Adding a thumbnail
A thumbnail gives viewers a quick impression of the content of your video. When uploading a new video, a moving...
Content Management
The Online Video Platform is a tool for publishing video and audio. You upload media files by simply dragging and dropping or by selecting a file from your device.
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While the clips are processed, you update the details, giving them a name, description, keywords, and other details. Then, using a playout (a customized player skin), publish them on your website using an embed code. That, in a nutshell, is the basic workflow.
Quick links to get you up and running:
- Need help logging in? Check our our Authentication & Login guide.
- Customise a Playout to fit the look and feel of your site
- Quickly Publish a Clip and Embed it on your site.
- Searching made easy thanks to the Media Clip Search guide.
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Assets
Each video or audio media clip that gets uploaded to the online video platform is automatically transcoded (or encoded) to... -
Creating a Video Sitemap
A video sitemap is a way of letting search engines know which of your pages contain videos and on which... -
Embedding a media clip
In this article, we explain how to embed a Media Clip using JavaScript or an iFrame. We also offer advanced... -
Media clip search
The search bar in the Media Library makes it possible to browse through all the files in your account. Search... -
Metadata
Adding metadata to a clip makes it easier to identify the clip, which improves the workflow. Additionally, adding metadata is... -
Playlists
A playlist is a list of audio or video files. There are two types of playlists: smart playlists and static... -
Publishing a media clip
The status of the media clip indicates whether or not it is publicly available. The status of a media clip... -
Recommended upload settings & file formats
The Online Video Platform supports an extensive list of video codecs, audio codecs, file formats and containers, listed below. For... -
Subtitles
Subtitles make your videos more accessible for those who are hearing impaired, in crowded environments, and many other situations. Subtitles... -
Uploading, encoding and publishing
1.0 | Uploading Uploading files can be done on the Upload & Encode tab. Before selecting the files you want... -
Video SEO
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. Blue Billywig automatically optimises your videos for search engines by injecting schema.org markup (via... -
YouTube export-functionality
1.0 About the YouTube export functionality Within the Blue Billywig Video platform we’ve created functionality that makes it easier for...
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