At first media manager said wrong file type, so I added the file type extensions to joomla.php in Includes like I read on another forum,  so when I go to upload now, it seems to be working, but then no video gets uploaded in the end.

Also, I can't upload videos through ftp, because I can't find the stories/video directories anywhere in com_media.  why can I see the images folder in it though?

What am I doing wrong?  Please help me out. 

I figured it out, but now I have a new proble, why won't the video play?

its a wmv

Hi, I have the same problem you had :) Just wondering what you did about it (and I hope you can get your vids to play now).  I posted asking here: forum.joomlaworks.net/index.php?topic=626.msg1934#msg1934  so you get an idea 
what I did. I am a 'noob' too lol.
*Now we BOTH have the same problem (having spent hours figuring it out in my noobish way, I now have a player 'running'(loader icon going round and round, can see the 'player' but video never plays)..I even converted my mpg to a flv, and added 'flv' to the array in admin.media.php in administrator/components/com_media/admin.media.php

I have never used media manager so I can't help you there, and I have no idea what to do in admin.media.php, as that is way over my head as well and have never gone there either.
For the past 7 months I've used Filezilla to upload my movies (about 18 gigs worth so far) to folder I created called 'movies'.

In the Joomla control panel > Mambots > AllVideos Plugin, I typed in 'movies/' whre it says 'Local Video Folder'.

If your movie is called mymovie.wmv you need to type it into your content like this, {wmv}mymovie{/wmv}. Note that .wmv is excluded, it's only the movie's name.

Hope that helps.

@Darthlafollette- did u get it working yet? I did (but very pooly, not smooth at all)
Maybe I could help- noob to noob  ;D

hi; i just installed AllVideos 2.4but don't have a clue set it and make it work. how do i display AllVideos2.4 on  page i would call  "video". i understand "{wmv}movies{/wmv}" has to be pasted where i want the videos to be diplayed.
i want to be able to link it to a menu item and get a page dedicated just for videos. how do i achieve that?
many thanks

Go to Joomla Control Panel
Create a Section:
>Content > Section Manager > Click the New button at top right > Give it a Title  (Video) and Section Name (Video) > Save

Now Create a Catagory:
>Content > Category Manager > Click the New button at top right > Give it a Title (Video) and Category Name (Video) > Save

Create a Menu Link:
>Menu > Mainmenu > Click the New button at top right > Select Blog - Content Category > Next > Give it a Name (Video) > Select the Category you made > Save

Now post your Video:
> Content > Content by Section > Video > Video Items > Click the New button at top right > Give it a title > Section will be Video > Select Video Category > Insert your information for the movie > Save

Log out. On your site in the main menu you will see the Video link, click on it and there is your video on its own page. Add as many videos as you like.

Thank you, Canuck for being so explicit.  Often what is obvious to some people is not so obvious to others, especially to newbies like myself.  Reading your post helped me go from a high level of frustration to really loving this plugin.  Thanks again.
:)

Your welcome, I'm glad to hear I was able to help  :)