Saving videos from others' Photo Stream

I have a Photo Stream that I share out to family. Since the iOS 7 update, I have started adding videos to it. Can any of my family members download videos from the stream like they can the photos? How can I get this to work? I have asked my sister who owns an iPhone 5C to try to download videos, but she said she can't do it. I have an iPhone 5 that I share videos out with. Also, the videos that I put out aren't very long; generally they are less than a minute.
I know that I can open my Photo Stream to the public, but I would rather not do this.

Why is it so impossible to have shared videos in a photostream actually download to a device that has access to the photostream??? EVERY time I want to view a video, even a short one, that is in a shared photostream, it has to stream it from the cloud, and it is always very slow, even if I have a fast internet connection. And if I have no wifi, no video! This isn't so with photos, they can be viewed even if I have no connection, as long as the device was connected to the web to initially receive the added photos.
Unlike photos, there is also NO way to even save a video to the camera roll! This is insane! It makes video sharing via icloud completely worthless!!!!!!

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HT4759 Can I retrieve deleted videos from my photo stream or album?

Can I retrieve deleted videos from my photo stream or album?

Photo Stream does not support videos.
About album now. How did you get this album? Did you synced from iTunes or did you created in iPhone?

How to see video from share photo stream?

Since iOS 7, we can share videos in shared photo stream from our iDevices. It is working fine on iPhones and iPads. And I was expecting to see this appearing with the new firmware of the Apple TV.
But no. The videos are invisible!
I even created a brand new stream just for videos. The stream appear on the Apple TV, but it is empty.
Is it normal??
My Apple TV is a 3rd generation model.
I am also expecting to see them in a future upgrade of iPhoto and Aperture....

Reply to myself to help others... maybe.
I found out that if you create a brand new photo stream on your iPhone, put videos in and then you go on your Apple TV, then the videos will appear. But the videos on already existing streams are still invisible.
But I found a fix for that to. Go in your Apple TV setting and disconnect from your iCloud account. Connect again and then go back to the photo application... wait...wait...wait... a long time and then bingo! They appear!!!
I think it is still a bug, but at least there is a workaround now.
Ok now waiting for an iPhoto and Aperture update....

How do I retrieve videos made on my iPad that I accidentally deleted by removing them from from my photo stream?

How do I retrieve videos made on my iPad that I accidentally deleted by removing them from from my photo stream?

Photos/videos in the Camera Roll are not synced. Photos/videos in the Camera Roll are not touched with the iTunes sync process. Photos/videos in the Camera Roll can be imported by your computer which is not handled by iTunes. Most importing software includes an option to delete the photos/videos from the Camera Roll after the import process is complete. If is my understanding that some Windows import software supports importing photos from the Camera Roll, but not videos. Regardless, the import software should not delete the photos/videos from the Camera Roll unless you set the app to do so.
Photos/videos in the Camera Roll are included with your iPhone's backup. If you synced your iPhone with iTunes before the videos on the Camera Roll went missing and you haven't synced your iPhone with iTunes since they went missing, you can try restoring the iPhone with iTunes from the iPhone's backup. Don't sync the iPhone with iTunes again and decline the prompt to update the iPhone's backup after selecting Restore.

HT204022 If I delete my photo stream photos off of my iPhone will they also delete from my photo stream on my MacBook Pro? If so how can I ensure that those photos are saved?

If I delete my photo stream photos off of my iPhone will they also delete from my photo stream on my MacBook Pro? If so how can I ensure that those photos are saved?

They will not be deleted if they have been imported to your iPhoto library. To ensure this happens automatically, go to iPhoto>Preferences>iCloud and check Automatic Import:
To confirm that they have been imported to your library, click on iCloud on the left sidebar of iPhoto, open your My Photo Stream album on the right, then Control-Click on your pictures. If you see "Show in Library" in the pop-up, the picture has been imported to your library and you can safely delete it from photo stream.

HT201077 How do I delete some photos from my photo stream only on my iPhone?

How do I delete some photos from my photo stream only on my iPhone? I do not want the photos that haved been placed on my MAC and Ipad deleted, just my phone. I also want the videos off my phone.

