Playlists
Create and Manage Playlists
A playlist in VP organizes videos, making it easier for your audience to access similar or related content. VP offers different types of playlists:
- Manual Playlists
- Dynamic Playlists
- Trending Playlists
- Recommendations Playlists
Once a playlist is created, it can be featured as a suggested playlist within the player or seamlessly integrated by direct embedding, similar to the inclusion of videos.
1. Manual Playlists
Manual playlists give you complete control, allowing you to choose specific videos and determine their order within the list.
Create Manual Playlist
- Click Create New Playlist on the Playlist page.
- Choose Manual from the options.
- Enter the Playlist Title and Description.
- Optionally, search for specific videos using keywords.
- Manually drag and drop videos from the Latest Content box to the Playlist box.
- Arrange the video order by dragging them within the playlist.
- Click Update Playlist to save.
2. Dynamic Playlists
Dynamic playlists are automatically generated based on user preferences, sorting methods, and tags.
Create Dynamic Playlist
- Click Create New Playlist on the Playlist page.
- Choose Dynamic from the options.
- Enter the Playlist Title.
- Select the sorting order (e.g., Most Recently Published).
- Enable Include Videos with Tags and choose between Any/All for tag relationships.
- Add tags for filtering.
- Optionally, enable Include Videos with Flags and add the necessary flags.
- Filter videos from specific folders if needed.
- Set the playlist size by adding a positive integer in the List Length field.
- Click Update Playlist to finalize.
3. Trending Playlists
Trending playlists are generated using VP's trending algorithm, allowing inclusion/exclusion of videos based on tags, flags, and folders.
Create Trending Playlist
- Click Create New Playlist on the Playlist page.
- Choose Trending from the options.
- Enter the Playlist Title.
- Enable Include Videos with Tags and select Any/All for tag relationships.
- Add tags for filtering.
- Optionally, enable Include Videos with Flags and add the relevant flags.
- Filter videos from specific folders if necessary.
- Set the playlist size using a positive integer in the List Length field.
- Click Update Playlist to complete the process.
4. Recommended Playlists
Recommended playlists are curated based on user engagement, ensuring a personalized viewing experience tailored to individual preferences.
Create Recommended Playlist
- Click Create New Playlist on the Playlist page.
- Choose Recommendations from the options.
- Enter the Playlist Title.
- Enable the option to Include videos from all projects within this organization to add videos from all projects in the playlist.
- Alternatively, select specific projects from which the algorithm gathers videos using the Include videos from selected projects option.
- Click Update Playlist to complete the process.
Edit/Delete Playlists
- Go to Playlists on the left navigation bar.
- Click on the three dots on the right side of the name of the playlists
- Click on Edit to make changes to the playlist.
The playlist type cannot be modified after it is created.
- Click on Delete to remove the playlist from the list.
Deliver Playlist Content
VP Player is dedicated to facilitating the delivery of high-quality content in the most straightforward manner for publishers.
Embedding a Playlist
You can embed any playlist from VP Player by following these steps:
- Navigate to the playlist library and click on the 'Embed' button.
Alternatively, you can select any playlist and click on the 'Embed' button in the Playlist Settings page.
- Choose the player through which the embedded playlist will play.
- Copy the generated script and add it to your webpage.
You can also get the embed code from edit page from the desired playlist