from your camera phone by using either email or MMS to send the edia to your channel's upload email address.
For more information about uploading through email, see upload through Email.
A cool tip for email uploads from your camera phone
Create an address book entry for each of your channels you'll be uploading media into. This saves you having to type the email upload address every time you send media.
Once you've captured your photo or video, just use your camera phone's built-in facility to send it, select the email upload address from your phone's address book and you're done!
Add media info with dot commands
Media posted on Share on Ovi can have a variety of information associated with it, including a text description, tags and location information. To add media information when uploading via email or MMS, use dot commands in the message body as follows:
| Dot Command |
Description |
Sample |
.d
[Description] |
The .d dot command adds a text description to all the media items being uploaded. |
.d Picture of my new car! |
.t
[Tags] |
The .t dot command adds tags to all the media items being uploaded. |
.t Car "New Car" (Mutliple words must be enclosed in quotes) |
.l
[Location] |
The .l dot command "geolocates" your media items, associating your media items with a particular earth location. |
.l Port Angeles, WA (City, State)
.l 98363 (Postal Code)
.l Mount Rainier (Place Name)
.l 123 Main St, Seattle, WA (Address)
.l Taco Bell, Woodinville, WA (Combination)
.l France (Country)
.l Paris, France (City, Country)
|
.s
[Share] |
The .s dot command makes Share on Ovi send a share email to the recipient. |
.s JohnD (Use |
