latakoo’s Tip of the Week series gives you real solutions to the most common questions about the latakoo system and latakoo technology, plus other insights from the latakoo team. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn for weekly tips.

Live Stream in Mobile

Live streaming to latakoo means content is quickly available for creators and news teams. Once in Pilot, if you have transcription services turned on, you will find the video and transcription. Watch how to make live happen in latakoo.

Edit a Soundbite in Seconds

Looking for a soundbite? Upload a long interview. Let it automatically transcribe, and then filter on the transcription to find the perfect quote. Clip in and out. Export. There’s your soundbite. Learn how to get it done.

Freeing Up Space on iOS

When you find your phone is running low on storage space, one of the first places you need to look and clear our is your “FILES FOLDER.” There are a number of folders inside here. You can delete all of them. Watch this TOTW to learn how.

latakoo for Archiving: Premiere Pro

Learn how to archive your projects from Premiere Pro by saving them to latakoo. You’ll be able to keep all relevant videos in one, searchable place and have immediate accessibility via latakoo Pilot.

latakoo for Archiving: Final Cut Pro

Learn how to archive your projects from Final Cut Pro by saving them to latakoo. You’ll be able to keep all relevant videos in one, searchable place and have immediate accessibility via latakoo Pilot.

Make Old Content New Again

Follow-up stories require file footage. How do you make it stand out? The Match Frame brings file footage and historic photos to life. Find a current image that matches the old footage and blend them together. latakoo Broadcast Specialist Tony Mirones shows one way to execute this technique.

Save Time When Submitting Competition Entries

Walking across that stage and accepting a shiny trophy for your impactful work feels incredible. What’s not so fun is spending hours in front of a computer getting your entries ready and submitted. Don’t forget you can get direct links for any file in latakoo. latakoo’s Broadcast Specialist Tony Mirones (an 11-time Emmy Award winner!) quickly shows you how to save yourself time and stress.

iPhone Video Look Washed Out? Here's a Quick Fix

The iPhone’s HEVC codec with HDR looks amazing, but it can throw editors for a loop. Learn a quick fix from latakoo’s Broadcast Specialist Tony Mirones.

Can’t Login? Try Clearing Your Cache

When you save your passwords in your browser, they go into a cache. This makes your life easier until you change your password. Since we all use different browsers, like Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, Erin, latakoo’s Director of Content and Training, shows you how to navigate clearing your cache to make room for your new password.

Keep Your Video Moving

Award-winning photojournalist Tony Mirones shares his secret for shooting and editing the right sequence of shots to make a story more fun to watch. It’s all about making sure you have movement in every clip.

Options with Stitch Uploads

With latakoo, you can upload multiple clips at once while stitching them together into one long clip. It doesn’t have to stay that way. This video explains how teams can pick and choose pieces of the stitch to download, once the file is in Pilot.

Personalize Your Pilot: Grid vs. List View

Are you more of a Grid or List View person? We breakdown the two options you have for viewing files in latakoo Pilot, and show you how to customize what’s on the screen.

Going Beyond Wide, Medium, Tight

Shooting a lot of video is easy, but the variety of shots you get — or lack thereof — can make or break you when it’s time to edit. Award-winning photojournalist Tony Mirones breaks down his shooting process, which gives him the perfect shots to keep the story moving.

Tracking Audio with Dateline NBC’s Dennis Murphy

It’s hard to turn away from the TV when Dennis Murphy is unraveling another too wild to believe murder mystery or missing persons case. What you may not know is the longtime Dateline NBC correspondent records all of the audio tracks for his stories using latakoo’s mobile app. How does Dennis get that clean, quality sound every time? We asked him.

Track Audio on Mobile

latakoo isn’t just about video. Our mobile app makes it easy peasy to record and upload audio tracks on-the-go. This quick Tip of Week walks you through how to do it.

Move vs. Copy

There’s a BIG difference between moving and copying files in Pilot. Moving REMOVES a file from its current location and moves it to a new network. Copying ADDS a copy to a new network. Check out the video to learn more.

Eliminate Manual Downloads

With the click of a button you can copy files to your home network, and they will automatically show up in the systems you use for editing and playing video over the air. Watch this quick video to save precious time.

Get Live Alerts

Need to know the second a file is uploaded? This quick tutorial shows you how to turn on BROWSER NOTIFICATIONS. You’ll get automatic push alerts in the top right of your screen as soon as new files pop up when you’re logged into Pilot.

Can't Access a Direct Link?

