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Share on Twitter
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Channel Notifications
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People Subscribed To Me
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Featured videos for your group
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Featured videos on your profile page
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Removing Video Thumbnails
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Improved Searching
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Login and Join Vimeo Lightbox
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Better referrer statistics
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Share on MySpace
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Badge additions
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Daily Email Update
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Converting time during transcoding
Ted and Casey added a nifty little feature that will display the time remaining to convert your video during uploads.
New Hubnut Behavoir
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Search Channels
Now you can FINALLY search for Channels. Use the 'Search' box in the top navigation bar, make sure its set on 'Channels', and search away!
Posting to Flickr
It's back! You can once again post your videos to Flickr. You can also post albums. Do this by clicking on Share and navigating to the "Post this..." tab.
Expanded Tag Browsing
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New Avatar Feature
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Spam Filters
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Add Multiple Email Addresses
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Andrew Pile December 4th, 2008

You can now link your Facebook and Vimeo accounts together using Facebook Connect! To do it, go to your settings page and click the connect button on the bottom right. Once connected, you can sign into Vimeo using your Facebook username and password, and your likes and uploads will be automatically pushed to your Facebook news feed (you can turn that off on your extending Vimeo settings page).

Enjoy!

Update:
After connecting, go to http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php and click Edit Settings for the Vimeo Connect app. On that pop-up screen...select "Allow Vimeo Connect to publish specific story sizes automatically without prompting." and then select "Short". This will let Vimeo automatically post a Short story, versus a one line story. Short stories include your videos title and a thumbnail image which can be clicked and turned into a Vimeo embed player!
- Rob Ouellette 11 months ago
  
  Weee!
- Kamil PINARCI 11 months ago
  
  Good idea,
  I am trying to remember my facebook
  password
- Yowda 11 months ago
  
  Andrew is nicer than Wall E
- ziadchatila 11 months ago
  
  lol. NO. Wall E is still cooler, but he comes very close!
- Mark Regan 11 months ago
  
  Error. Not working for me...
- Daniel Brasil 11 months ago
  
  not working for me two
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  whats the prob guys?
- Daniel Brasil 11 months ago
  
  is woking now
- Emrys Roberts 11 months ago
  
  Works awesome, except for one thing. When I check my facebook news feed, it only lists it as "Emrys liked a video on Vimeo" shouldn't be slighter more specific than that? Like when my diggs come through they look like this, "Emrys dugg Roger Ebert reviews Ben Stein's "Expelled" on Digg." Just curious.
  
  Thanks for the facebook connect though. Still love it. :)
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  yea that is just the default story mode (one line) for facebook connect at this time. on your facebook profile though, if you hover over the feed item, you will see an edit link. from there you can choose short story and the thumbnail of the clip and title will show. clicking the thumbnail will load up the vimeo embed in facebook. setting it to short story will keep it that way for other viewers of your profile. hopefully facebook will allow us to publish in short story mode automatically soon.
- Underground Planet 11 months ago
  
  Thanks Andrew, so is this different than the Facebook app or an addition to? If it's the Facebook app on my Facebook "Boxes" page thumbnails are still not showing up.
- Blake Whitman 11 months ago
  
  There might be a few bugs since we just launched it today. Just let us know and we'll take care of them asap!
- Underground Planet 11 months ago
  
  Keeping in mind that I'm new at Facebook forgive me for asking what might be obvious, where do I find the URL for my Facebook profile?
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  just login to facebook and click the profile link in the top menu (next to home).
- Underground Planet 11 months ago
  
  So this:
  
  facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=634173574&ref=profile
  
  is my url and there isn't a shorter version? Guess I wont be putting that on a business card. aCk
  
  Thanks.
- CCV 11 months ago
  
  I think I found a bug, I was able to link, but now that I return to my personal info it shows the "Connect" button again. Clicking the button opens a new small window at:
  
  vimeo.com/?session={%22session_key%22%3A%223._8u2OTUEwrKFUgCNo6WNKQ__.86400.1228525200-1219637711%22%2C%22uid%22%3A1219637711%2C%22expires%22%3A1228525200%2C%22secret%22%3A%22AWkH4Th2Hc35MdtywxfLyg__%22%2C%22sig%22%3A%2276cc7aaf3dd22248dbacfbb0907a4015%22}&next=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vimeo.com%2Fxd_receiver.php%3Ffb_login%26fname%3D_opener
  
