Developer

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.

Read More →
FAQ: Media Module

Common questions about the Video Cloud Studio Media module.

Read More →
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.

Read More →
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.

Read More →
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.

Read More →
Creating Videos with Remote Assets Using the Media Module

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

Read More →
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.

Read More →
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.

Read More →