Yidio Help

Basic Searching

The simplest and most common type of search consists of one or multiple keywords. When searching basic key words like sports, fashion, movies, etc., the video search engine will look through the video database and return all video records containing words that match every keyword in your search. If your search query returns too many results, you can refine your search by submitting a more complex search. If your search returns too few results, reducing the number of keywords in your search will usually help.

In addition to basic keyword searches, the Yidio search also supports several search operators. For example, if you are interested in videos containing an exact phrase, such as "super bowl", you can use double quotes to indicate that an exact phrase match should be used.

Here is a list of search operators that can be used:

"madonna" – The use of double quotations searches for exact phrase Madonna.

OR Operator - Finds all video records that contain either the phrase.  Ex. Bulls OR Michael Jordan

AND Operator - Finds all videos that contain both words.  Ex.  Bulls AND Michael Jordan

(-) Operator - Finds all video records that contain the words 'donald' and 'trump', but do not contain the word 'ivana'.  Ex. donald trump -ivana

Using Search Modifiers

By default, keywords that are searched will be matched against all information that exists for each video record in the database. Search modifiers can be used, however, if you would prefer to match a keyword against a specific field of information in a video record.

For example, if you would like to find videos where the words 'grey’s anatomy' appears in the video title, the query expression 'title:grey’s anatomy' can be used.  In this expression, the 'title:' is considered the search modifier and only searches the titles of videos.

Here is a sample list of modifiers that can be used:

Using Search Sorters

The Yidio video search service provides a variety of ways to sort the search results returned for a given search. By default, video search results are sorted by the highest rank to the most recent, most relevant and most popular videos. If you would prefer to sort search results differently, a different sorting scheme can be specified by including a sorter, for example 'sort:mostRecent', in your search query. Only one sorter can be used per search query expression.

Here are example sorters that can be used.  They are also located above videos on the search results page.

Playlist Help

Yidio allows users to create a custom playlists where videos can be saved and shared with the world.  Each playlist can be set as public, which allows all users to view playlist, or private, which only allows the user to view the saved videos. 

Steps to making a playlist:

1. Register on Yidio

2. Once registered, Login to Yidio

3. Click to watch any video and locate the "Add to Playlist" section that is under each video

4. To create a playlist, click the "Create Playlist" link and fill out the title and description form for the playlist you would like to create.

5. Once title and description forms are completed, click the "Save" button.

6. That's it!  You have now created a playlist.

Saving Videos To Playlist:

1. Login to Yidio

2. Click to watch any video and locate the "Add to Playlist" section that is under each video

3. Click the "Add To Playlist" link and a list of all playlists created will appear

4. To add a video, simply click the green + sign that is next to the title of the playlist where you want to add video

5. That's it!  You have now saved the video to a playlist!

Editing Playlists:

1. Login to Yidio

2. Click to watch any video and locate the "Add to Playlist" section that is under each video

3. Click the "Add to Playlist" link and a list of all playlists created will appear

4. To edit a playlist, simply click the pencil icon next to the title of the playlist you want to edit

5. A box will appear that allows you to change the name of the playlist and make the playlist private

6. To delete a video, simply click the red 'X' next to the title of the video of which you want to delete

7. That's it!  You have now edited the playlist!

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