Piano Television: Help - FAQ's

Basic FAQ's for Beginning Piano TV Users

FAQ's Pertaining to Embed, Link Code's and How To Use Them

FAQ's Pertaining to Piano TV Newletter, Factsheet and Upload Access Code

What is Piano TV?

Piano TV is a video sharing site where you can view informative, entertaining, and educational videos that pertain a broad range of piano and music related topics. Read for more info (about piano tv).

How can I use Piano TV?

If you are a web visitor browsing the internet, you can use Piano TV to get information about a broad range of topics pertaining to pianos through the videos or from the supplemental copy and content accompanying the videos.

On the other hand, if you are a pianist, tuner, piano dealer, business or musician, you can use the site to promote yourself through video or your info commercials and our free video hosting. Furthermore, because Piano TV is a video sharing site, your video will be (as long as you agree) available to other sites that might want it to be part of your site.

What do you mean by video hosting?

If you have a video that you want viewed by people, you have to find a way for that to happen. For a few friends, you can shoot a video, burn it onto a DVD, and put it into your player in your living room. For most, having your video seen on television is out of reach. On the internet, you can put your video on your website and the people who visit your site may view it. But what do you do if you want a broader number of people seeing your video?

Nowadays, numerous sites on the internet will take your video and place them on their sites to be seen by their viewers. The advantage of that is some of these sites have so many visitors that your videos can potentially gain a certain degree of prominence by simply allowing another site to host your video.

Why would I want to host my video?

You would want to host your video to get it out there and viewed by a broader, interested (select) audience. You would host your video to sell yourself, your products, your artistry, your brand, etc.

What is video sharing?

A video sharing site is a site that provides web space for your video. By uploading your video to a sharing site, you usually have to adhere to a set of guidelines that protect you, the host and the views. These guidelines include copyright, content, your video theme and anything that the host requires.

What is the purpose of a video sharing site?

1. To help you market your videos on and off the internet.
2. Most video sites will give their users access to post your video on their sites by enabling access to the embed code of your video.
3. The site will host your video because it contains useful content relating to the general theme of the site.

Here a few links that explain further about video sharing sites.

1. Video sharing sites:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_sharing_websites
2. Video hosting service:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_hosting_service 

Why would I want to host my videos on Piano TV?

There are a number of good reasons. Piano TV is a site that is totally dedicated to anything and everything that has to do with pianos and music. Other colossal web sites like U Tube has content about everything and anything including dirty laundry and automobile carburetors.

Since Piano TV is and always will be a much smaller site, our focus will always be much more targeted on the specifics and nuances of what we think makes the piano niche a very special domain of interest for the public. Furthermore, Piano TV is dedicated to providing auxiliary resources for our video contributors and advertising sponsors to facilitate the process of creating videos as seamless and spontaneous as possible.

How do I upload my video to Piano TV?

Once you have your video file on the hard drive of your computer you can effortlessly upload it from your hard drive to Piano TV. If you haven't signed in to Piano TV yet, you will be asked to sign in first. You can find a form at the bottom of the same page that will walk you through the sign in process. The sign in process enables us to filter out unwanted spammers from our system and to protect your privacy.

What are some useful features of Piano TV?

We'll go over a few basic features and functions that you see on many of the video pages. If you look at this screen shot, we will start just under the video and go counter clockwise. There is the Embed Video, Link to This Page, Creative Commons License, Upload Your Video Button and to the left there is the Expandable Menu that says "Site Key", "Piano Biz", "Music Videos" and "Educational Clips."

1. The embed video is the html that is coded directly into the page without which there would be no video. Piano TV is set up as are many Video Sharing Sites to facilitate the "sharing" of that code for the web visitor so that he or she can essentially "walk away" with that code. Why would you want to do that?

   Piano TV makes getting the embed video code easy. Just place (left click) your cursor over the code then right click and scroll down to copy and where you left click. You now have to paste the code into either an html page, or an editor of some kind. We recommend notepad or some kind of very basic editor that does not embellish the code in any fashion. If you are a blogger or a social website user, you should know what all this means. We are working on creating some videos that can help the beginner gain a better understanding of all of this.

2. Link to this page works the same way except it is there for people who want to link to the exact page that the code and the video is on.
3. The Creative Commons License is basic license that we suggest our users use for sharing their videos on Piano TV and the internet. It does not supplant basic copyrighting concerns but it is for Piano TV users to clarify the extent of sharing that you want in place once the video is available online.
4. By clicking on the Upload your Video button, you are taken to the login and sign up page.
5. The box menu to the left is and expandable menu that contains many of the vital navigation links for the site in a different format.

What kinds of auxiliary resources does Piano TV provide for its visitors?

We are working on a series of instructional videos that will illustrate and answer many of your pressing questions. Stay tuned!

If you have any questions that you need answered immediately, please email us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

What does "embed video" mean?

Embed Video refers to the specific html code that is used to enable a video on a web page or blog page.

Why might I want "embed video" code and what would I do with it?

In order to watch a video online, you need the video code to be embedded into a specific location, i.e.; a page on a static, dynamic website or blog site.

How do I copy and paste "embed video" code?

Place cursor over code, then right click, scroll down the menu and left click "copy". The code is on the clipboard. From there you can "paste" it into an html or blog page.

What does "link to this page" mean?

Linking to a Piano TV page suggests that you might want to place a link on a page in another location on a site or blog that belongs to you or that you may simply want to email the link to a friend, colleage.

Why might I want the "link to this page" code and what would I do with it?

Linking a specific page or object to another page or loacation is one of the fundamental functionalities of the internet. This code enables you to quickly get this code and paste it to another location so views can view and access the source page that this link code refers.

How do I copy and paste "link to this page" code?

Place cursor over code, then right click, scroll down the menu and left click "copy". The code is on the clipboard. From there you can "paste" it into an html or blog page, with or without anchor text.

Could you tell me more about the Free Piano TV Newsletter and how often is it published?

We are in the process of developing the Piano TV Newsletter. It will be available to all visitors and video contributors. It will cover a range of relevant topics pertaining to pianos and music and practical functional site development issues. We have NOT as of yet determined its publication frequency but promise that as with the site, our focus will be on quality, not quantity.

Please stay tuned. We appreciate your patience. We promise that it will be available in the near term.

Could you tell me more about the Free Fact Sheet?

The Fact Sheet is another important Piano TV resource that we are working on. We want to help visitors and video contributors fully participate enjoying and posting videos to our site.

There is a lot to think about when shooting video for the web but it also can be easy to do once you have a handle on the various technical challenges. The first Free Factsheet contains some very basic information for beginners who want to start shooting and posting web videos.

What is the Access Code for?

The Access Code is a password that allows you to gain access to the Piano TV Upload Page. In order to get the password (access code), we need you to sign in to our system. That way we know who you are and can easily keep you updated. For instance, we will be changing the password periodically to prevent spammers from degrading our facilities and your user experience. Having your information enables use to keep you abreast of these necessary updates. Your privacy is of course of greatest concern to us. Feel free to contact us for further questions you may have that are related to any concerns or issues you may have.