If you delete them from photo stream they will also be deleted on your other devices. To keep them on your iPad, save them to the camera roll (open your my photo stream album, tap Edit, tap the photos, tap Save to Camera Roll). To keep them on you Mac, go to iPhoto>Preferences>Photo Stream and check Automatic Import. You can confirm that they are saved in your iPhoto library by clicking on Photo Stream on the left sidebar of iPhoto, open your My photo Stream album, then control-click on your photos. If the pop-up says "Show in Library" they are safely stored in your iPhoto library. Then you can delete them from your phone and they will remain on your other devices.
To import videos, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083. If you only want to delete them go ahead. Photo stream doesn't sync videos so this will have not impact on your other devices.

Will deleting pictures from my photo stream on my phone remove them from my iCloud albums?

I am almost out of storage on my phone so I uploaded all of my photos to icloud and deleted them from my camera roll. They are all still in my photo stream though; is that taking up room on my phone? And if I delete them from my photo stream, does that remove them from my iCloud albums as well?

Hi kellyntherese,
Welcome to the Support Communities! Did you backup your iPhone to iCloud and or iTunes before deleting the pictures from your camera roll? Photo Stream is not a storage location. Do you have a Mac or a PC?
iTunes: About iOS backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
Does using My Photo Stream substitute for using iCloud Backup or iTunes to back up the photos in my Camera Roll ?
No. Photos in My Photo Stream are saved on the iCloud server for 30 days. To save or back up these photos, you must copy them from My Photo Stream to your Camera Roll on your iOS device. You can then back up your Camera Roll using iCloud or iTunes.
Archive or make copies of your iCloud data
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4910
My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing
You might already have a copy of the photos in My Photo Stream:
In OS X, My Photo Stream photos are automatically imported to your iPhoto or Aperture library, unless My Photo Stream and Automatic Import are turned off in iPhoto or Aperture preferences.
In iPhoto, check your settings by going to iPhoto > Preferences > iCloud.
In Aperture, check your settings by going to Apterture > Preferences > iCloud.
In Windows, My Photo Stream photos are automatically imported when My Photo Stream is turned on in the iCloud Control Panel.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
In the future, you can import the pictures from your iPhone's camera roll directly to your computer, before deleting them from the device.
iOS: Import personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy

Why are photos being automatically deleted from my photo stream?

I have three iDevices that use the same Apple ID: an iPad 2 running iOS 7, an iPad 4 running iOS 6, and an iPod Touch running iOS 6.
Up until a few weeks ago, they all lived happily together. Whenever I saved a photo on any one of these devices, the photo would show up in the photo stream for all three devices.
However, recently the iPad 2 has been mysteriously showing less and less items in the photo stream. More and more photos disappear from the photo stream every day (only on this iPad; the other iPad and the iPod have all the same photos in the stream.) The iPad 2 now has only 100 photos while the iPad 4 and iPod have 800+ in the stream.
Why am I losing photos from the stream in the iPad 2, and why aren't the other devices behaving the same way? I'm not deleting anything (at least, I'm not deleting the images that are mysteriously absent from the iPad 2), and there are no device storage space issues (plenty of space on each device).
The iPad 2 seems to keep only about a week or two's worth of photos in the stream. Does this have something to do with the versions of iOS that the devices are running? I don't understand why this behavior would have suddenly changed within the last couple weeks, though, since the iPad 2 has been running iOS7 for quite some time. It just seems to be arbitrarily happening now.
How can I make my iPad stop removing photos from its version of the stream? I'm an artist and use all my devices in back and forth fashion, so I need to them to all have the same photo stream content.

My Photo is not a permanent storage space.
The photos you upload to My Photo Stream are stored in iCloud for 30 days to give your devices plenty of time to connect and download them.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317

Can't play video shared on Photo Stream

Hi, I'm having trouble playing a short (27-second) video shared on Photo Stream/iCloud. It shows up on my iPhone (OS7), but when I try to play it, it just spins and spins. I've downloaded the latest OS and version of iPhoto for my MacBook Air as well, and the video doesn't even show up there. I can only see photos from the shared Photo Stream, but not the video.
Thanks for your help!

