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5-Min: Five minute DIY and instructional videos library

5-min.com is a nice website where you can find short video solutions for practical questions, do it your self (DIY) videos, and a place for people to share their knowledge through demonstration videos instead of text or audio methods. The advantages of instructional videos over the traditional text or audio based solutions are far more effectual and uncomplicated which help newbie users to easily understand the instructions given in the video.

+ The concept of 5min is unique i.e. any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. Users can upload their own instructional or DIY videos hence making it a mixture of youtube and wikipedia and therefore calling it a Videopedia is quite appropriate.

According to 5-min about page

The goal is to create the first communal Life Videopedia allowing users from all over the globe to contribute their knowledge by sharing visual guides in areas such as arts, business, fashion, sports, health, tech, food, and much more.

5min’s basic philosophy is that everybody is an expert in something and has something to teach others. So whatever you know you are expert of, just grab a video camera and make video of how you do that and upload your video to 5-min.com to be viewed by thousands of other visitors. A quick browse through 5min.com revealed that you can find the videos like how to play a musical instrument, cooking food, learning fashion, gardening, car repair, health, fitness, how to handle your pets and lots and lots of other stuff.

http://www.5min.com/ is surely a fantastic place to visit by and find awesome user made DIY and instructional videos