  Which is my homepage.
- CCV 11 months ago
  
  Working perfectly now
- Greg F. 11 months ago
  
  Yeah I keep getting error messages
  
  damn
- Greg F. 11 months ago
  
  Invalid Argument
  
  The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL (vimeo.com/xd_receiver.php#fname=_opener&%7B%22t%22%3A3%2C%22h%22%3A%22fbCancelLogin%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%220.478%22%7D) must have the application's callback url (vimeo.com/) as a prefix. You can configure the callback url in the application's settings.
  
  that's wut i get wen i click connect
- Greg F. 11 months ago
  
  Oh wait. It just worked!!!
  Yippeee
- Greg F. 11 months ago
  
  I just don't know if my facebook friends will appreciate VIMEO the way my nerdy video friends on here do... oh well worth a try
- brewcaster 11 months ago
  
  Invalid Argument
  
  The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL (vimeo.com/xd_receiver.php#fname=_opener&%7B%22t%22%3A3%2C%22h%22%3A%22fbCancelLogin%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%220.618%22%7D) must have the application's callback url (vimeo.com/) as a prefix. You can configure the callback url in the application's settings.
- Jip Eilbracht 11 months ago
  
  Yeah, me too... what now?
- Robert-Jon Eckhardt 11 months ago
  
  I'm in this catagory too.
  Jip: let's give the Vimeo guys some time to fix the bugs.
- Trin 11 months ago
  
  Hrmm...I don't have a "Connect" button. Do i need to remove the previous vimeo app?
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  try shift+refresh on your settings page...you *should* see it. facebook connect just went live today, so i am chalking these invalid argument errors up to that (possibly some bugs/downtime on their end). i will take a look first thing in the AM though. thanks!
- Trin 11 months ago
  
  Tried that, and also tried clearing cookies and temp internet cache. I think it is browser related - using IE7 7.0.6001.18000 this happens. Also tried on a different workstation - same result w/ IE7. When I use firefox 3.04 I can see the connect button!
- jeff 11 months ago
  
  doesn't work
- Brad Miller 11 months ago
  
  I get this error, too:
  
  "Invalid Argument
  The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL (vimeo.com/xd_receiver.php#fname=_opener&%7B%22t%22%3A3%2C%22h%22%3A%22fbCancelLogin%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%220.528%22%7D) must have the application's callback url (vimeo.com/) as a prefix. You can configure the callback url in the application's settings."
  
  I'm using Chrome as my browser... Maybe it doesn't like Chrome?
- Cliff Frost 11 months ago
  
  I get that invalid argument error and I'm using FireFox.
- Trond Svendsen 11 months ago
  
  I get same error using Firefox 3.0.4
- blackduke 11 months ago
  
  Invalid Argument
  
  The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL vimeo.com/xd_receiver.php#fname=_opener&%7B%22t%22%3A3%2C%22h%22%3A%22fbCancelLogin%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%220.329%22%7D must have the application's callback URL vimeo.com/ as a prefix. You can configure the callback URL in the application's settings.
  
  and the facebook application vimeo not working as well - there's no profile box on my profile.
- blackduke 11 months ago
  
  No more errors for me now. I've put some likes and am still waiting for them to display on my news feed.
- Nsf 11 months ago
  
  connect button doesnt apear in Opera..same for internet explorer..
  firefox works just fine...at least the connect thing:)
- k.i. 11 months ago
  
  If you get the invalid argument, just delete the "www." from the URL in your settings page and it works just fine.
- Danny Pack 11 months ago
  
  Thanks, all working now!
- Aleksandra Biolik 11 months ago
  
  Irony: Facebook Connect does not connect
- Thomas Lew 11 months ago
  
  Sounds interesting but I'm not entirely sure I will need to link them. They are working quite fine separately! lol
- Nader-Wire 11 months ago
  
  really nice
- Greg Wallis 11 months ago
  
  Using this URL works:
  vimeo.com/settings/personal
  
  But doesn't show up again if you use the normal vimeo.com/settings/personal.
  
