How To View Videos On Facebook
Where Are Facebook Videos Stored?
Finding Your Videos
You can browse to your Facebook Timeline to locate the Videos you've uploaded to the social media. One method of doing this is to click your name to the left side of the major News Feed, select "Photos" select "Albums" and afterwards click the "Videos" option. Float over a thumbnail to see two symbols show up; pick the Play icon to view the video or the Edit one - marked with a pen symbol - making adjustments to the video, such as the subtitle and the people tagged in it.
Finding Other individuals's Videos
To see your Facebook friends' uploaded Videos on their Timelines, open a friend's Timeline, choose "Photos" select "Albums" and then click "Videos" to see the clips. As these Videos do not belong to you, you can just play them-- there is no option to make adjustments, though you could include a comment or a like. Similar to the other material on Facebook, Videos have their own personal privacy settings, so you could only see clips if their authorized audience includes you.
Mobile Tools
The Videos album is not readily available in Facebook's official mobile apps as of the most up to date versions offered in January 2014, so you could not watch video content on your smartphone or tablet computer. Neither is it feasible to view your video collections on the mobile version of Facebook's site. The constraints of video playback on mobile devices, along with the big quantities of transmission capacity made use of to reveal video content, might be amongst the reasons Facebook does not support the function on smart phones at this time.
Facebook's Information Centers
When you post a video to Facebook, it is saved in the service's information centers situated in different locations across the world, in addition to all the various other content posted on the social media network. The video sent to Facebook might be optimized slightly for watching online, yet the initial data stays on your computer and isn't really influenced.
New Ways to View Facebook video
Bringing Sound to Videos in News Feed
Videos in Information Feed have actually previously played silently-- you touch on a video to hear audio. As people view more video on phones, they have actually concerned expect noise when the volume on their tool is turned on. After testing noise on in News Feed and hearing favorable comments, we're gradually bringing it to more people. With this update, audio fades in and out as you scroll through Videos in Information Feed, bringing those Videos to life.
If your phone is set to silent, Videos will not play with sound. If you never desire Videos to play with sound, you can disable this feature by turning off "Videos in News Feed Start With Sound" in Settings. We'll also be revealing in-product messages to tell people concerning the brand-new noise on experience and controls.
Upright video
We have actually likewise made changes making vertical Videos look much better on mobile phones. Last year we began testing a larger preview of upright Videos in News Feed upon mobile. People reacted favorably, so that larger format is currently available to everybody enjoying Videos on iOS and Android.
Watch and also Scroll
We understand that sometimes you want to enjoy a video and also want to keep scrolling through your Information Feed. It's now feasible to decrease the video you're seeing to a picture-in-picture sight that maintains playing in the edge of your display while you surf other stories in News Feed. You can drag the video to any type of corner of the display, and also if you're making use of an Android device, you can keep the video playing also when you exit the Facebook app to do something else on your phone.
Facebook video Application for TV
Finally, we have actually listened to that individuals want even more options for how as well as where they watch Facebook Videos. Today we're revealing a new Facebook video app for TV, which will certainly present quickly to application stores for Apple TELEVISION, Amazon.com Fire TELEVISION and also Samsung Smart TELEVISION, with even more systems ahead.
Our video application for TV is a brand-new method to delight in Facebook Videos on a larger screen. Last year we presented the ability for you to stream Videos from Facebook to your TELEVISION, and also today's news increases this capability. With the app, you could see Videos shared by friends or Pages you adhere to, leading online Videos from all over the world, as well as suggested Videos based on your rate of interests. You could likewise catch up on Videos you've conserved to view later on, in addition to take another look at Videos you have actually enjoyed, shared or posted. We look forward to seeing just how individuals utilize the application to delight in Facebook Videos in a new way.