What is 5min?

5min is an instructional and knowledge video platform featuring a rich library of over 25,000 videos on almost every topic imaginable. The 5min platform proprietary SmartPlayer, which is tailor-made for viewing how-to videos. 5min brings you an all-encompassing solution for how-to and instructional video content, providing comprehensive visual solutions for a wide range of instructional topics and knowledge areas.

Providing an accessible one-click how-to video learning experience, 5min's innovative Smart Player is the first Flash player tailor-made for how to videos. Allowing viewers to access a complete knowledge solution consisting of images, text, video, links and detailed storyboards, all within the video watch page itself, the Smart Player was designed specifically to enhance the viewing experience of instructional and DIY videos. This comes in addition to the capabilities offered in the previous version of the Smart Player, where viewers can watch the video in slow motion, zoom in and out, advance frame by frame, and print all the relevant info pertaining to a certain video. Offering a steady stream of new, targeted content, another feature allows viewers to instantly access similar videos as well as videos that other viewers liked. Consumers can utilize the Smart Player's features on their own blog or website, because the Smart Player's breakthrough capabilities are available in all display sizes, in the standard watch page display as well as in full-screen mode and even when embedded. Offering an ideal how-to video solution for potential business partners and external content publishers, who can utilize the player and its impressive capabilities for their own websites, the Smart Player is a valuable video tool offering breakthrough tools and capabilities.