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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the advantages of choosing Ogg over Flash?

Choosing Ogg over Flash is both an ethical and technical question. We all want our computers to do better, so here is how our computers are better with Free Formats:
  1. You will be able to enjoy the media "natively"; there is no need to install any plug-in or add-on to your standard-friendly browser.
  2. You will not need to load heavy and possibly unsafe scripts, which helps with speed and stability.
  3. You will support a free, open Web where no corporation monopolizes an important technology, such as video.
  4. You will enjoy more control over your digital life with Free Formats and Open Standards because no corporation decides what you can and cannot do with the files you have.
So yeah, that's it.

Why is it different?

Converting YouTube to Ogg Theora is not a new idea, but our service is different for several reasons:

  1. Since it's built on top of Free Software, you have control over it. We believe that the users of network services deserve autonomy and control the web services they use. We also believe they should be able to run them on their own server/computer whenever they want to.
  2. It will support many video-sharing websites in the near future. It is designed in a way that supports adding new websites easily. You can expect the addition of new websites very soon.
  3. It supports audio and video converting for all supported websites.
  4. It supports HD convertion for YouTube videos.

What's GNU Generation? How is it related to TinyOgg?

This service started as an idea and a development project in the Free Software Foundation's GNU Generation.

GNU Generation brings young people into the Free Software community. It finds and arranges to-do tasks for them depending on their skills and experiences. Every young man and woman will find an exciting thing to do for the good of the community and for the sake of freedom inside it. Osama Khalid, the founder of this service, was chosen as the first GNU Generation Member of the Month in August 2009.

Are you at the age of 13-18? Please join GNU Generation!

Do you accept donations?

Thank you for asking, but no, we don't. However, we welcome community contributions of fixing bugs, adding features, translating the interface and, most importantly, promoting TinyOgg.

We encourge you to donate to the Free Software Foundation and Creative Commons, two organizations that fight for our right to share and learn. Like all non-profit organizations, they always need our financial support to spread and fight for the great ideals of collaboration.

What about the 48-hour hosting period?

All videos on TinyOgg are hosted for 48 hours. We believe that most users are going to watch the video only once, so there is no need to the "for-ever hosting" feature, which is going to be costly.

However, some users may want to link TinyOgg videos in their emails, web pages and so on. They are still able to do that, because TinyOgg will show a reinserting message in the video page.

Please also note that you can always download our videos to watch, host and/or attach them off-line.

Go back to "About".

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