  (I've just noticed that Vimeo removes the www. and the http:// when displaying URLs, so the top one is minus the Ws and the second has got all three :)
- Andrew Pile 11 months ago
  
  Ah interesting! Thanks.
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  fixed!
- Greg Wallis 11 months ago
  
  Way to go, thanks!
- Jon Coy 11 months ago
  
  Cool feature guys!
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  Sorry about those Invalid Argument errors guys, this should be all fixed now.
- Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
  
  I see the info for connect but no connect button in my settings.. I had already installed the app a week or so ago and have it in my extended vimeo . is this the same thing? if not how do i connect
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  this is different from the "facebook app". facebook connect allows you to use the full vimeo website while connected to facebook (not just our scaled down vimeo facebook app). so it enables us to publish likes and uploads to your facebook profile when connected. you should see a Facebook Connect box on the right at vimeo.com/settings ... under the copy, there should be a connect button. if you dont see it try logging out and going to vimeo.com/log_in and you should def see it there next to the login form. let me know if you dont see it there, either. thanks!
- ilter 11 months ago
  
  I aslo can not see a connect button anywhere.
- Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
  
  Nope still nothing.. I see a description on the side in blue that says a about connect but no actual buton to connect.. do i have to uninstall the facebook app first?
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  hmm...no you shouldnt have to uninstall the facebook app. its completely separate from facebook connect. i will look into the problem...what browser are you using? can you try a different browser if available?
- Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
  
  IE7.. I just tried Firefox and it showed up, I'm connected.. so now i should shut off the extended section?
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  No once you are connected you will see "Facebook Connect" @ vimeo.com/settings/extend. this just has the settings for publishing likes and uploads to your facebook news feed. i will still look into this IE7 bug...thanks!
- ilter 10 months ago
  
  It seems to be working for IE7 right now. At least I was able to see button etc.
- Underground Planet 11 months ago
  
  So am I the only one that on the boxes tab where this thing is, is getting blank thumbnails?
  
  facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=634173574&ref=profile
  
  And if anyone would care to add me and see if the video's thumbnails are coming up for them I'd be much obliged.
  
  - Ray
- Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
  
  I sent a request
- Underground Planet 11 months ago
  
  Just accepted Brian, danka.
- Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
  
  didn't see anything there Ray
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  the vimeo facebook app ON facebook is different from facebook connect. with facebook connect you connect and just use vimeo.com.
- Underground Planet 11 months ago
  
  So if I got this right, essentially this whole thing does little more than connect Vimeo and Facebook for the purpose of saving me a login?
- Soxiam 11 months ago
  
  from above: "Once connected, you can sign into Vimeo using your Facebook username and password, and your likes and uploads will be automatically pushed to your Facebook news feed"
- Benjamin Reece 11 months ago
  
  I think this is awesome! Great job.
  
  But can we perhaps get HD embed by domain next? :( Its much more of a critical feature to me, than facebook.
- MaikoLh 11 months ago
  
  Enjoy!
- Insulsia Productions 11 months ago
  
  great stuff guys! thumbs up!
- Daniel Brasil 11 months ago
  
  works for me now.
- sixhoursago 11 months ago
  
  Not a good idea.
- J Newhouse 11 months ago
  
  Not working for me in Opera 9.6
- Earl Laamanen 10 months ago
  
  Me too. So sad. Opera is to browsers as Vimeo is to streaming video services. :-(
  
  Opera 9.63, latest release, no button to be found, even after purging cache/cookies and logging in again.
- boredgenius 9 months ago
  
  Said button can only be found when using the suckiest browser on earth.
- William Zoe FitzGerald 11 months ago
  
  Woot woot
- Byron Abt 11 months ago
  
  i do not see a connect button anywhere...
- EB_4Fun 11 months ago
  
  I'm having the same difficulty -- I can't find the button
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  please try again
- Cogneau Jean-claude 11 months ago
  
  Bienvenu aux amoureux des belles mécaniques
  Rallye et Historique rallye....
- Franz Moody 11 months ago
  
