Our all-in-one platform offers all the features you need to successfully implement your video strategy. Get started by uploading your content to the Online Video Platform (OVP):
- Go to “Media clips” in the left side panel
- Click the Upload button:
1.0 | Upload files
Clicking the Upload button on the Media clips page opens the Upload dialog:
Drag and drop a video file into the upload area or click Select files to browse your local drive.
Under Advanced settings, you can configure the following options before uploading:
- Upload presets: Select a preset from the dropdown menu. Each OVP account contains a “default” preset which contains all the necessary transcoding profiles for pretty much all use cases.Advanced presets
Advanced users might want to add presets to the list when uploading MXF files or automatically cropping 16:9 into 9:16 format for vertical videos or stories. These use cases are most likely discussed during the introduction. Feel free to reach out to support@bluebillywig.com to explore the options.
- Title from filename: Each filename will be used in the “Title” metadata field (without the extension). For example, uploading a file named “Product Instructions 1.mp4” will be uploaded with the title “Product Instructions 1”.
- Auto-publish: By default your clips are saved in the “Draft” status, hidden from public access. Auto-publishing your uploaded files will automatically make your content available after the different quality versions have been created (transcoded). Read more about publishing media clips.
- Schedule availability: Scheduling the availability of videos ensures that videos are published at a set date and time. It is also possible to set an end date and time. Read more about scheduled publishing.
While uploading, the upload progress is displayed by a pop-up status box allowing you to visit other sections of the platform.
Do not close the browser window during upload as this will disrupt the upload process.
1.1 | Video
All common types of video can be uploaded, including MP4, WMV, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, FLV, MPEG, MXF and more. However, we do recommend specific settings when exporting from your video editing program.
Video will, when completely uploaded, be transcoded to different formats depending on the uploaded file. Videos with a resolution lower than 720p will not be transcoded to 720p and above, just like 1080p will not be transcoded to 1080p and above.
1.2 | Audio
Audio can also be uploaded in all common file types, including MP3, WAV, OGG, WMA, AAC, FLAC and M4A. However, we do recommend specific settings when exporting from your audio editing program. Just like video, audio will also be transcoded to different formats directly after completing the upload.
2.0 | Transcoding
All video files uploaded to Blue Billywig will be transcoded automatically to multiple different formats to ensure playback on every device and maintain a good user experience on fast and slow connections. Transcoding happens immediately after a clip has been uploaded. Read more about transcoded assets. This process can be monitored on the edit page of the individual media clip:
A video might not be available on every device before transcoding has finished. Because of this, we recommend that you only publish clips after transcoding has completed.