Feeling bored with your Facebook profile photo? A new Facebook app cum browser plugin – FlipYourProfile – lets you replace your profile photo with a looping video clip.
Follow the steps below to replace your Facebook profile photo with a video:
- Go to facebook.com/FlipSG – download and install the browser plugin for Chrome, Safari, Firefox or IE.
- Restart the browser.
- Still at facebook.com/FlipSG, connect your profile with the app.
- Shoot and send video by e-mailing a video from a Flip Video cam to me@flipyourprofile.com.
If you don’t own a Flip, click on the Profile Maker tab to shoot a video using the webcam. You can also upload an existing video that is less than 10MB. Only videos in .flv, .mp4, or h.264 formats are accepted. If your video is not in any of these formats, use a free video converter like Miro Video Converter to convert your video file to one of the required formats.
Remember to shoot your video in landscape mode or it will appear sideways on your profile.
Initial reactions to this new Facebook app is mixed. Many are excited while others are dampened by the need to download a browser plugin to upload the video profile. Your friends will have to install the plugin as well in order to view the video profile.
Note that a message saying “Amazing! You can post videos on your Facebook profile. Get the app to view my profile vid,” will be posted to your wall when you upload a video.
