Video Management
Upload Videos
VP Player allows one to upload video content through three different options:
- Upload from Computer
- Upload via URLs
- Upload through API
You can upload from Computer Storage by choosing or dragging and dropping them inside the dashboard.
Via VP Player you can also upload up to 10 videos at the same time by adding multiple URLs on the Upload from the List option.
You can also upload videos via API if your project is connected to an external platform and you upload videos on that platform the videos will be directly saved also on your project on VP Player and you can manage them here as well.[a]
After uploading your videos, the videos will be encoded through our fast in-house encoder, generate all the qualities up to 8K and save them in our in-house CDN. After successfully encoding and saving the video will be ready to be managed and delivered to the audience.
Manage Videos
VP Player offers a fully customizable platform structure with full control over 100+ real-time settings for managing video content. The settings for managing the video content are divided into three tabs:
- General Information
- Assets
- Analytics
General Information Tab
The General Information Tab on the Video Settings includes all the settings specifically for each video including rules, features and general information. Here the user will be able also to see the preview of the video and embed the video into their sites.
The list of general information settings and their description is listed on the table below:
| Setting Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Video Title | Short summary of what the entire video is about. |
| Description | Piece of metadata that helps to understand the content of the video. |
| Tags | Descriptive keywords that can be added to video to help the search, creation of playlists or grouping the content. |
| Geoblocking Rules | Manage the geo-access for the content by authorizing/denying viewers from specific regions. |
| Custom Parameters | Custom Parameters are key value pairs that enable the creation, usage of different metadata for the video. |
| Ad Schedule | Monetization of the video through pre-made so-called ad schedules. |
| Skip Intro | The appearance of the skip button after the number of seconds declared as “From” and skip video to seconds declared as “To”. |
| Author | The metadata used mostly for Copyrights information of the video |
| Source | The metadata used mostly for Copyrights information of the video |
| Manual Playlists | Add videos to different manual playlists directly from the video |
| Flags | Add rules called as Flags to the video content to not be part of recommended playlists or not show any ad. |
Assets Tab
The Assets Tab on the Video Settings includes all the settings that includes the assets of the video such as Thumbnail, Subtitles or the list of generated qualities and the option to download them.
| Setting Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Download Video | Qualities up to 8K generated into types of HLS, MP4 and the option to download them |
| Subtitles | Upload options of subtitles for different languages |
| Thumbnail | Upload option of the preview image of the video. |
Analytics Tab
The Analytics Tab on the Video Settings includes all the data stored for the specific video form live viewers to plays, embeds, unique viewers, and more.
Deliver Videos
VP Player is committed to helping deliver content of highest quality through in the easiest way for publishers.
Embed a Video
You can embed any video from the VP Player by following the steps below:
Go to the video library and click on the Embed button.
Alternatively you can click on any video and click on the Embed button in the Video Settings page.
Select the player through which the embedded video will play.
Copy the generated script to add to your webpage.
Edit/Delete Videos
Go to Videos on the left navigation bar.
Click on the three dots on the right side of the name of the video
Click on Edit to make changes to the video.
Click on Delete to remove the video from the list.
Deleting a video implies that it will be removed from the listed videos and the playlists which had the video.