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Ever since I started at TechSmith in 2000, we've had an all-staff Monday morning meeting. It's our time to get to know each other and share what we did over the weekend, hear company news, see product demos of upcoming releases, learn about new product ideas or hear about recent tradeshows. And, often several people are missing from the meeting due to travel, vacation or who knows what. So, we started recording the meetings. That way no one ever misses the meeting! And, we're all on the same page.

An easy way to share these types of Camtasia Studio videos with a team, class or other group is through iTunes. Its nice because others can subscribe to your videos in iTunes and then automatically get the updates.

I asked Kelly Mullins, from our Information Development team, to write a guest blog post and she wrote about how to share your Camtasia Studio videos in iTunes using Screencast.com. Enjoy!

Share a Camtasia Studio Video in the iTunes Store

With Camtasia Studio, you can produce an iPod or iPhone video (.m4v) and upload it to the iTunes store via Screencast.com so others can subscribe to it from within iTunes. When you add your content to the iTunes store, it makes your content available to anyone who uses the iTunes software application. Adding your video to the iTunes store also makes your video
searchable from within iTunes.

In this tutorial, learn how to:

• Produce a video in the correct iTunes video file format.
• Upload the video to Screencast.com.
• Submit the video to the iTunes store.

Estimated time to complete this tutorial is about 30 minutes.

This tutorial does not demonstrate how to take create a screen recording. To learn how to do this, see the Camtasia Studio online help.

What you Need to Get Started
You will need the following to successfully complete this tutorial.

• Camtasia Studio 6.0 or higher. If you do not have Camtasia Studio 6.0 or higher, you can download a copy here.
• A Free or Pro version of Screencast.com. If you do not have a Screencast.com account, you can sign up for a free account here.
• The iTunes application installed on your computer.
• An iTunes account to upload to the iTunes Store.
• A video to be used for the upload to the iTunes store.

Skill Level: Beginner

This tutorial is suitable for beginning users of Camtasia Studio. Knowledge of how to create a folder, name files, step through a wizard, and save files is needed.

Part 1: Produce the Video in Camtasia Studio

1. In Camtasia Studio, have your video on the timeline and ready to produce.

2. Select File > Project Settings.

3. The Project Settings dialog box appears. Select iPhone or iPod from the Presets dropdown. Click OK.

4. In the Task List, select Produce video as.

5. The Production Wizard appears. Select the same preset: iPhone or iPod and click Next.

6. On the Produce Video screen, enter a Production name and select a folder.

7. Select the Upload to Screencast.com option.

8. Click the Sign In button.

9. The Login Info dialog box appears. Enter your Screencast.com credentials and click Log in.

10. The Screencast.com options become enabled.

11. Create a new folder by selecting New Folder from the menu. Give the folder a name and click OK.

Note: You can also choose to upload to an existing folder. If so, all of the content in the folder that is iTunes compatible will also be submitted to the iTunes store.

12. Click Next.

13. Click Finish. The video will begin rendering and a progress dialog box appears.

14. When the rendering is complete, the video is placed in your Screencast.com folder and is displayed in the view page. Close Camtasia Studio.

Part 2: Submit the Video to iTunes Store

To submit a video to the iTunes store, your video must be in a Screencast.com folder. All of the content in the folder that is iTunes compatible will go to the iTunes store.
When you add your content to the iTunes store, it makes your content available to anyone who uses the iTunes software application and also makes your content searchable from within iTunes.

You must have the iTunes application installed on your computer and have an iTunes account in order to upload to the iTunes Store.

All content uploaded to the iTunes Store is evaluated by a moderator. This process takes 2-3 days. During this time, the content is not available for viewing.

Enable the iTunes Feed

Before you can submit the Screencast.com folder to the iTunes Store, you must first enable the iTunes feed. Screencast.com's iTunes feed is available for folders that contain iTunes compatible content. Any content in the folder that is not iTunes compatible is not sent to the iTunes store.

1. From the View Page, click the My library link in the breadcrumb trail or at the top of the Screencast.com page.

2. Mouse-over the folder you created during the production of your video and click Edit.

The Edit Folder Properties or Edit Playlist Properties dialog box appears.

3. Check the box next to iTunes to enable that feed.

4. Click Done.

5. While in the library, click on the folder that contains the iTunes feed that was enabled.

6. You will see the iTunes feed option at the top of the page.

Submit the Folder to the iTunes Store

1. Click the iTunes icon The RSS Subscription page appears.

2. Within the URL field at the top of the browser window, copy the entire URL (it should end in itunes).

3. Open the iTunes application.

4. In the left navigation pane, click on the iTunes Store link. The store appears on the right side.

5. In the iTunes Store group box, click Podcasts. The view of the store will change to reflect your selection.

6. Scroll to the very bottom of the page to the Learn More group box.

7. Click Submit a Podcast. The Submission page appears.

8. Paste the URL into the field provided.

Kelly Mullins is a long time resident of Flint, Michigan where she began her career in software development seventeen years ago. While a student at the University of Michigan, she helped pioneer a technical communications program focused on the emerging technology industry and became the first to graduate with that degree. The last six years have been spent at TechSmith where she has been a lead on the Information Development team working with the SnagIt and Camtasia Studio product teams.