Same issue here.
Share videos to photo stream an it doesn't play on any other device. It just sites there forever spinning around and around (left overnight).
Tested on iPad 2 and iPhone 5s with iOS 7.0 and 7.0.1 respectively.

I cannot see the videos stored in 'videos' on my iphone 4s to transfer them. The videos in my photo stream transfer over when connected to a pc.

I cannot see the videos in 'videos' when connectedto a pc to transfer them over then delete. I can see the videos & transfer them from the photo stream.

Correcion - the videos in the photo stream are different videos. I need to move & delete the videos in 'videos'.

In imovie how do I seperate all my videos from the photos from iphoto? I have thousands of photos so finding the odd video here or there is like finding a needle in a haystack! Is there a way I can simply import the videos rather than all the photos

Imovies - how do I seperate the videos from the photos. My library has bundled them all together from iphoto

One way I was able to do this, was to make a Smart Album in iPhoto, with the rule of showing just the movie files. This will work, once you know what format the movie files are in.
In iPhoto, select one of your movies, and right click it. Look for the option: "Reveal in Finder" or "Show in Finder" (this depends on the version of iPhoto).
Once you see the file, look for the three letters AFTER the period. Like this:
.mov (QuickTime movie)
.avi (Uncompressed Windows Video)
.mpg (MPEG video)
Back in iPhoto, when you make your Smart Album, set it up like this:
Once you have it set like this, press RETURN (or click "Ok").
What you'll see is all the videos that have that file extension (.mov, .avi, .mpg, etc.) listed. Now the nice thing is this: Every new movie you add to iPhoto will automatically get listed here, regardless of where in iPhoto they live!
Integration with iMovie:
By making this album in iPhoto, when you get to iMovie, you'll be able to see the movies when you select your Videos Smart Album.
I hope this helps you out. They have iPhoto and iMovie workshops at Apple Stores that cover this too. They're free, and you can learn a lot.
Sincerely,
Brian K. James

How to hide duplicate photos that origins from the photo stream and imported photos?

Hi,
I are using my camera both with an IPad (through SD-card reader) and directly to my iMac.
I want to keep the full photo archive on the iMac.
Now the problem, that I encounter, is that if I use the iPad to look at the photos, those photos will be transfered to the photo-stream.
Then later when I import all my photos from the camera to the i Mac, those photos that I happened to import to the iPad will show up as duplicate in iPhoto.
Of course I only want one copy of a photo regardless if they arrive from the photo-stream or through a direct import to my iMac.
Is there a way to fix this problem or is it simply a bug?
I think it would be rather easy for the iPhoto software to detect duplicates and hide them.

You can use one of these applications to identify and remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:
iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported into another.
PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
DeCloner - $19.95 - can find dupicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: i photo has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but the only duplicate finder app that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates was PhotoSweeper. None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have diffferent file names.
iPLM, however, is the best all around iPhoto utility as it can do so much more than just find duplicates. IMO it's a must have tool if using iPhoto.
OT

How to delete photos from my Photo Stream?

I have read the article at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5125?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US I have followed the steps to remove photos from iPhoto on my MacBook Pro. That worked. The same photos did not get deleted from my iPhone and for my iPad.
I then went to my iPad and deleted more images from my Photo Stream. Worked. Then went to my MacBook Pro and the photos were not gone!
What to do???

you need to reset the Photo Stream - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4890

HT201077 I moved some pictures from my photo stream to an album in iPhoto. The photo stream icon didn't disappear and I can't edit the picture .

I moved some pictures from my photo stream to an album in iPhoto. The photo stream icon didn't disappear and I can't edit the picture .

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Moving photos from photostream to your library just imports them, it doesn't remove it from photostream, therefore photostream won't disappear.
Photos in photostream can't be edited, you can only edit photos that have been imported from photostream.

TS3989 Videos in iCloud photo streams cannot be played

All my videos appear in photo streams (own or shared) as thumbnails, but they cannot be played (the wheel turns indefinitely), on all devices in iOS7. On Apple TV 3 6.0, video don't even appear in photo streams. These videos are taken with my iPhone 5. This problem affects all my devices and those of friends. It concerns all my photo streams made on iOS7. Please help, this is very annoying. I tried to turn of and on again phot stream in iCloud settings with no success.

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