There are two ways to access and send direct links to latakoo files. This short video explains the difference, and why it’s important to always use the Sharing Options menu when sending links to those outside latakoo.

Track Your Video

Just like a UPS or FedEx package, Pilot gives you real-time updates on files making their way through the latakoo system. Stay on top of what’s checked in and ready for play out. Watch this week’s Tip of the Week to see how it works.

New Video Player Features

When viewing and logging video on deadline, jumping to the right spot quickly is key. With the smart video player in Pilot, you can plug in custom timecodes, reference live thumbnails and zoom in on the action. Watch this short video to learn how.

Download New Flight App

Want the fastest and most reliable experience with uploads and downloads? Here’s how to upgrade to the newest version of our latakoo Flight App (6.5.17).

Searching for Files by User

Someone on your team has uploaded a file to latakoo, and you need to find it fast. This tutorial shows you three different ways to do it, depending on how specific you want your search to be.

Sharing Files in Pilot

Emailing a file or sending someone a direct link is simple to do. Plus, you have total control over what they can do with it: download, reshare or just view it. In this 1-minute video, Erin Cargile explains how to share files with anyone.

Perform Bulk Actions

Need to handle multiple files at once? Erin Cargile shows you how to perform bulk actions in Pilot NextGen. Learn how to download, move, copy or delete multiple files at the same time.

Customize Your Networks

Too many networks to scroll through? Erin Cargile explains the time-saving options for organizing files in the new Pilot, plus how to create a custom list of your go-to networks.

Update your Flight App

Using an outdated Flight App is a recipe for running into problems. Our Director of Content & Training Erin Cargile shows you how to quickly check the version you’re using and download the latest one.

Add Your Profile Picture

Put a face to your account. Add your profile picture to your account so others can find you and identify you much easier.

Change Your Password

Updating your password frequently is always a good practice. Ryan Emmons walks you through a few easy steps to update your password in your latakoo account.

Discover Stories via Manifest

Avoid getting multiple calls and texts a day from colleagues asking for updates on your assignment. Now they can discover, follow, request and receive alerts as stories develop via Manifest.

Deactivate Users

Keep your latakoo account clutter free! Ryan Emmons shows you a quick and easy way to deactivate old user accounts and keep your account organized and up to date.

Create New Users

latakoo values every new member of it’s growing flock. We want to ensure your new members get quick access and a warm welcome. Ryan Emmons walks you through a few easy steps to help new users take flight.

Troubleshoot Your HUB

latakoo engineers are among the best in the world, giving you cutting-edge technology but also here to help you if technical trouble strikes. HUB expert Joe Pelayo offers some quick words of wisdom on how to troubleshoot, maintain and optimize your HUB server.

Upload Files from a P2 Card

latakoo Co-founder and CEO, Paul Adrian shows us how easy it is to upload files from a P2 card to the latakoo cloud.

The Value of Mentorship

A valuable tip from legendary reporter Randall Pinkston on mentoring from a recent webinar, How the Story Got Made. What if the person you’re looking to for leadership, isn’t delivering?

Mobile App Default Settings

The first thing to do when you install the latakoo Flight Mobile app, is to set your upload defaults. Follow along and you’ll save tons of time on your next upload.

Upload Quality Settings

Check out how fast and easy it is to set your default settings in the latakoo Flight app for desktop.

latakoo Flight Default Settings

One of the most important things when sending video with latakoo is the upload quality – or compression settings. In today’s Tip of the Week, we take through the quality slider and how to decide when to adjust these settings.

Reporting During Civil Unrest

WDAF News Director Sean McNamara offers some rules that helped his staff stay safe this summer – many who’d never covered mass protests.

Set Upload Notifications

Learn how to receive notifications when your files complete uploading and when files get uploaded to specific networks.

Save Mobile Battery

Jade Kurian shows how to save mobile battery by setting the latakoo app to use fewer resources from your mobile device.

Focus on the Story

Broadcast specialist Luke Hanrahan uses latakoo to save time, minimize his exposure to Covid and focus on telling the story.

Logging in to latakoo

Our first tip of the week starts at the beginning, with logging in to latakoo.com. Depending on your organization, you may log in with a unique latakoo username and password, typically your email address. Your organization may be using Single Sign On (SSO), which uses corporate credentials.

Send Video from Anywhere

Award-winning journalist Luke Hanrahan shows us how you can send to latakoo even 12 miles offshore. Continuous uploads save him time when he’s on deadline.