SS has recently added several buttons at the top of the search results, clearly indicating that only assets available for unlimited download are being displayed. Customers can now easily click to view all assets.

This is a positive step forward...

I'm not seeing the same filter options as you when I do a search on the SS site. And Ive just done a search for one of my videos and I found is straight away without having to do any filtering. And I'm pretty sure that my videos aren't part of that collection.

Though I am noticing something rather odd. I don't know why I'm seeing two copies of my video in the search results. They are the same resolution (HD) and the same duration. Same description. But I only have one copy of this video in my port. So I don't know why it's being duplicated in the search results.

This latest file (also exported from Sony Movie Studio) uploaded fine to SS without any issue. It's currently waiting for me to fill in the metadata. So now I'm puzzled. I thought it was something to do with the Sony software settings that created the problem for the first file. Though all settings should be identical between the two files. The first file was a bit longer at 47 seconds (well within the 60 second limit imposed by most agencies.) The second file runs for 42 seconds.

Ive never had this "unsupported file" error for any other video upload.

Maybe I'll check out MediaInfo.

It's not just the precise trimming that attracts me to Sony Movie Studio. When I adjust the brightness and contrast with this particular footage using the Sony software, it looks 'just right.' Whereas when Ive tried to do the same with Shotcut and Adobe Premier Elements, it doesn't look quite as good to my eyes.

I have a fairly small port on DT (close to 1000 photos.) And I'm very close to getting my first payout. I'm actually less than $1 away from $100. Though it took me an eternity (years) to get there.

I wonder if it has something to do with your fps.

25fps is accepted by all agencies that take video. 25fps is also the most common frame rate world wide. More countries use 25fps than 23.98 fps. When I first started stock video years ago, I shot all my footage at 25fps and never had any issues from the agencies related to frame rate. Of course I didn't expect to have any issues because it's such a common frame rate. The most common frame rates are 24 fps, 25 fps and 23.98 fps.

Quote from: dragonblade on June 19, 2025, 03:24

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6. Now SS has introduced a subscription model, this can give a good income.

A subscription model doesn't produce a good income, particularly for video. It produces a very crappy, almost non existant income.

Perhaps we need to wait for SS to get subscribers. I don't know how long to wait, but SS offers good conditions for subscription.

SS has been offering subscriptions for years. It's nothing new. And no, they're not good conditions. They're awful. In the past, they offered 25c for photo subs for those who earned less than $500. Then in 2020, they were lowered to 10c - resulting in a significant drop in income. And they also introduced video subs as well which was one of the worst decisions for video contributors. Now we typically get around 25c for video sales which is insulting.

6. Now SS has introduced a subscription model, this can give a good income.

A subscription model doesn't produce a good income, particularly for video. It produces a very crappy, almost non existant income.

Regardless, buyers wont bother.  They'll see enough displayed without more hoops to jump through.  Most will just select the first hits on the first page as always.  They're not going to go out of their way.

Unless the subject they're searching for is a bit rare or not common. In that case, they might get no search results at all with the filters in place. 0 results. Then they might receive a message saying that filters are enabled (prompting them to disable them and search again with no filters.)

The 2025 exhibition winning entries have been uploaded.

https://kangarooislandartworks.com/easter-art-exhibition/easter-art-exhibition-2025/

Mine is the waterfall image further down the page. Unfortunately, it's not a good representation of it. The print is not dark like you see on this page. I don't know why it looks so dark here. It's also been heavily cropped (and that's something else I'm puzzled about.) The actual image is square shaped (printed from 6 x 6cm film.)

Quote from: dragonblade on April 23, 2025, 05:33

Quote from: gnirtS on April 22, 2025, 23:20

To recap, for a buyer to see everyones content now they have to

(i) run a search
(ii) change from "Highlights" to "All images" (which isnt all images.  Its misleading)
(iii) Notice the "Filter applied: 1" box
(iv) click that box
(v) scroll down
(vi) select "All images" in the filter list

That simply isnt going to happen.

I just did a search for some of my files on the buyers site. No results found. However, a message came up saying that there may have been some filters affecting the search. All I had to do was a single action (one mouse click) to deactivate the filters and then my files appeared in the search results.

Yes, but if you do a new search then the filter is automatically reinstated (so you see unlimited only). For each search you have to disable that filter. At least it seems that way.

Oh, when I did multiple searches with different keywords, the filters remained deactivated. That was my experience last night.

My personal feeling is most people don't actually "use" 4k, they just like to "have" 4k if they can.

In other words - it is not like people are actively seeking out 4k. They just periodically get it if it happens to be there.

And in other other words - basically I'm saying I don't believe your sales would increase significantly if you did all 4k, so probably not worth the effort.

Oh yea wise words. And it is a huge effort. More like a hassle.

Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 22:55

Ah great thanks. I just did that (pushed the dates back further.)

I came across some more 4k videos of mine that were sold (just a few.) And I see that they were all sold at HD resolution for a few dollars each. Yea I think I'm leaning more towards the idea of uploading HD videos to AS in the future.

Think twice about that. Sure many customers will buy your 4K video at HD with a low price. But when they do buy 4k, it pays a lot more. For example I get $2.80 for HD but also a $55.63 for a 4K download. So, if you only have HD you would be missing out on the bigger sales most likely. But I don't do videos that much so not sure if my sales figures tell that much. Just saying.

Yes, valid points. For a long time, I have submitted 4k videos to different agencies in the hope that I would get some high earnings. But that has never happened. Ive never sold a 4k video at the standard 4k pricing. Yes, a customer could purchase a 4k video though AS but more than likely, it would be a subscription sale in which case I would only receive a few dollars.

The other thing is that uploading 4k videos to AS is a major pain due to my super slow internet speed. I could spend a whole day trying to upload a single 4k video multiple times throughout the day and not succeed. Though oddly, I can upload 4k videos to P5 with hardly any issues. Due to that, Ive accumulated a back log of 4k videos that are yet to be submitted to AS. Today, Ive started uploading HD videos to AS and the upload speeds are blazingly fast. And no issues at all. It's so much more efficient.