  It seems I can connect fine (I click on the connect button and if I'm logged in facebook, it automatically logs in vimeo) but when I add a "like" nothing appears on facebook... Is there a compatibility problem with facebook in languages other than english, by any chance?
  Is there any specific option to check in facebook?
  Thanks
- Cliff Frost 11 months ago
  
  I also got connect to work but nothing that I "like" appears on my facebook page.
- mike ambs ☂ 11 months ago
  
  Awesome :) I just linked my accounts - and I love the little screen that pops up to explain your options... *sigh* I <3 Vimeo.
- The Outabodies 11 months ago
  
  This will make everything that mush easier. The machines are taking over for us. I hope not in the Matrixy kind of way.
- EZO 11 months ago
  
  I want my button. :-(
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  please try again
- Tyler Hitchcock 11 months ago
  
  i don't have a connect button...
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  please try again
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  the facebook login button not showing up seams to be a browser compatibility bug with ie7. facebook is looking into it. news feed publishing on likes and uploads should be working again now. thanks!
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  for cases where the button wasn't showing up...this should be fixed now! please give it another go and let me know if you are still having problems, thanks!
- Tyler Hitchcock 11 months ago
  
  it worked!
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  great!
- Ariy!! 11 months ago
  
  im not seeing it!
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  it should be there now? try shift + refresh @ vimeo.com/log_in. there should be a blue facebook button to the left of the login form. shoot me a private message if you have any problems. thanks...kevin
- Matt Gist 11 months ago
  
  How did you avoid the doofy little facebook connect nugget that's supposed to be displayed when a site uses facebook connect?
  
  I'm working on an app now and we have this dumb little badge next to the users name. I'm not developer, I don't know the logistic of it all.. but as a designer I don't want it where it is.
  
  :)
  
  Keep up the good work!
- Huggies 11 months ago
  
  Sorry if this was asked already...this seems to be all or nothing (all videos uploaded show on FB news feed). Is there or will there be a way to select which videos make it to news feed?
  
  Also, how would this work with Privacy (plus users)...would we have to select facebook.com as an approved site?
  
  Thanks!
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  Hi Huggies...good questions. Yes this is all or nothing for now. You can toggle these global publish settings at vimeo.com/settings/extend. Facebook Connect does offer a way to do it per video, but we haven't found an eloquent way to work it into our interface at this time. Lastly we only publish to Facebook if the clip's privacy is set to Public and (for Plus users) if the "Where can this video appear?" is not set to Nowhere. Once on Facebook, all regular embed rules apply. If its set to Anywhere or the domain is approved, the embed will play. If not, it will still be nice to have a short story on your News feed which links out to your video on Vimeo.
- dibbv 11 months ago
  
  How long should it take my "likes" to show up in FaceBook? I liked a few videos about 30 minutes ago, still don't show up.
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  something changed on facebook where they need to re-approve the stories we publish. hopefully this only takes a day or 2, sorry for the inconvenience.
- dibbv 11 months ago
  
  So once they re-approve the stories you publish the likes will show up on FaceBook "instantly", or were you saying the likes from Vimeo will show up on FaceBook in a day or 2?
- Mike Revelle 11 months ago
  
  its not working for me... it says I'm connected but nothings popping up on my facebook.
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  something changed on facebook where they need to re-approve the stories we publish. hopefully this only takes a day or 2, sorry for the inconvenience.
- Mike Revelle 11 months ago
  
  Thank you, hope it gets fixed soon!
- BUENMOJO 11 months ago
  
  Workin' ok, I'm now more reconected to myself.
- interfade 11 months ago
  
  So does this allow facebook users to see our videos uploaded to vimeo directly from facebook without having to go to vimeo?
  
  If so, can people see the HD version on facebook even if we are not a pro user?
- Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago
  
  once you upload a video we will put a story on your facebook profile news feed (if you opted for this). by default it will just be a link saying watch this video on vimeo. optionally, you can change that story on your profile to "short", which then there will be the video thumbnail and once clicked it will turn into a video embed. we still also link out to vimeo on this "short" story option.
- interfade 11 months ago
  
  Got it, but you know how you can not embed HD video if your not a paid user? In the embed on facebook, will they be able to see the HD video if your not a paid user or will it still say you have to click "here" to view on Vimeo?
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