Player Publishing

Getting Started with the Publishing Module

Introducing the Video Cloud studio's Publishing module, a flexible, fast tool for creating, customizing, managing, and publishing rich media experiences with a simple and intuitive user interface.

Video Tutorial: Navigating the Publishing Module

A quick tour of the Video Cloud Studio Publishing module.

Creating Players with the Publishing Module

In this document, you will learn how to create a player in the Publishing module.

FAQ: Publishing Module

Common questions about the Video Cloud Studio Publishing module.

FAQ: Viewing Videos

What are the system requirements to view a Video Cloud video?

Viewers should have one of the following browser and Flash versions installed to play Video Cloud players:

Publishing a Video Cloud Player

How to generate player publishing code from the Publishing module to publish your Video Cloud player.

Choosing the Right Publishing Code to Use

A quick guide to choosing the correct player publishing code for your situation.

Publishing a Video Cloud player on an HTTPS page

How to publish a Video Cloudf player with the JavaScript publishing code on a web page that uses the secure HTTPS protocol.

Quick Video Publishing

In this document, you will learn how to use the Quick Video Publishing feature in the Video Cloud Studio to select a video in your Media Library and immediately get publishing code to load that video into one of the single-video players in your account.

Video Tutorial: Quick Video Publishing

A look at how to use the Quick Video Publishing feature in the Video Cloud Studio to select a video in your Media Library and immediately get publishing code to load that video into one of the single-video players in your account.

Player Configuration Parameters

You can configure some aspects of the behavior of a Video Cloud player by editing the player's publishing code. This reference topic lists the supported player configuration parameters in Video Cloud, and shows the different syntax used in specifying player configuration parameters in JavaScript, ActionScript, and HTML embed code.

Configuring player parameters can be helpful when you need the same player instance to behave differently in two different places.

Controlling When Players Load

Controlling the timing of player load when you use the JavaScript/HTML player publishing code.

Embedding the Video Cloud Player in a Flash Document

This article describes a basic working Flash file that loads the Video Cloud player with a video.

Viewing Videos with Brightcove Players

Let's examine the components of a Video Cloud player and describe the player controls from the viewer's point of view. For this example, we'll use the Tabbed Navigation 3.0 player template, since it has the most components.

Instant Publishing Example

This example describes an approach to getting a video up on the web, fast, using a smart playlist.

Setting a Default Viral Player

How to select a player to be the default viral player for your account. A viral player is a player that is used to play a video when a viewer uses the "Get code" feature in a Video Cloud player.

Using a Custom Domain Name in Links and Feeds

You have the option to identify a custom domain name at the account level for use in your players. That custom domain name replaces link.brightcove.com in the RSS feeds for your players as well as in the links to your players (for example, when a viewer clicks "get link" in your player).

Video Tutorial: Customizing the Player Host Domain

For a related help topic, see Using a Custom Domain Name in Links and Feeds.

Customizing the Link URL

Video Cloud players include a "get link" control that enables viewers to copy and paste a link to the video they've been watching, as well as an "email" control that enables viewers to send an email with a link to the video. This topic describes how to override the default link URL to use a custom sharing link.

Video Playback Troubleshooting

This topic addresses a very basic question: Why isn't my video playing?

Allow HTML5 Players in Flash-Supported Environments

This document covers the process of allowing videos to play in an HTML5 player when showing videos on computers and smartphones that support Flash, but do not have Flash installed.

Debugging Video Cloud Players

Video Cloud offers a player logging utility that can be very helpful for figuring out why something isn't working the way you expect in your Video Cloud player.

Protecting your Videos with DRM

How to protect your videos with the Video Cloud Digital Rights Management feature, which uses Adobe Flash Access.

Resizing a Video Player By Modifying the Publishing Code

You can adjust the size of a video player by changing the values of parameters in the publishing code.

Resizing Video Players

There are different ways to resize a Brightcove Video Cloud Player, by adjusting the publishing code, modifying the BEML code for player template, or using the Player API.

Video Tutorial: Default Viral Player

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Video Tutorial: Hosting on Your URL

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Video Tutorial: Publishing a Player with Playlists

Video Tutorial: Resizing Players

Techniques for resizing your Video Cloud players.

Cross-Domain Security in Flash

This topic will help you ensure that your Video Cloud players work within the cross-domain security features of Adobe Flash 9, and describes some of the Video Cloud features that call for cross-domain access.

Video Cloud players are built with Flash Player 9 technologies. As a consequence, players are subject to the cross-domain security features of Flash 9. As well, you might need to implement a crossdomain.xml file for some of the Video Cloud features described in this topic.

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