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The main purpose of LiveJournal is to help you share things with your friends.  People use Live Journals to keep each other updated with text entries, photos, and recorded voice messages.  You can also use your LiveJournal to share your video and audio files hosted on Video Desk.
 
  It's easy to embed Video Desk content into your LJ, but there are a few tips that make using video and audio easier.  Just follow the steps below to embed a video player:
 
  1. Create a LiveJournal Entry.
  2. Edit the entry in Rich Text mode.  Embedding audio/video works more reliably if it is done in Rich Text mode.
     
    rich text
   

                                                                             Figure 1
     
  3. In another web browser window, open Video Desk and log onto your account.
  4. Switch to the Webmaster Tools.
  5. In the navigation bar on the right side of the window, click Embed Code.
  6. Click the Browse link to select the media file that you wish to embed.  Choose a file, then click the Select button.
  7. Choose Video Options and click the Generate Code button.  It is a good idea to choose Viewer clicks Play button (instead of Auto Play).  If there are several videos embedded in the most recent entries, the Auto Play option would cause them to all start playing at once.
  8. Highlight the Embed code that appears, click the Edit menu, and choose Copy.
  9. Switch back to the LJ window.
  10. Type some text in the entry.  If you embed a player before typing any text, sometimes it's impossible to add any text later, as the embedded player fills the entire window.
  11. Click the Embed Media button, which looks like a CD.
  12. Click in the window that appears, and press Ctrl-V (or right-click and choose Paste).
  13. If you were to post the entry now, LiveJournal would produce a very small player that probably wouldn't show the complete picture, as in Figure 2.  To fix this, click on the HTML tab of the entry editor.
 
    small window
                          Figure 2
 
  14. You'll see a tag that looks like this: <embed width="100%" height="100%"
    Change the two "100%" entries to match the actual dimensions of the video you're embedding.  You also need to add some size to allow for the video player-about 10 pixels extra width and 80 pixels extra height.  For instance, if your video has dimensions of 320 x 240 pixels, change it to read: <embed width="330" height="320"
  15. Click Preview to test your new embedded video player.  If there are no problems, close the Preview window and save your new entry.
 
Embedding other types of content is very similar.

Using Video Desk and LiveJournal together, you can share your video and audio-everything from home movies to music videos-with your Friends list, or the world, using advanced streaming technology to eliminate delays.

It only takes seconds to set up.  Share your multimedia today!