YouTube is a useful site for finding and watching videos on a wide range of subjects such as the latest music clip from your favourite singer to tutorials on how to get past a particular problem you are having in a game or with a task to how to make just about anything including guns or crossbows as well as gain information on a wide range of topics. To aid the viewer in getting the most out of the video, the size of the image can be increased and the viewer can pause the video or move around in it to view a portion again if they want.
Once the user has found a video they like then they can save it to a folder in their profile to facilitate accessing and watching it later. The list of saved videos can be arranged into folders to aid in locating the relevant one.
Another feature of YouTube is that it can provide captioning for the video though this is function is inaccurate and often does not make sense. Also viewers can share the video via social media or subscribe to another user's channel to get informed of any new uploads.
The search function on the website is based on Google with a simple search panel and filters based on date of upload, type of result, video duration and the presence of certain features. The shear number of videos available means that search terms need to be made as clear as practical.
When uploading videos to YouTube the process seems reasonably easy with options to control who can see your video, who can comment on the video, the appearance of advertisements and licencing of the video. Prior to uploading a video it can be edited using YouTube's editing function. I personally had problems when uploading a video as I could not find it using the tags so had to place them in the description.
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