Step 1
Status: Uploaded
This step should take: 0 - 48 hours

Description:
Your video has been successfully uploaded to Tube8.com. Your video is now in the queue to be encoded. Encoding will convert your video to the required file format and generate the images for the thumbnail and the flipbook previews.

Step 2
Status: Activating
This step should take: 0 - 48 hours

Description:
Your file has been encoded. It is now in the queue to be released on the website.

Step 2.5
Status: Hot List

Description:
Your video has been successfully uploaded to Tube8.com. Your video is now in the queue to be encoded. Encoding will convert your video to the required file format and generate the images for the thumbnail and the flipbook previews.

Step 3
Status: Active

Description:
Your video is live on the website and available to be viewed by the public.

Other
Status: Private

Description:
Your video is actually PUBLIC. This simply means that your video was not selected to be featured on the homepage. The video is available on you My Videos page and has a public URL where it can be viewed by the PUBLIC.