Uploading Media

Uploading Videos

A summary of the different methods you can use to upload your videos into your Video Cloud Media Library and the benefits and disadvantages of each.

Uploading Videos with the Media Module

You can use the Media module to upload a single video, or multiple videos in a batch. Video Cloud accepts videos formatted in most available file formats; if your files are not already encoded as H.264 or VP6 (FLV - Flash video), Video Cloud transcodes them into one of those formats.

FAQ: Media Module

Common questions about the Video Cloud Studio Media module.

Video Tutorial: Uploading Videos

How to upload videos with the Media module.

Choosing H.264 Encoding for your Videos

This topic explains how to select H.264 encoding for your uploads.

Brightcove has implemented an enhanced transcoding system that delivers H.264 videos with significantly higher quality and much faster transcoding speed. H.264 encoding also provides the best options for mobile video delivery. Therefore, we recommend that all Video Cloud customers should choose H.264 for videos they upload to Video Cloud for encoding. Read more in the topic, About H.264 Video Formats.

Enabling Your Account for Live Streaming

This topic describes what you need to do to make sure your Video Cloud account is ready to deliver live streaming video.

After you read this topic, go on to Delivering Live Streaming Video or Delivering Live Streaming Video with DVR for detailed information about setting up a live video event.

Delivering Live Streaming Video

Describes the options available and the steps for delivering live streaming video through your Video Cloud players.

Delivering Live Streaming Video with DVR

This document describes the steps for delivering live streaming video with DVR through your Video Cloud players.

Protecting Videos on iOS Devices with HLS Encryption

This article describes how to protect your videos playing on iOS mobile devices with the Video Cloud HLS encryption feature. Video Cloud HLS encryption is available only to Video Cloud Pro and Enterprise publishers; the information in this article is not relevant for Video Cloud Express publishers.

Uploading Videos Using the Brightcove Mobile Upload App

Brightcove Mobile Upload is a free iPhone app that lets you upload videos to your Brightcove Video Cloud account from your phone, making it possible to publish videos recorded from your phone in minutes. After logging into this app with your Video Cloud Studio email address and password, you can record a new video, or choose an existing video from your iPhone’s Photo album, and upload it to any of your Video Cloud accounts.

Using Accelerated Upload in the Media module

The Video Cloud accelerated upload feature enables faster and secure uploads of large video files to the Video Cloud system. To use accelerated upload, you need to request that your Video Cloud account be enabled for accelerated upload and you need to download and install a browser plug-in. You can then use accelerated upload in the Video Cloud Studio Media module, by choosing the Accelerated option in the Upload Videos pop-up menu.

Creating Videos with Remote Video Files

This topic describes how to create videos in your Video Cloud account using remote assets, where you maintain your video files on your own or a third-party system and provide Brightcove with the URL of the video file when you create the video.

Remote assets is a feature that is available only for Video Cloud Pro and Enterprise customers. If you are interested in upgrading your Video Cloud account, please contact Brightcove for more information.

Creating Videos with Remote Assets Using the Media Module

This topic describes how to create videos in the Media module using remote assets.

Creating Videos with Remote Video Files Using FTP Batch Provisioning

This topic describes how to create videos in your Video Cloud account using remote assets together with FTP batch provisioning.

Creating Videos with Remote Assets using the Media API

This topic describes how to use the Media API to create, update, or delete videos in your Video Cloud account using remote assets. In the standard procedure for creating videos in your Video Cloud account, you upload video files, which then are maintained in Video Cloud system, together with their names, descriptions, tags, and other metadata. Under an alternative procedure, remote assets, you maintain your video files on your own or a third-party system and provide Brightcove with the URL of the video file when you create the video.

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