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How to Embed Audio & Video Players on Your Multimedia Resume

You can add audio and video files to your Multimedia Resumes on BackStage.com.

Adding media files to your resume is great way to show off your talent and attract the attention of casting directors. And unlike other casting websites that nickel-and-dime actors by charging for every media file, Back Stage subscribers can include multiple media items on their resumes for no extra cost and no hidden fees.

There are three methods available for including audio and video on your resume: You can upload, embed, or link to the files. We highly recommend our "Embedded Media" option, because embedding your audio and video items provides the nicest presentation and greatest level of control.

See below for details on all three options, plus instructions for using the "embed" options from YouTube,  Video, and MySpace to easily add your media from those sites onto your Back Stage Multimedia Resume:

Audio/Video Media Manager - Help With Naming and Uploading Reels on Your Resume

Resume Builder - Audio & Video Help

Multimedia Resume Media-Display-Builder Interface -- Upload Audio & Video Items

You can upload multiple video and audio items (media files and embedded media) to your BackStage.com Multimedia Resumes. Each resume can display 20+ audio/video items.

Simply create a new resume or click the "Edit" button next to one of your existing resumes, and then click the "Audio/Video" tab on the resume builder/editor interface. Then click on the "Browse" button next to the "New Audio or Video File " option to begin uploading audio and video files to your account -- or fill in the "New Embedded Media Item" field to add audio, video, and slideshow items files that you already have hosted on another site (e.g., YouTube, OurStage, MySpace, Flickr, etc.).

Then click the "Add" button to add each audio/video item to your resume(s) -- you can share your media items across all of the resumes within your account, or add unique audio/video items to every individual resume, and/or showcase all of your media items on a single resume.

Instructions, Tips & Tricks:

Creating & Editing Multimedia Resumes

Back Stage's Multimedia Resume System allows you to create a robust, highly searchable, HTML-friendly online resume featuring your name, contact info, agent/manager details, experiences (credits), education details (training, degrees, and awards), photos (headshots, comp cards, snapshots, etc.), demo reels (audio and video clips, short films, sizzle reels), documents (such as PDF versions of your traditional resume, press clippings, professional bio, etc.), all of the languages you speak, additional details (skills, character-type, mini-bio, search tags), and your links (hyperlinks to your personal website, your IMDb page, your resume on other acting/casting websites, etc.).

To get started -- create new Multimedia Resumes and upload new media/photos/reels or edit/build/add-to and update your existing Multimedia Resumes -- click on ANY of the the resume links or buttons on the BackStage.com homepage, log-in page, Casting/Jobs menu-toolbar, or Actors Career Center/Job-Seeker Toolbox:

Problems Viewing Notices, Resumes, Videos, Etc. -- Web Pages Failing to Open

If you're experiencing a problem with any aspect of BackStage.com or Casting.BackStage.com, then please try refreshing the page you're looking at or try clearing out your browser cache. This will usually resolve a variety of issues.

However, if problems persist, then it's highly likely that you either need to immediately upgrade your web-browser or adjust your pop-up blocker, cookie, JavaScript, privacy, whitelist, and/or other security settings on your computer.

The following five steps will help you resolve a wide variety of problems that you may be experiencing on BackStage.com and other websites: